This group of people were the Aborigines. ... The Aborigines developed a good understanding of the land, and over a period of time grew to enhance a close bond with it. This link between the land and the Aborigines was unable to be understood by the second wave of migrants who came to Australia in 1788. ... In today's society approximately three million Australians, which is one in every five, were born outside of Australia. ... The 2000 Olympic games for example was a huge success in expressing the view and possibility of reconciliation between the White Australians and the Aborigines,...

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The Europeans began to settle Australia on the 26th of January as a convict colony in 1788. ... Opinions have changed since those times, where Europeans treated the Aborigines violently, and an estimated 20000 Aboriginals were murdered and diseases introduced by the settlers killed numerous others. ... As Aboriginal culture was not dominant in these times, white Australians found it easy to attempt to make Australia all white. ... However, today, socio-economic statistics suggest that indigenous Australians have poorer health, poorer levels of education, higher unemployment rates, and higher ...

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