Let me start by recounting a personal experience. A decade and a half ago, when I first entertained the idea of immigrating to Australia, I took it upon myself to read and learn about the history of the country; however, as my knowledge expanded I have come to appreciate the real history as told by the First People and come to realise that Australia was not ‘colonised’ and Australian history does not start with the discovery of Captain James Cook. This new insights gave me a better understanding and empathy to the plight of Aboriginal people in their quest to take back what was forcibly taken.
Captain James Cook ‘discovery’ of Australia in 1770 and his declaration that the land was ‘terra nullius’ – an uninhabited land belonging to no-one; had paved the way for the European settlement of Australia as a penal colony of England. As Britain took formal possession of Australia, they encountered an unfamiliar land occupied by people they didn’t understand. Although......

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Title: Duty Of Care
Approximate Word Count: 1325
Approximate Pages: 6 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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