Australia’s Real Face !

With the arrival of news and reports about killing Afghani civilians by the=
 Australian forces, a number of the readers having no deep knowledge about =
the historical facts remain shocked and surprised as if it is the first tim=
e in which Australia raises its hand to harm and humiliate others. Yet, the=
 crimes of Australia are in fact numerous.=20
Hereinbelow, we shall provide another page from Australia=E2=80=99s black h=
istory. At the beginning of Australia, the battle for the Australians was e=
ither the European colonials or the Australian aboriginals. Of course, the =
answer was known.=20
The black war is defined as the violent conflict period between the British=
 Empire and the Australian aboriginals. Such was continued for the period f=
rom the mid-twenties to 1832 in the 19th century. Such conflict caused the =
death of a number ranged between 600.000 to 900.000 from the aboriginals ca=
using the death and devastation of the aboriginals of the island, the semi-=
genocide for Tasmania=E2=80=99s aboriginals and the repeated and frequent g=
enocide waged dispute among the historians about considering the black war =
or not.=20
The escalation of violence at the late of the twenties made the ruler \ Geo=
rge Arthur declare the common law =E2=80=93 to actively provide a legal imm=
unity for killing the aboriginals. It also made him in the late of 1830 to =
issue an order with executing a huge military attack for six weeks =E2=80=
=93 knownas the black line. In such attack, 2200 civilians and soldiers for=
med rings of mobile barriers extended for hundreds of kilometers along the =
island to force the aboriginals existing in the colonial regions to move to=
 Tasmania Peninsula in the South =E2=80=93 East Part as it is determined to=
 make them under siege forever.=20
The black war was followed with the quick spread of the British colonials t=
hroughout Australian Regions that were previously fishing traditional lands=
 for the aboriginals.=20
Historian \ Nicholas Clements said that the aboriginals adopted a resistanc=
e movement against the violating enemy or the occupying enemy as they suffe=
red from cruel acts done by the Europeans in addition to widespread kidnapp=
ing, raping and killing their women and daughters by the prisoners, settler=
s and soldiers. However, since the late of the twenties in particular and d=
ue to their hunger, the aboriginals plundered settlers=E2=80=99 houses look=
ing for food because of decreasing their fishing areas. At the same time, T=
he European violence were based on thinking that the genocide for the abori=
ginals was the only means through which peace could be ensured. The Europea=
n waged their attacks mainly at night or in the first hours of the dawn by =
the chasing groups or by roaming groups composed of civilians or soldiers. =
Women and children were almost the victims.=20
Colonial Office in London reported that the aboriginals had already complai=
ned that the white people occupied their country and assaulted its lands an=
d destroyed their natural food (Kangaroo) and suggested to settle them in a=
 far part in the island to be allocated for them only =E2=80=A6. Provided t=
hat they peacefully limit themselves to certain borders and remain there ti=
ll their habits became more civilized. Following such proposal and in parti=
cular on 19/April/1828, declaration regarding the separation of the aborigi=
nals from the white residents was announced. Such declaration divided the i=
sland into two parties for arrangement and limiting the communication betwe=
en the white people and the black ones.=20
Some people considered the declaration of dividing the island as the first =
acceptance for using force to expel any of the aboriginals from colonized r=
egions. Historian \ James Borris noted what follows: =E2=80=9CAt such time,=
 it became possible to kill any aboriginal citizen legally without committi=
ng anything except passing un-demarcated borders that were not even demarca=
ted by the government).=20
Such semi-genocide implement against the aboriginals of Tasmania was named =
as a genocide by historians including Robert Hughes, James Boyce, Lindal Ra=
yan, Tom Lawson. Hughes described the killing of the aboriginals as the onl=
y actual genocide in the English Colonial History.=20
Some people thought that such matter stopped at such extremist limit of gen=
ocide exercised by the occupants and colonials against the Australian abori=
ginals. However, with the coming of the year 1901, parliament passed and ap=
proved =E2=80=9CImmigration Restriction Law=E2=80=9D which prevents the Asi=
an Immigration to Australia; particularly the immigration of the people of =
Pacific Ocean Islands. The term =E2=80=9CAustralia=E2=80=99s White Policy=
=E2=80=9D was used on a large extent to include a group of historical polic=
ies aiming at preventing persons from non-European racial origin; particula=
rly The Asians and people from Pacific Ocean Islands from immigrating into =
Australia. So, the Australian government could apply the principle of White=
 Australia. It largely went beyond that extent when it began to deport the =
workers coming from Pacific Ocean Islands to their countries. It began to e=
ncourage the owners of the farms to hire white workers by providing a finan=
cial aid for each farmer complying with such policy.