European blood
06-29-2011, 11:50 AM
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For decades Aboriginal tribes have insisted the arrival of British settlers in Australia was an 'invasion' - and now councillors in Sydney have agreed that will be the official version.
In 1788 Britain sent the first 11 ships of what were to be 806 over the next 52 years to Australia, the original convoy being referred to as the First Fleet.
The Aborigines who had occupied the continent for up to 40,000 years stared in astonishment as the first vessels, packed with convicts, moored at what was to be Sydney.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2009093/Sydney-officially-declares-arrival-British-settlers-invasion.html#ixzz1QfH3QLqL
For decades Aboriginal tribes have insisted the arrival of British settlers in Australia was an 'invasion' - and now councillors in Sydney have agreed that will be the official version.
In 1788 Britain sent the first 11 ships of what were to be 806 over the next 52 years to Australia, the original convoy being referred to as the First Fleet.
The Aborigines who had occupied the continent for up to 40,000 years stared in astonishment as the first vessels, packed with convicts, moored at what was to be Sydney.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2009093/Sydney-officially-declares-arrival-British-settlers-invasion.html#ixzz1QfH3QLqL