- British settlement in Australia had a devastating impact on the Indigenous population. The British brought with them diseases, such as smallpox and measles, to which the Indigenous Australians had no immunity. This, combined with the loss of their traditional lands and hunting grounds, led to a sharp decline in the Indigenous population.
- In addition, the British often used violence against the Indigenous Australians. They massacred entire tribes and forcibly removed children from their families to assimilate them into white society. As a result of British colonization, the Indigenous Australian population was decimated and their culture was almost destroyed.
