Throughout history, power has pushed first people, and then through people, societies to do bad, cruel and unworthy things. When it was all over and the ''White Man'' withdrew, what remained behind were destroyed cultures, massacred nations, and pages of bloody history that could no longer be forgotten.
The trajectory of Western thought, initiated during the Renaissance and Reform movements and reaching maturity with the Industrial Revolution, attained its zenith by exploiting people in every conceivable manner.
Westerners, through brutal conquests of the African, Australian, and American continents, mercilessly massacred communities that had lived in harmony with nature and had not engaged in warfare throughout their histories.
Over time, the globally discussed concept of colonialism devolved into a dishonorable practice as Western powers engaged in cutthroat competition with each other. Initiated by the Spanish and Portuguese, this competition evolved into a bloody game played among England, France, and Germany. In contrast to conventional games, this one saw loss of lives, disappearance of cultures, yet the laughter of Western powers persisted unabated.
Westerners sought to carve out a sphere of influence for themselves in the world by ruthlessly eliminating tribes they perceived as inferior. In this context, the Aborigines, the rightful inhabitants of the Australian continent who lived in harmony with nature, were among the communities that endured genocide on their own lands.
The Australian Continent, initially explored by Dutch sailors in 1606, occupies a significant chapter in the blood-stained pages of the colonial history of the British Empire.
Indeed, one of the bloodiest colonial events in history was initiated by the British on the Australian continent. The British viewed the island as both a significant production center and a crucial transfer point. This massacre went beyond the loss of human lives; it was an assault on history, the continent, and its living beings. The vandalism perpetrated during this period led to the extinction of numerous species that were unique to the continent.
The Dutch were unable to fully exploit the island as they had hoped. Following the Dutch, the British, led by James Cook, arrived in 1770, discovering the continent and promptly initiating massacres upon uncovering its underground resources.
Numerically, only a small fraction of the Aborigines managed to survive the genocidal campaign launched by the British. The White Man, responsible for drenching Australia in blood, labeled these indigenous people—the true proprietors of the island he intended to exploit—as Aborigines.
This marked the beginning of Europeans, who established themselves in the most fertile regions of the continent, engaging in the systematic killing of natives who lacked immunity to the diseases they introduced.
As time progressed, the surviving indigenous populations found themselves enslaved on their own lands. The Aborigines, who resisted to protect their honor against these oppressive measures, were brutally murdered.
The Aborigines, who had not engaged in warfare until then, possessed only spears and boomerangs as their weapons. In contrast, Europeans wielded advanced technological weaponry, including gunpowder weapons.
The Aborigines found themselves defending against fully equipped armies, and this massacre persisted until 1928.
European colonists initially established settlements in regions characterized by fertile lands and abundant water resources, typically favoring coastal areas.
Thousands of Aborigines, encountering their assailants in this manner, perished en masse due to diseases introduced by the colonialists, reminiscent of the devastating impact of smallpox on Native Americans.
Over time, with the Westerners' endeavors to extract and exploit precious metals in Australia, interest in colonization steadily intensified.
Aborigines, displaced from their homes and lands and coerced into slave labor, initiated a rebellion against the colonialists. However, the Aborigines faced insurmountable odds against firearms, lacking weapons beyond their traditional spears.
Between 1788 and 1928, the British Government, acting through the Australian Colonial Governorate, orchestrated a sweeping campaign of mass violence to colonize Australia and exploit its agricultural and mining regions.
The systematic and murderous genocide carried out against Australian natives was directly legitimized by the law of war enacted by the British Central Government.
Consequently, the British established a legal framework to justify the inhumane massacre they executed. Over this nearly two-hundred-and-fifty-year period, the Aborigines' population in Australia plummeted to a mere tenth of its original size.
Western civilization, unhesitant in violating the labor and life rights of millions for the pursuit of a more comfortable and affluent existence, has left an enduring trauma that has persisted for centuries.
Presently, former colonial territories find themselves grappling with the challenge of existence, having lost their identity, language, and essence, caught in a delicate balance between searching for their roots and facing the threat of extinction.
Reflecting on the present day, Australia stands as a territory marked by a history of occupation, its lands bearing the scars of a blood-soaked past and assimilated Aborigines.