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Why did native Aborigines view the European colonization of Australia as a belligerent action?

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Because Dreamtime connected the Aborigines to the natural Australian landscape, the British colonization of Australia was seen as destructive to the Aborigines themselves. Colonists often farmed the land, raised livestock, and mined for minerals, all of which either destroyed or altered the landscape. As a result, the Aborigines viewed these actions as sacrilegious.

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Native aborigines view the European colonization of Australia as a belligerant action because they saw the settlement of europeans as an invasion of their land and an attempt to change their lives. There were many complaints about sexual abuse of native australian women by some europeans. Tensions grew after several massacres of aborigins.

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