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They were very nomadic and really had no room for personal wealth. They were also not into agriculture and never really farmed. They were pretty much all hunting and gathering. They did use a lot of fire though to help them in their lives. Them and other tribes or groups in Australia did have trade routes that they used for trading of goods and more throughout Australia.

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First the British took pretty much all of the aborigines resources leaving them with almost nothing. The men and women were taken from their home and forced into work by the British. The women were forced into domestic work in settlers homes, and the men were forced to help with the cattle industry.

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The Aborigines were a hunter gatherer group that led a nomadic lifestyle. They were animistic people who believed that one's ancestors would come down to earth in human, animal or in natural forms. They spoke up to 250 distinct languages and many people would be multi lingual to speak to other groups.

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The British enslaved the Aborigines after discovering their population. Soon after there were missions for destroying all of Aborigine's culture, this meant they were forced to learn English and loss of tradition culture and homelands.

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The government consisted of no chiefs or any central or main leader. Also in this civilization everyone was classless, well at least the men were. The men had no barriers to stopping them from being a high figure in society. But on the other hand women were excluded and not allowed in any of the ritual activities and had no privilege. They also had no kingdoms it was really just a small village.

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After the British discovered the Aborigines people in 1770 the British cut off all food supply and there were many mass genocides. The people were turned into slaves if they were not already killed and dead from the British.