British Justification for Australian Colonization
Introduction
It goes without argument that Australian colonization by the British was on two major factors. These are; the need for a new convent settlement and the need to improve Australian inhabitants’ livelihood. Historically, Britain seized Australia and settled it as a penal colony in 1788. The British administration used a number of methods to conquer the Australian inhabitants. These range from: starving, assimilation, forceful land grabbing, poisoning, and shooting, among other (Bartulin, n.d.).The above stated methods are human injustices in nature. This means the British had no good intension as it urges thereby this paper seeks to establish this truth. (Ward, n.d.)There is an importance of choosing this topic so as to establish the genuineness of British argument on their intentions for colonizing Australia. The approaches used by the British contradict their intentions. Justifications are discussed below.
Need for a new convict settlement
Historically, Australia continent was not a center of attraction to many European powers until the 20th century. Australia ( McCormick, (2016). was used as a British penal colony since it was in remote area with fewer infrastructures hence never attracted most of states during the colonization period. At the inception stage of the colonial establishment, there was need to build an outpost homestead for convicts. Australia appeared the most convenient since the native population was docile and had no intention of resisting the Europeans. (Jupp, 1997). Australia lacked infrastructure therefore served as a perfect place to inhabit British criminals in addition to….Continue Reading….