Colonisation

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How do the Uluru Statement of the Heart and the Gold Rush relate to each other?

They both had a big impact on the making of Australia.

To what extent did European colonisers create a new nation in Australia (1788-1914) that was democratic and socially equal?

While European colonisers contributed to the democratic and socially egalitarian systems during (1788-1914) in Australia, there were several minorities who had to struggle for their fair share. Chinese immigrants during the gold rush and members of the First Nations were ostracised by society and abandoned by the government. As shown in source 1, the Uluru Statement of the Heart, “We seek constitutional reforms to empower our people and take a rightful place in our own country.” Furthermore, sources 2 and 3 both demonstrate the government's lack of assistance as well as the xenophobic maltreatment of Chinese labourers on the gold fields. The accounts of how Chinese miners were treated contrast the claim that Australia's democracy greatly improved after European colonisation. The watercolour image in Source 4 illustrates the height of physical conflict between Chinese and White miners. Paul Macgregor from Culture Victoria stated that the Chinese “faced repeated waves of racism and official discrimination [from the government] from the 1840s.” (Macgregor, 2016). Although certain groups, like white males, saw improvements, the government nevertheless rejected most groups and did not uphold their legal rights.

Above shows a video about the timeline of European colonisation and a map showing where Captain Cook came when he first arrived