Invasion or what?

[rustynail]

The dutch settlements in South Africa were to provide fresh food and victuals to the ships on the way to the Dutch East Indies and India and the Chinese trade and the settlers lived peacefully with the local natives.

But when the diamonds were discovered all the territories were conquered by the English. Remember the Boer wars where the English, and regrettably Australians as well as part of the British empire, annexed the country by defeating the settlers through the first use of concentration camps.

Don't blame the Dutch for what happened after that.

Peter.

Well, that's one version.

[kiwigeo]

I don't know if any of you guys down there have seen this?

University tells students Britain 'invaded' Australia - BBC News

What do you think anyway? Is it PC gone silly or what?

Not politically correct...just correct.

[Pusser]

I agree Arron.

The fact that they were black meant the land was declared Terra Nullius, which is a whitewash. Black people were not regarded as human then.

Terra Nulis does not mean no humans lived here. It means there was no recognisable state or government exercising legal authority. In South Australia the Colonial Office directed the settlers to negotiate for the land which they ignored.

Not arguing the invasion interpretation just the common misinterpretation of Terra Nullis.

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