Map of 250 indigenous massacres reveals Australia’s violent past

SYDNEY, Australia -- An online map which has so far documented 250 massacres of indigenous peoples after Australia was colonized by the British is set to be expanded, researchers said Friday, as they seek to uncover the country's dark past. The native Aboriginal population, who have occupied Australia for 50,000 years, were dispossessed of their lands by the arrival of settlers two centuries ago. As the colonizers pushed into the vast interior of the island continent, historians said they were resisted by the local population, and thousands of men, women and children were killed. "It wasn't until I started to do this project that I realized how widespread frontier massacres ...

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