This is one way the guards kept the hostages from trying to exscape. They were fed a sparce amount of food and were worked into the ground.
Once the British moved in they transported the Australian people from their original rich lands to the dry deserts, which were overseen by state-appointed guards. This moved the aboriginal population away from almost all water sources. Entry and departure of the reserve was monitored, so were their marriages and jobs (Broome). Children were kidnapped and involuntary put into labor camps or put into foster families to be raised in a stable white family. “ They were often given new names, and the greater distances involved in rural areas made it easier to prevent parents and children on separate missions from tracing each other (Broome)." Women were raped, tortured, or poisoned, while men were shot. This genocide was slightly different than others because people were killed in small groups rather than dozens at a time. In 1824 settlers were ordered to kill any aborigines they saw. At the end of 1834 there were exactly one hundred and twenty three aboriginal people left. In 1835 there were an estimated 3,000 to 4,000 aborigine’s people dead. By 1908, approximately 10,000 had been killed, 80% of their population was wiped out (Stone). This is when they became a sheltered society.
