History A-Level
Aboriginal resistance and adaptation
What Aboriginal resistance and adaptation means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Aboriginal resistance and adaptation
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Peoples showed varied responses including resistance, negotiation and adaptation, such as the Bathurst war of 1824 and the Black War in Tasmania.
Topics that use Aboriginal resistance and adaptation
- Paper 3, Option 35.1: Britain: losing and gaining an empire, 1763–1914 - 2 The birth of British Australia, 1788–1829 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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