8.1. Positive and Negative Effects

Very little can be argued about the positive benefits of reserves missions and stations, with the exceptions that fewer Aboriginal people would be vulnerable to slaughter and massacres. The obvious negative effects being the removal of peoples from Traditional Lands, the disconnection from their people and the destruction of their culture.

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