Australian Immigration and Its Effects

the rest of the world. This has resulted in the evolution of many unique plants

and animals and the development of a very fragile ecosystem. This ecosystem has

been influenced by human immigration for many thousands of years.

The original immigrants were the Aborigines who are thought to have

migrated to Australia from Asia between 50 and 100 thousand years ago. These

primitive people learned to live in the inhospitable environment of Australia

with very little effect. Their major environmental impact was from the use of

controlled burning of the land. Over the years they had learned the benefit of

periodic fires to control pests and to clear debris before it accumulated and

led to large uncontrolled disastrous fires. This also returned nutrients to the

soil which helped to grow back new vegetation. Unlike those who followed, the

Aborigines had very little impact on the environment.

Following the Aborigines, Asian seafarers are believed to have traveled

to Australia to trade on the north shores. Experts are not sure, but they

believe that these seafarers are the ones who first introduced the dingo into

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