[rbg246]

British equally carried out similar atrocities there is so much evidence of this. But none of it is taught in British or Australian schools, I also was brought up with the myth of "British weren't as bad as so and so"

Here is the map of British massacres in Australia that have written evidence (so you can double, triple the actual number). They have this right across their empire.

https://c21ch.newcastle.edu.au/colonialmassacres/map.php

If detail accounts I recommend reading "Conspiracy of Silence" a detailed account of massacres throughout colonial Queensland in Australia, the accounts and actions and just as horrifying.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17674559-conspiracy-of-s...

[hermitcrab]

>"British weren't as bad as so and so"

While it is probably true, it is a woefully low bar to clear.

The Australian aborigines have clearly been treated appallingly. Whether it amounted to a deliberate genocide I don't know enough to say.

[rbg246]

I totally agree - and just wanted to point it out as people always reach for the what about those other people when discussing these topics.

I had my awakening on this subject in my 30s, I started to read academic writing on colonialism. Having grown up in Australia and knowing colonial history having been learnt from the British perspective I was just shocked at my ignorance on British Empire and it's colonies was.