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Without wanting to dive into politics too much, the below observation from one of Australia's most esteemed academics provides an interesting contrast to the usual narrative.

"Stanner goes onto to make the observation this likely occurred across the country.

"… for every Aboriginal who, so to speak, had Europeans thrust upon him, at least one other had sought them out. More would have gone to European centres sooner had it not been that their way was often barred by hostile Aborigines. As late as the early 1930s I was able to see for myself the battles between the encroaching myalls and weakening, now-sedentary groups who had monopolised European sources of supply and work"."