Growing up in America I was taught there were folks in Australia previous to the English going there to stay in the 1780s, but that's about it. What was their society like immediately prior to colonists arrival? Before European contact? Did they encounter English violence in the same capacity that the Native Americans encountered American violence? What is their status today as a result? Do they have "reservations" or hold citizenship?

Basically what I'm asking for is to teach me about the aboriginal side of Australia's colonization, please and thank you.