colonisation
Settling foreign lands
Colonisation is the British spelling of colonization—the act of establishing control over a territory and its people.
A nation colonises by sending settlers, extracting resources, and imposing its laws and culture on indigenous populations.
The term now carries heavy connotations of exploitation and cultural destruction: the colonisation of Africa by European powers.
Extended uses describe any takeover or spread: the colonisation of the gut by bacteria, corporate colonisation of public space.
Those who establish homes
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- outpostRemote military station
- encampmentTemporary military or refugee settlement
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
trading post · garrison · fort · township · enclave · inhabitants · displaced · native
Domain under unified control
- subjugationForcing into submission
- hegemonyDominant group's control
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- protectorateGuarded semi-autonomous territory
occupation · exploitation · assimilation · missionaries · indigenous · extraction · mercantilism · oppression
Traveling through unknown regions
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- pioneersFirst to explore territory
- migrationMovement to new territory
annexation · acquisition · spread · scramble · partitioning · spheres of influence · colonists · voyages
Microscopic living organisms
- bacteriaNucleus-free single-celled organisms
- organismsIndividual living entities
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- invasionForcible entry into territory
spreading · proliferation · growth · establishment · introduced species · ecosystem · host · gut flora
Cultivation of land, livestock
- farmingCultivating land for food
- tillageSoil preparation for planting
- plowingTurning earth for crops
- sowingPlanting for cultivation
harvesting · irrigation · crop rotation · husbandry · horticulture · land management · composting · plantation
settlers
Those who establish homes
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- outpostRemote military station
- encampmentTemporary military or refugee settlement
plantation · trading post · garrison · fort · township · enclave · inhabitants · displaced · native · dispossession
empire
Domain under unified control
- subjugationForcing into submission
- hegemonyDominant group's control
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
protectorate · occupation · exploitation · assimilation · missionaries · indigenous · extraction · mercantilism · oppression · domination
exploration
Traveling through unknown regions
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- pioneersFirst to explore territory
migration · annexation · acquisition · spread · scramble · partitioning · spheres of influence · colonists · voyages · discovery
microbes
Microscopic living organisms
- bacteriaNucleus-free single-celled organisms
- organismsIndividual living entities
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
invasion · spreading · proliferation · growth · establishment · introduced species · ecosystem · host · gut flora · biofilm
agriculture
Cultivation of land, livestock
sowing · harvesting · irrigation · crop rotation · husbandry · horticulture · land management · composting · plantation · cash crops
- EoraSydney Harbour, custodians, harbour
colonisationdecolonisation
End of imperial control
decolonization · independence · self-determination · liberation · indigenous sovereignty
colonisationrepatriation
Formal return to homeland
withdrawal · evacuation · exodus · emigration · retreat
colonisationindependence
Freedom from external control
sovereignty · statehood · nationhood · self-determination · recognition