Aboriginal Cultures: Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples had a deep sense of spirituality, kinship and community life with a strong connection to the land. They performed regular ceremonies that included music, song and dance to uphold their system of beliefs, law and culture. Indigenous Australians were the first people to populate Australia and were deprived of their land, beliefs, language and culture when colonisation occurred and the Europeans “invaded” Australia causing an overwhelming effect on Aboriginal communities.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were ostracized, abused, and even murdered, children forcibly removed from their families and sent to white families and church-run institutions to work for the families and in hope to rid them of their cultural beliefs.
Their balanced diet was replaced with staples consisting of flour, tea, sugar and alcohol.
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples lacked immunity to diseases that were introduced by the European settlement which had a devastating impact on their