the rights and freedoms of Aboriginals has changed drastically from 1920 to the present. It is evident that Australia has made a greater effort throughout the years‚ to bridge the gap between the rights and of Aboriginals and the rest of Australia. This has been improved by the implementation of different policies such as the Protection policy‚ Assimilation‚ Integration‚ Self Determination and Reconciliation. In the early 20th century it was believed that Aboriginals we unable to care for themselves
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For Aboriginal Australians‚ the land has a special significance that is rarely understood by those of European descent. The land‚ or country‚ does not only sustain Aborigines in material ways‚ such as providing food and shelter‚ it also plays a major role in their spiritual lives. As Rose put it‚ "Land provides for my physical needs and spiritual needs." (1992‚ p.106). To use Rose ’s own term‚ to Aboriginals the land is a ’nourishing terrain ’. (1996‚ p.7). The basic tenets of Aboriginal spirituality
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ancient heritage should be described and portrayed for the wider community to observe. One of the opinions that the Aboriginal people hold concerning this is that they eagerly desire outsiders to know about their proud heritage‚ customs and traditions. They glance back through recent history and realise the impact of the migrating Europeans on their own unique culture. The Aboriginal People pass on much of what was once a secret‚ in order to avoid the loss of traditions and customs. Secrets that were
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Land is significant for Aboriginal people today because it is integral to Aboriginal identity‚ cultural upholding and the potential enhancement of socioeconomic prominence. Aboriginal people have diverse relationships with‚ and connections to the understandings of the Australian environment and land. Some of these associations are based on the traditional experiences and practices that have been passed down from generation to generation‚ whilst others have developed from the several impacts of colonisation
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THE ABORIGINAL EXPERIENCE - STRUGGLES FOR RIGHTS AND FREEDOM _"THROUGHOUT THE SECOND HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY MANY ABORIGINAL PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED STRUGGLES FOR RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS."_ The struggle for Aboriginal and Islander Land Rights is the longest-running political conflict in Australia’s history. The issue of Aboriginal land rights in Australia has existed for over 200 years‚ and the process still has some way to go. Why is land so important to Aboriginal people’s history and beliefs
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Discuss the continuing effect of dispossession on aboriginal spiritualties in relation to: * separation from the land * separation from kinship groups * the Stolen Generations Dispossession is the process of the removal of a person or group from land‚ through the process of law. This dispossession has had a continuing damaging effect through a loss of spiritualties. Separation from the land meant that cultural practices and ceremonies associated with the land could not be
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Self-government is a means of Aboriginal community empowerment by providing the opportunity for Aboriginal peoples to plan and manage their own health systems‚ as well as managing their own resources and making their own laws (Kent‚ 2014). Self-governance developed from the recommendation of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples in order to promote healing‚ enhance self-determination‚ reduce health inequality and remove barriers and challenges in access and utilization of health care services
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Short Response - Dispossession Dispossession‚ that is‚ depriving the Aboriginal people of their land‚ identity and religious expression‚ has had a lasting impact on Aboriginal people and their spirituality. The forceful removal of the Indigenous Australians from their lands led to the forceful removal from their family and kinship groups‚ causing the destruction of Aboriginal spirituality. Through the eradication of the Dreamtime‚ the centre of their spirituality‚ their sense of identity and belonging
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“In the Name of the Child”: An analysis and critique of The Northern Territory National Emergency Response (NTER) “…the starting point might be to recognise that the problem starts with us non-Aboriginal Australians. It begins‚ I think‚ with the act of recognition. Recognition that it was we who did the dispossessing. We took the traditional lands and smashed the traditional way of life. We brought the disasters. The alcohol. We committed the murders. We took the children from their mothers.
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Turner’s essay From The Significance of the Frontier in American History‚ he posits an interesting argument‚ capturing the idea of what Americanization is and how the discovery of the frontier captures the real sentiment of American History. Amongst the many things I appreciated about his essay concerned how westward expansion signaled a detachment from European influence. This‚ to me‚ is interesting because when I think about our nation’s eastern shores I think of the technology and infrastructure
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