“Why do Aboriginal people have an unbroken and ongoing connection with the City of Sydney”. Discuss this statement in relation to an ‘Aboriginal Sydney’ event/exhibition/artifact. The city of Sydney is home to the largest Aboriginal population‚ which have maintained a living‚ continuous‚ day-to-day connection with the place for over 60‚000 years. While the European invasion aimed to destroy any remains of this race‚ their strong spiritual presence remains unbroken. A major reason for the ongoing
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The impact on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders when Europeans settled continues in the present-day. This stems back to the past Government policies that were in place. Even though issues from the past history have been resolved it doesn’t delete it. It is visible that many Aboriginal people still encounter drawbacks due to the forced resettlements‚ children placed in institutions‚ land loss and being supplied with alcohol. Aboriginal people knew of alcohol drinks produced by various plants
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Aboriginal Storytelling Culture Every society in the world‚ past and present‚ has had its stories and storytellers. Storytelling is an oral sharing of personal or traditional stories and is one of the earliest art forms. Some honoured Aboriginal storytellers orally shared stories and others used sand paintings and pictures drawn on animal hides‚ and stones to illustrate the stories as they retold them. B.C.’s First Nations have relied on the oral transmission of stories‚ histories‚ lessons and other
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However some solutions I think will work are mentioned later on‚ which I think could possibly help future generations to come. Education and high unemployment are all issues that the indigenous aboriginals face. They have the lowest attendance rates and this leads onto high unemployment rates. Some aboriginals do not believe in European education‚ and others it is sometimes too far for them to travel to get proper education. This all has future effects on the children that do not attend school‚ as they
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Aboriginal Education I am a student and a pre-service teacher in Australia. I have been lucky to have had a quality education. I am looking forward to graduate and become a full time teacher. It has been a rather challenging experience since people from my race still face some inequalities albeit minor in various sectors including education. I have always wondered what the source of these inequalities were and thus decided to carry out a study in the history of Australia in general but in particular
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Contemporary Aboriginal Issues Assignment 3- Essay Topic 3: Discuss the political struggle for recognition of indigenous rights to land. In your answer‚ consider the benefits and limitations of the Native Title Act and recent United Nations criticisms of the current Act. For years we have witnessed the Indigenous population ’s political struggle for recognition of rights to Australian land. At times the effort appears to be endless and achieving recognition almost seems impossible. Native
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Historic and Social Aspects Report • Agriculture and History In the past 200 years‚ European farming practices have caused more deterioration of the environment than the Aboriginal people did in 40 thousand. Aboriginals had a strong spiritual bond with the land and considered themselves as the custodians of the land and that they belonged to it. The Aborigines relied on excellent knowledge of the area‚ resulting in sustainable management of the land. They ensured there would be resources
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Kinship Care: Not a Good Choice of Child Welfare System According to Cromer (2007)‚ kinship placement is the recent alternative of a child welfare system. The recent project conducted in Washington shows that the number of children in kinship placement has nearly doubled. Kinship placement may be proven beneficial to children (Cromer 2007). However‚ there are also loopholes in implementing this kind of living arrangement. As such‚ this paper aims to discuss the negative impacts of kinship care
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Besides‚ they also do not have any financial institution that can provide them loans. "There is no Aboriginal organization that can guarantee sustainability. So‚ it’s not going to happen. Who are the people getting funding’? Weil-established organizations like the Salvation Army‚ pity groups? Related to the word partnership is sustainability. So how are you going to get sustainability from an Aboriginal group‚ organization‚ when historically they are never allowed to have any kind of economic base.
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Question 1 With reference to the source and your own knowledge‚ discuss how Aboriginal spirituality is determined by the Dreaming. (5marks) The Aboriginal spirituality is determined by the Dreaming since it is a concept which underpins all beliefs and practices in the Aboriginal communities. The Dreaming is communicated through story‚ song‚ art‚ dance and rituals which show the enormous diverse nature of Aboriginal spirituality. The telling and learning of the Dreaming stories is a life-long process
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