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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EDC 2200 Indigenous studies Assignment 1 1500 words Introduction 100 – 150 words Background eg a sentence to give the reader what the essay is about. Roadmap of whats in the body of essay. Demonstrate an argument. Example intro: Colonisation has impacted profoundly on indigenous communities worldwide and this essays examines and details some of those impacts. Initially‚ the concept of colonisation will be explained‚ including the forces that were driving the colonisation and the usual
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Week 1: Screening Australianness ‘Newsfront’ (1978) Newsfront (1978) is about the commencement of Australian television. It notions the changing times; the context before the television was a household object. The movie marks the beginning of mass social and political change that was intensified by World War II. With countless men at war‚ Australian women were able to enter and overtake male roles in the workforce. As a result‚ Feminism was strengthening. Along with the Women’s movement into
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change in representations of minorities in Australian Literature Australian literature consists of many representations of the ‘Australian way of life’ that are constructed by numerous national stereotypes. Various critics argue that the current literary representations of the average Australian do not embrace enough cultural diversity through the incorporation of indigenous people‚ females and ethnic communities. The representations of Australian people have changed dramatically over a period
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“Are Australians really racist?” Australia is a racist country. We tend to generalize the Australian population into different categories like the Indians‚ Muslims‚ Aborigines and Asians. There are always scandals on the news‚ in newspapers and on the internet of somewhat racist comments being said. In the earlier days of March‚ 2010 there had be seen tensions between Australia and India escalate with yet another attack on an international Indian student. Although at the time it was too
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he/she is incurably ill and in pain. That is what whole of Australia is trying to decide. The N.T all ready has passed a law that legalise euthanasia in that state. Now other government leaders and members are in support of this are pushing for an Australian euthanasia law. Christian Groups and Anti-Euthanasia have seen euthanasia as a sin and a choice that no-body should make. Some doctors have taken ill patients life’s as a request from the patient should this now be openly done. On the 18/06/96
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Introduction Injury in the course of employment places significant stress on both the employee and employer‚ Section 8(1) of the Occupational Health a Safety Act 2000 (NSW)‚ states ‘an employer must ensure the health safety and welfare at work of all employees of the employer’ whilst also providing a
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ATI504 s293848 Assignment 1 What is ’Australian Indigenous epistemology’ according to Indigenous academics? Background information-Knowledge means idea or information and data related to something. Basically there are two types of knowledge. They are explicit and implicit knowledge. Explicit knowledge is also known as propositional knowledge. It refers to knowledge about something. Example‚ knowledge about how to swim. Tacit knowledge is also called as objectified knowledge. Whereas‚ there is
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Europeans were intruding and taking over land that was not their own‚ the Indigenous Australians still fell victims of the invasion and sadly became slaves on their own soil. Not only did the European Australian ’s discriminate against the Indigenous Australians; they murdered them too. In the 1800 ’s two years after the British flag was raised in Van Dieman ’s Land‚ settlers were authorised to shoot Indigenous Australians. The displacement of Aboriginal peoples from their land resulted in a drastic decline
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“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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