The Australian Legal System Introduction All countries are a reflection of their histories and this is very much the case with governmental structures and the associated legal system. The Australian legal system is based on a fundamental belief in the rule of law‚ justice and the independence of the judiciary. All people—Australians and non-Australians alike—are treated equally before the law and safeguards exist to ensure that people are not treated arbitrarily or unfairly by governments or
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technically citizens since 1947‚ they were not treated as such with poor housing and amenities living in towns where racism was entrenched. Aboriginal people suffered verbal and physical abuse along with segregation and prejudice. In the 1960’s Australians were becoming aware of the civi rights movements in the US and as a result this encouraged action such as the Freedom Rides. In Walgett the students protested against the local RSL who would only allow returned Indigenous service men to use facilities
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’Australian English is losing its unique characteristics to Americanisms and gradually dying’ Australian English is a very interesting language‚ It has many features that makes it unique. Some believe that these unique features are being slowly killed by Americanisms assimilating into our language. This theory‚ believe it or not‚ is untrue. Americanisms in Australia withhold an extremely small area in mainly our lexicon and some morphology‚ with all other features of our language left unscathed
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blindnesses and flaws in this vision. However‚ the fact remains that Cloudstreet is a phenomenon; an astoundingly popular novel‚ made into a television mini-series‚ adapted to stage‚ and in 2012 voted the most popular Australian novel by viewers of the ABC’s First Tuesday Book Club. For Australian playwright Nick Enright‚ co-author of the stageplay of Cloudstreet‚ ’People get that look in their eye‚ that Cloudstreet look’. For him‚ the novel has ’leapt the fence in Australia‚ it’s in the bloodstream of the
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and could therefore not vote. When white Australia celebrated 150 years of settlement on January 26 1938‚ Aboriginal people in Sydney marked it as a Day of Mourning. They_ _stated that there was little for Aboriginal people to celebrate‚ and mocked the claims of white Australians to be a "civilised‚ progressive‚ kindly and humane nation". During 1900-1950’s‚ hardships for Aboriginals continued and their push for equal rights and freedom were meaningless to the government. This was shown with the government policy to t
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Government policies of ATSI peoples include: • White Australian Policy – 1901 – tried to ban all Caucasian people from entering the country • Western Australia Aborigines Act – 1905 - this made the Chief prosecutor the legal guardian of half-caste children under the age of 16 • NSW Aborigines Protection Act – 1909 – introduced to public schools • Stolen generations – 1910-1970 – children were forcibly removed from their families • Assimilation Policy – 1937 – Aboriginal people are assimilated into
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Judith Wright is a prominent figure in Australian literature‚ as well as an environmentalist and social activist. This plays a major role in her various collections of poems‚ where she explores both national and personal concerns. These include her fight for Aboriginal land rights‚ as well as personal experiences such as pregnancy and motherhood. Through her poetry‚ Wright is able to give voice to the interest of social groups who are often denied one. Wright’s poem “Woman to Child” primarily
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the age of sixteen or twenty-one. In all states and territories‚ policemen or other agents of the state‚ began to locate and transfer babies and children of mixed descent‚ from their mothers or families or communities into institutions. In these Australian states and territories‚ half-caste institutions‚ government or missionary‚ were established in the early decades of the twentieth-century for the treatment of these separated half-caste children. These children were separated permanently from family
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Aboriginal Culture Australian Aboriginal culture includes a number of practices and ceremonies centered on a belief in the Dreamtime. Reverence for the land and oral traditions are emphasised. Language groupings and tribal divisions exhibit a range of individual cultures. Australian Aboriginal art has existed for thousands of years and ranges from ancient rock art to modern watercolour landscapes. Aboriginal music has developed a number of unique instruments. Contemporary Australian aboriginal music
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This essay explores the story ‘Kura‚ Yeye‚ Boorda ‘from the past‚ today and the future‚” written by Len Collard and the Indigenous Australian notion that the land is alive. I outline the deep connection to the land and how Waakal the Rainbow Serpent and the Dreaming has brought about this notion. To Indigenous Australians‚ the land is not inanimate; it is a complete environment that supports and is maintained by people and culture. Land is central‚ spirituality and culturally and in this story the
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