the way Aborigines were treated unjustly and how they responded to this treatment. Jack Davis presents to us the Milimurra family who are essentially the main characters in the play. They are the minority group fighting against the discriminations laid upon on them by white authorities. Without a doubt‚ Davis positions his characters in a specific manner to challenge the audience and take them way out of their comfort zone which really makes them think about the reality of the way Aborigines were treated
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that were quite advanced considering the timeline of history of science when it flourished. Waves of migrants who came to settle in the islands contributed to the development of ancient Philippine civilization. Prehistoric aborigines‚ a cross of Afro-Asiatic and Austro-Aborigines‚ now called Negritos (Aeta‚ Agta‚ Ayta) reached the islands by way of land bridges around 15‚000 to 30‚000 BC‚ and they were excellent hunters and food gatherers. In its midst‚ other ancient civilizations were also thriving
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1936: from 1915 onwards he was the Chief Protector of Aborigines. Neville’s responsibilities in this position were to look after the affairs of Aboriginal Australians‚ as they did not have political rights. At a meeting for Aboriginal affairs in Canberra‚ Neville posed this question: “Are we going to have one million blacks in the Commonwealth or are we going to merge them into our white community and eventually forget that there were any Aborigines in Australia?”. Neville’s photographs challenge the
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Australian representations through film The very first Australian cinematic piece was produced in 1906 and told the story of the Australian Kelly Gang otherwise known as the story of Ned Kelly a well-known Australian icon. Despite the era of production‚ what we now view as stereotypical characteristics of Australians were unknowingly established through these characters. In these early days of Australia‚ these stereotypes were quite often a reality; with big tough bush men not simply being portrayed
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Shades of Racism Overt Racism Since Australia’s inception in 1788‚ racism has been ever-present; the basis of modern Australia was the controlled subjugation of the original Aboriginal people. This gross marginalisation culminated in the ‘stolen generation’; a process of eugenics in order to inter-breed half-caste aboriginals‚ assimilating them into European appearance.1 We need only look to the existence of the ‘White Australia’ policy‚ which essentially denied residency to non-Europeans immigrants
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proves the existence of a written script‚ a distinguishing mark of any civilization. What we now know as the countries of Malaysia‚ Indonesia‚ Papua New Guinea and the Philippines was once the Malay Archipelago. Prehistoric aborigines‚ a cross of Afro-Asiatic and Austro-Aborigines‚ now called Negritos (Aeta‚ Agta‚ Ayta) was the first to explore the archipelago around 15‚000 to 30‚000 B.C. Using land bridges this nomadic tribe settled the Pacific islands including the Philippines. In its midst‚ other
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In Australia we live under values‚ the values are • Freedom – Australians have the freedom to have our say in what we believe‚ we have the freedom to do what we want if it is still under the law and not harming anyone else. For instance‚ we have the freedom to drive but we are not allowed to hurt someone while we are driving. Freedom is a good value in Australia because we can do what we want if it is safe without the government stopping us‚ we are able to say what we want‚ wear what we want and
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Introduction The focus of this paper is an overview of different research articles on racism and structural violence against the aboriginal. Violence will be looked at from three schools of thoughts namely the structural‚ conflict and process theories. The views of these different approaches to violence will be critically analyzed‚ but no value judgments will be placed on any of their perceptions of violence. Racism According to Headley (2000)‚ racism is “the infliction
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In most practical ways‚ Australia is an egalitarian society. This does not mean that everyone is the same or that everybody has equal wealth or property‚ just that we accept all. As a country‚ Australia aims for the equality of all citizens; Indigenous‚ European and other‚ however these were not always the intentions of White Settlement‚ on the land we call home. European settlement had a severe and devastating impact on Indigenous people. Indigenous people called Australia home many hundreds
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