different peoples in one area or country‚ there is often a lot of racism‚ which leads to inequality to particular ethnic groups. For example‚ in Australia‚ since European people arrived there in 1788‚ they have discriminated against indigenous people‚ Aborigines (Kuhn‚ 1998: 30). The European invaders drove most of Aboriginal people out of the mainland‚ and furthermore‚ they took a lot of indigenous children from their families and forced them to work at white farms or stations. They did not even consider
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The pursuit of a fixed definition to the Australian identity has been a controversial journey‚ and the identity remains as elusive as ever today. For that reason‚ the theme of the 2009 Brisbane Film Festival will be Australian Identity in Film – A Retrospective‚ as we hope to explore the ways in which Australian feature films have helped shape the complexities and diversity of Australia’s culture and identity. In particular‚ the festival will explore the diverse representations of homosexuals in
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shanties for the Aboriginal residents. In 1965 Perkins‚ one of two Aboriginal students at the University of Sydney (the other was Gary Williams)‚ was keen to find a way to publicise the Aboriginal cause. This led to the formation of Student Action for Aborigines (SAFA) and the decision to organise a bus tour of western New South Wales towns. About 30 students‚ led by Perkins‚ travelled to Walgett‚ Moree‚ Kempsey and other towns exposing discrimination in the use of halls‚ swimming pools‚ picture theatres
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and taboos originated. In addition‚ he tries to explain how totems and taboos played a role back then and how they still play a role today. The first essay in Totem and Taboo‚ The Horror of Incest talks about the savages from the aborigines of Australia. The aborigines were a population of people that lived in a band society—they were foragers and lived like the earliest people alive who believed in ‘totemism’. Freud describes a totem by writing “It is a rule or an animal and more rarely a plant
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When groups of people see themselves‚ or are perceived by others‚ to be racially distinct from the rest of a population‚ the question that arises is whether members of these groups are treated equally. Politicians have long spoken of being a multicultural society‚ promoting tolerance and integration. Proud of a society where one can reap in financial or social status rewards through sheer hard work where the nature of one’s race or ethnicity is not a factor. Bessant (2002) said racist attitudes
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Social interactions and relationships are often used in novels to establish and develop thematic concerns within the text. Within A Fringe of Leaves‚ Patrick White constructs characters and their relationships to expose the constraints of social expectations and simultaneously illustrate the metaphysical journey to self-realisation that the protagonist‚ Ellen undergoes. It is through Ellen’s complex and often confusing relationships with other characters that her journey may be traced and the extent
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Every individual subscribes to a different representation of a political issue. In the memoir‚ Why Weren’t We Told (1999)‚ Henry Reynolds attempts to convince readers that his version of events is the truth regarding what is now known as the ‘History Wars’. Reynolds uses anecdotal evidence and a strong personal voice to present his view that the colonisation of Australia was a violent invasion which has been largely ignored by historians and politicians before 1960. Complementing Reynolds work is
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Exploring Transitions emphasises the importance of finding the balance between the needs of individuals and the needs of a wider community. As an individual explores transitions and looks to venture into new experiences there can be an upheaval of the equilibrium. A wider community can be impacted upon when a member of that group chooses to explore their options‚ for whatever purpose. In Billy Elliot‚ a film directed by Stephen Daldry in 2000‚ Billy’s challenging and exciting foray into the world
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Indigenous People Indigenous people are those that are native to an area. Throughout the world‚ there are many groups or tribes of people that have been taken over by the Europeans in their early conquests throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries‚ by immigrating groups of individuals‚ and by greedy corporate businesses trying to take their land. The people indigenous to Australia‚ Brazil and South America‚ and Hawaii are currently fighting for their rights as people: the rights to own
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land for agricultural purposes. For Aboriginal peoples‚ dislocation from their land stripped them of their culture and language. To the Aborigines land is a source of teaching that provides answers to the universal questions of man‚ the origins of the universe‚ laws of nature‚ family life‚ death and life after death. Separation/protection resulted in the Aborigines being removed from traditional lands and herded into holding camps in order to keep them out of sights of white colonists. This loss of
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