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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What It Means To Be an Australian Australia is a very unique place‚ along with our multiculturalism there is also a strong heritage surrounding us. At first thought of Australian heritage we think about such landmarks as Uluru‚ The Sydney harbour bridge and The Sydney opera house‚ The Great Barrier reef and other internationally recognised places. But our heritage goes much deeper than that; it is far more than outstanding icons. Along with these icons there are also unsung places like the
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during the Opening Ceremony when the Aboriginal culture was demonstrated in their acts. This was dispelled‚ however‚ when Cathy Freeman completed the last leg of the Torch relay and lit the stadium torch. This helped to relieve the hostility between Aborigines and European Australians. Another
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Draft essay Poetry is a powerful and moving form of stories‚ and it can have many different meanings throughout the poems‚ they can range from happiness to sadness and anger‚ which help set the mood of the author and how he/she is telling it. Main themes that are present are Racism‚ War‚ and Death and how they can be paired hand in hand and help reinforce the message of the Poem. Racism is a major problem that is still being tackled today‚ with the discrimination of a certain race or religion
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Many Australians associate and put emphasis on the idea of reconciliation between indigenous Australians and non indigenous Australians with the federal governments formal reconciliation policy in 1991. However the events of symbolic reconciliation play an equal part if not more significant part of this reconciliation process by bridging the ’gap’ between indigenous people and non indigenous people of Australia both in past and present times. Without these fundamental symbolic events of reconciliation
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influences. This is to ensure a fair trial is preserved. An example of judicial independence is reflected in Mabo Case 1 (1988). This case illustrates a fair trial by protecting and preserving the rights of the minority groups in Australia which are the aborigines by using Section 109‚ to override the Queensland Coast Island Declaratory Act 1985. However‚ in reality‚ Judicial Independence is not always practiced to preserve human rights. This is usually seen in parenting disputes in the Family Court. Judges
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Religion and Belief Systems in Australia post-1945 1.1 Contemporary Aboriginal Spiritualties Kinship and the Dreaming The Dreaming is the key concept underpinning all aspects of Aboriginal spirituality and‚ indeed‚ all facets of traditional Aboriginal life. At its basis is an ancient event whereby the ‘sky heroes’ (ancestral spirit beings) formed everything upon the earth (oceans‚ mountains‚ rocks‚ insects‚ animals etc) from a featureless‚ never-ending plain. Yet the dreaming exists in the
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when Federation came into existence in 1901‚ there was a prevailing belief held by non Aboriginal Australians that the Aborigines were a dying race (Nichol‚ 2005:259) which resulted in the Indigenous people being excluded from the constitution except for two mentions – Section 127 excluded Aborigines from the census and Section 51‚ part 26‚ which allowed States to govern Aborigines rather than to the Federal Government (http://reconciliaction.org.au). Aboriginal people were officially excluded from
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colonialism and Christianity. At first‚ people from outside take over the land‚ and aborigines lose their land since progenitor‚ then they been forced to speak other language and practice Christian. For cultures that rely heavily on oral traditions to transmit their beliefs and values‚ the loss of language constitutes a devastating blow to their religion (Amore et al. 2015). In some way‚ Christian protect aborigines from more encroachment. However‚ the all protection is after
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Report of the Stolen Generations Assessor Stolen Generations of Aboriginal Children Act 2006 February 2008 Depar tm e n t of P r e m i e r a n d C a binet Table of contents 1. 2. Introduction ...................................................... 2 Context of the legislation .......................................3 2.1 historical Context ................................................................... 3 2.2 Child Welfare and adoption laws .............................. 4
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