seven percent of Indigenous students opposed to seventy four percent of non-Indigenous students complete year twelve’. (Australian Bureau of Statistics‚ 2008). The above statistics imply that current Indigenous Education is affected detrimentally by western colonisation‚ inequitable government policies‚ and the variation of cultural beliefs. Aboriginal participation and education in Western schooling is far below the standard of academic achievement of non-indigenous Australians. This is resulting
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Amazon Rainforest Conservation through Development of Indigenous Peoples Today‚ the Amazon Rainforest is a very different place than it was when the Spanish explorer Francisco de Orellana first navigated through its river in 1542. The forest has been around for 55 million years on the South American continent (e.g. Maslin et al. 2005) but through decades of deforestation‚ climate change‚ agriculture‚ and population growth‚ the Amazon Rainforest is facing a point of destruction. In Brazil‚ at the
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which depicts the story of the colonisation of Australia. The message of the text shows that when the European people who are referred to as ‘the Rabbits’ came to Australia‚ the Indigenous Australians are soon overrun and invaded by them. This story is intended to symbolise the fight between the Indigenous Australians and the Outsiders. There is an emotional depth to both Marsden and Tan’s work that strongly affects the audience. The use of very simple text and evocative pictures help to convey
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the Australian government and have struggled to retain their rights and freedoms. Conflict emerged as the British colony expanded and Aboriginal land was taken from them. Due to conflict between the Aborigines and the British settlers‚ they were treated poorly and were refused rights and freedom. They were at risk under unfair industrial relations processes where they were not awarded equal pay‚ poor access to housing and reasonable living conditions‚ and on-going discrimination in Australian society
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the events endured by the Stolen Generation then we can see that they have very negative connotations from a sociological perspective on the wider Australian society. This piece will attempt to state that a link exists between the personal trauma caused to members of the Stolen Generation and why they find it difficult to integrate with wider Australian society. If a country is to forcibly enact a policy of assimilation in such a brutal manner on its original inhabitants then this illustrates that
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in the fight for aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people? The Australian Referendum of 1967‚ called by Prime Minister Harold Holt‚ led to important and influential decisions and legislations; which ultimately bettered the lives of the first Australians. Although the amendments made to the constitution‚ were minimal and overall didn’t immediately amount to much‚ it was significant in the progression of the mentality of Australian society. One of the most obvious reasons as to why the referendum
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looking at Indigenous communities in Canada compared to the rest of the world. Today‚ over 4% of Canada’s population describes themselves as Indigenous. Indigenous people were the first people to live on what is now called Canada‚ they had their own culture‚ beliefs and lifestyle. When European settlers came to Canada in the 1800’s they assimilated the Indigenous people. Europeans convinced Indigenous people to sign treaties which still are the same ones that are used today. Indigenous communities
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broader media in Australia‚ I have become quite irritated that Australian Indigenous communities are still being treated with disrespect and wrongness by our government. All human beings should be treated as equals and have equal rights to the basic necessities such as quality health care. However we still fail to give our Indigenous communities the respect that they deserve‚ after all the heart ache we the non-indigenous Australians have caused them in the past it is only fair that we treat them
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It is stated that We maintain and reproduce our cultural identity through what we read and write’. Many great Australian poets show the culture that Australia has through the strong imagery and emotive language portrayed in their poetry. Judith write is a famous Australian poet who wrote many poems that portrayed Australia’s Cultural Identity. Her poems The Wonga Vine"‚ "Jet Flight Over Derby"‚ "A Country Town" and "Two Dreamtimes" strongly reflect the landscape‚ environment‚ history‚ beliefs and
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How do TWO of the speakers encourage you to consider what should matter to Australians? Speakers who encourage us to consider significant Australian issues deliver key themes and ever-lasting notions through rhetoric techniques which persuade their audience. Noel Pearson’s 1996 speech‚ ‘An Australian History for us All‚’ challenges the treatment of Indigenous Australians in the past‚ present and future with the proposal for an intellectual approach to acknowledge previous injustices. He argues that
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