Eddie Mabo is one of the most famous and significant Australian Aboriginals. He is famous for campaigning for Indigenous land rights. He was born on the 29th of June‚ 1946‚ on Murray Island‚ in the Torres Strait. Eddie Mabo married Bonita Newhow and together they had ten children. In 1982 Eddie Mabo and four other Torres Strait Islanders initiated action against the Australian Authorities calming ownership of their land on Murray Island. Eddie Mabo was exiled from Murray Island when he was sixteen
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determination‚ skills and knowledge‚ they are advocates for best practice in Indigenous Education. This report is formed after analysis of the Bush School video to discuss the reasons why it is an example of best practice in Indigenous Education and to describe how application of the Bush School experience and learning is applied into future teaching strategies. Part A: discuss how Bush School is an example of best practice in indigenous education. Apply knowledge of weekly unit topics and citing specific
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Medea Comparison The Medea is a classic tragedy with its historical‚ cultural and social origins firmly in Ancient Greece. Since originally being written by Euripides‚ the play has been rewritten and reinterpreted by many different playwrights and directors throughout history. Each time the Meda has been re-imagined‚ it takes on different meaning‚ born from the context of the playwright and the message they wish to convey through this powerful play. This essay will cover the original play by Euripides
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Bethany Good Although Jasper Jones is set in the 1960’s this story could’ve taken place anywhere‚ anytime in Australia Craig Silvey published the Australian novel Jasper Jones in 2009‚ making the comparison between the moral values today and in the 1960’s blatantly obvious. Jasper Jones is a story that explores the main issues of racial prejudice and ignorance in rural Australia during the 1960’s. We follow thirteen-year-old Charlie Bucktin in his rite of passage to adulthood through the erosion
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participate and succeed in society. In Australia you could say we have marginalised groups such as Indigenous people‚ the deaf and blind and the mentally ill. People who have migrated to Australia may also be seen as marginalized due to their needs. The immigration history of Australia began with the initial human migration to the continent around 50‚000 years ago when the ancestors of Australian Aborigines arrived on the continent from the islands of Maritime Southeast Asia and New Guinea. From
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Write an essay outlining the key issues in Indigenous early childhood education‚ including relevant policies‚ role of stakeholders‚ programs available to assist early childhood educators and recommended early childhood education (teaching and learning) strategies. It is evident that in today’s society Aboriginal people have many issues to overcome to give their children the best opportunities in life. Some of these include‚ poor health care‚ young pregnancy‚ isolation‚ postnatal and antenatal
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some access to ancestral lands. This facilitates use of the land for spiritual and ceremonial as well as other purposes.The first native title legislation was passed with the pitjantjatjara lands act (1956) where land was transferred to the local indigenous community‚ who had maintained a close and continous association with their ancestral land. Although this legislation provided no basis for claims by other groups‚ it heralded and era in change.The woodward royal commission was the first governmental
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Attempted Aboriginal Genocide in Rabbit Proof Fence The exploitation and colonizing of the Australian Aborigines by the British settlers in the early 20th century is evident through Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington. Historical background information has provided a deeper understanding into the “stolen generations”; hence‚ we further understand the struggles Daisy‚ Molly‚ Gracie and their families had to go through. The kidnapping of these children to brainwash them of their language‚ tradition
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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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