The Aborigines Act of 1905 supposed to be an act that raised provision for the better protection and care of the Aboriginal inhabitants of Western Australia; however in reality the real purpose of the act was not to make the general wellbeing of the Aborigines better‚ it was to control every movement they made and have power over every aspect of their lives. The following essay discusses several of the clauses in the text that prove its intention most deceiving‚ and what the act truly accomplished
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Religion & Belief Systems in Australia post 1945 Question 1: Aboriginal religion is based on land. Land is the heart of Aboriginal Dreaming and provides the assurance needed for the continuation of rituals and ceremonies (king‚ 2010‚ p.213). The effect of Dispossession on Aboriginal spiritualities related to the separation from their land was enormous and overwhelmingly detrimental. The impact of British colonisation resulted in Australia being declared ’terra-nullius’ ’land belonging to no-one’
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which Molly tolerates with maturity and strength. The cinematic technique using a long shot of a view of the rabbit proof fence fading into the distance both represents the long distance of the journey ahead and emphasizes the harsh environment of Australian desert. Noyce captures the pain of the journey through his choices of strong images‚ the heat haze across the desert‚ digging desperately for water‚ Molly carrying Daisy‚ their arms around each other‚ and Molly’s facial expressions showing her reactions
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BuckMaster‚ L.‚ et al. (2009). Samson and Delilah Film Review: A seminal Indegenous Drama of Gradual and Menacing Beauty. Retrieved on 20th October 2013 from: http://blogs.crikey.com.au/cinetology/2009/05/06/samson-delilah-film-review-a-seminal-indigenous-drama-of-gradual-and-menacing-beauty/ Genzlinger‚ N.‚ 2010. Samson and Delilah: Wordless and Lost‚ A young Couple Flee. New York Times. Sluis‚ S‚ 2010. Film Review: Samson and Delilah. Film International Journal.
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Rabbit Proof Fence by Phillip Noyce and In the Name of the Father by Jim Sheridan‚ my understanding of the concept of justice‚ or what constitutes justice‚ has altered considerably. We all think we know what justice is‚ or what it should be. In Australian colloquial terms‚ it is the principle of a “fair go” for everyone. In a perfect world‚ everyone is treated fairly. No-one is subjected to discrimination on the basis of race‚ religion‚ ethnicity‚ sex or disability. But the reality is that the world
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spirit returning to the waterhole‚ they both had ’borrowed ’ their lives from nature → water is cleansing * Belonging the place - characters from Cloudstreet get a sense of identity from the ’breathing ’ house that brings them together and the Indigenous people are linked together as one through belonging to their home‚ the land and the cultural traditions generated from it‚ to unearth their identity. * Bridges between characters and audience - storyteller ’s inclusive language and similarities
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This essay aims to discuss the prescribed statement developed in 1982 by the National Aboriginal and Islander Heath Organisation‚ which states that Health is a multidimensional concept‚ which embraces all aspects of living and stresses the importance that Aboriginal people place on being in harmony with the environment as well as survival (1982). This embraces the idea that health is achieved through implementing all aspects of living‚ including biological‚ physical‚ environmental‚ cultural‚ spiritual
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Could Eddie have succeeded without the help of Netta ‘Mabo’ is an Austalian TV film which was released in 2012 which depicts the life of Eddie koiki Mabo utilizing narrative techniques and elements in which a typical drama consists of. Eddie Koiki Mabo is played by Jimi Bani and his wife Bonita/Netta Mabo was played by Deborah Mailman‚ the film was directed my Rachel Perkins and produced by BlackfellaFilms and the ABC. The principal story of Eddie’s journey from an exiled Murray islander to a justice
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so in Noel Pearson’s speech ‘An Australian History For All Of Us’ (1996). The following interpretation of these two prescribed speeches will show how each speaker has used rhetorical devices to inspire emotion‚ thought and action but firstly it is important to know the context of these speeches in order to understand the impact they have on their audiences. Both of these speeches were delivered at times when the topics concerned were very prominent in Australian society. This gave the speakers
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Construct a close reading of this poem that demonstrates your awareness of the poet’s body of work. 1‚207 Words Cars and roads traverse the poetry included in the anthology‚ Smoke Encrypted Whispers‚ by Samuel Wagan Watson‚ a self-identified aboriginal man of German and Irish descent. The narrators of the poems are frequently on or beside the road‚ and the bitumen itself becomes a metaphor for everything from addiction and memory to the search for love. The poem Night Racing is present in
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