1950’s due to WW2 - It was the idea that Aboriginal people should now be absorbed into mainstream white Australian culture or be removed from missions or reserves to become more like Australians. - The Native Welfare Conference defined assimilation as everyone having the same rights‚ customs‚ beleifs and privileges no matter if they were white or black. - However white Australians were not accepting of this policy. Black people where still discriminated and not given the same rights. They
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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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For Aboriginal Australians‚ the land has a special significance that is rarely understood by those of European descent. The land‚ or country‚ does not only sustain Aborigines in material ways‚ such as providing food and shelter‚ it also plays a major role in their spiritual lives. As Rose put it‚ "Land provides for my physical needs and spiritual needs." (1992‚ p.106). To use Rose ’s own term‚ to Aboriginals the land is a ’nourishing terrain ’. (1996‚ p.7). The basic tenets of Aboriginal spirituality
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Australia was born and became a recognised nation on 1 January 1901 with a federal government to govern it. This nation is a federal state with a constitution‚ which is a set of rules that govern Australia. The Australian constitution was drafted at a series of conventions which were held in the 1890’s. The constitution was later passed by Britain as part of the Commonwealth of Australia act 1900 and it took effect on 1 January 1901. Unlike many other states‚ Australia is the only democratic nation
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Australian Aboriginal Beliefs and Spiritualties The Dreaming Question 1: The Nature of the Dreaming and its relation to the origins of the universe is to express how the earth and land was formed by their ancient ancestors that rose from their eternal sleep and created life. The Sacred sites are considered to be the water holes‚ rock formations and caves‚ the uses for these sacred sites are burial grounds‚ ceremonial meeting places and significant places such as birthing caves. The Dreaming
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The implement and effects of Rio Tinto Indigenous Employment Program Rio Tinto is one of the biggest international group which focuses on the exploitation of mining and other resource. The business of Rio Tinto includes coal‚ iron‚ aluminum‚ copper and the precious resource like gold and diamond. This huge group involved so many businesses related to resources that there is not a single country or area can provide it with enough means of production. Rio Tinto is a Spanish world which means a “yellow
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Australian Poets: Oodgeroo Noonuccal This week we will be talking about an aboriginal poet Oodgeroo Noonuccal‚ also known as Kath walker‚ who lived from 1920 until 1993. Oodgeroo came from the Noonuccal tribe in Queensland. Once she had completed primary school she left because she believed that even if she stayed in school there wasn’t the slightest possibility of getting a better. Oodgeroo travelled the world telling others about the dreadful conditions the aboriginals were living under
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From 1910-1970‚ many Indigenous children were taken from their biological families‚ because of unnecessary government policies. Although this is over‚ the traumatic experience of the children who experienced that‚ consequently‚ is having a current impact on Indigenous communities‚ families and individuals. The Stolen Generation is what these children are known as. The Europeans wrongly told the children of the Stolen Generation that their parents had either died or abandoned them after once they
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through the painting “The Mining Town” and the poem “The Time Is Running Out. ” They each present slightly differing interpretations of the country based upon their altered perspectives and context. Arthur Boyd presents a vivid and vibrant life of an Australian mining town of 1920 through his painting while Kath Walker aggressively portrays an outraged view of what Australia has become violently outlining the damages caused by European settlement. In Kath Walkers poem “time is running out” she uses
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Australian assimilation policies of the 1930 ’s. The following statement‚ "The assimilation policies of the 1930 ’s had a devastating effect on the Indigenous community‚ which is still being felt today. While promoted as protection for the Aboriginal children‚ the policy actually aimed at wiping out the Aboriginal race"‚ is incorrect and unsupported. It was not the actual assimilation policies that caused the devastating effects on the Aboriginal communities but the influence of the White Settlers
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