Aboriginal law had lasted for hundreds of years before white settlement of Australia in 1788. The laws were based from the Dreamtime and were formed by ancestors‚ spirits and Aboriginal beliefs. These laws were passed down by a word-of-mouth tradition and as there were many different tribes consisting of many clans spread out over a large area‚ separate laws were adapted to specific tribes and areas. Aboriginal customary laws were developed and based on the aboriginal relationship to the land as
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predominant and specific population by nomadic hunters. Carbon dating of skeletal remains proves that Australian Aboriginal history started some 40‚000 years ago. This history is not completely lost. It is retained in the minds and memories of compassionate generations of Aboriginal people‚ passed on through a rich oral tradition of song‚ story‚ poetry and legend. To the aboriginal culture and belief all life‚ are correlated through a networking system that can be followed down the ancestry line
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is an affective colonialism on aboriginal women in Canada. The histories of colonization have forced aboriginal women out of their community and family support. The violence of cultural assault or physical brutality of residential schools. It is essential to make efforts towards ending of violence against aboriginal women in Canada. The aboriginal people have grown up in poverty. Many aboriginal women run in to racism and they may shut out of labor markets. Aboriginal women turn to drug trade and sex
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Dreaming lies at the heart of Aboriginal spirituality and hence is fundamental to all Aboriginal culture and societies. The land is central to Aboriginal Dreaming and therefore to Aboriginal spirituality. The Aboriginal people are connected to their land through their ancestral spirits‚ they believe they came from the land‚ share their spirit with the land and return to their ancestral spirits when they die. The Land Rights Movement formed due to the desire of the Aboriginal people to gain access to their
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Housing and living conditions can indirectly or directly impact on health (Butler-Jones‚ 2008). Although housing conditions for Aboriginal peoples have improved in the past decade‚ according to the 2006 census‚ Aboriginal are four times more likely than non-Aboriginal people to live in overcrowded‚ and three times as likely to live in a dwelling in need of major repairs (Statistics Canada‚ 2008). Inadequate housing can lead to health problems‚ such as respiratory diseases‚ allergies‚ and mental –health
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Aboriginal Civil Rights Find out who Eddie Mabo‚ Vincent Lingiari and Albert Namatjra was. What was their contribution to civil rights‚ equality and indigenous welfare in Australia? Eddie Mabo Eddie Mabo was born Eddie Koiki Sambo but changed his name later on in life‚ he was born on Mer Island (Murray Island) in the Torres Strait in 1936. His mother died during infancy which left him to be raised by his uncle; Benny Mabo. After a teenage prank that ended badly‚ Eddie was exiled from his
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The education of Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander has become a focus of the NSW Department of Education while making policies of education in Australia as the nation strives to bring equality for them. The education of Aboriginal students has faced a number of challenges in the past which led to their continuous educational failure. The overt or covert form of racism has always remained a feature of Aboriginal educational polices‚ which has always marginalized these students. Any member of the
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“Why do Aboriginal people have an unbroken and ongoing connection with the City of Sydney”. Discuss this statement in relation to an ‘Aboriginal Sydney’ event/exhibition/artifact. The city of Sydney is home to the largest Aboriginal population‚ which have maintained a living‚ continuous‚ day-to-day connection with the place for over 60‚000 years. While the European invasion aimed to destroy any remains of this race‚ their strong spiritual presence remains unbroken. A major reason for the ongoing
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boulders and on the walls of rock shelters and caves. There is evidence that Aborigines were painting on rock over 30 000 years ago. Aboriginal Australians drew about daily life‚ hunting and spirits. Images that are usually found in rock art are hands or arms‚ animal tracks‚ boomerangs‚ spear throwers‚ and other tools such as stone axes. There are three main styles of Aboriginal rock art. The first is the style of engraved geometric figures. It consists of engraved
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environment on which it emerged. Their geographic location contributes to cultural diversity as Aboriginal groups retain a unique affinity to land. Heritage is shaped by knowledge systems that are specific to the Country they occupy. However‚ in 1788‚ the Torres Strait – compromised of five distinct Aboriginal communities – was infiltrated with colonization and diminished cultural diversity by inflicting a Pan-Aboriginal identity. Indigenous people were aggregated under one category subjected to similar patterns
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