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    Australia Asia The World

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    Australia‚ Asia and the World (week 2) Topic 1- A citizen of the world Topic 2- Identity‚ values and worldviews Topic 3- Cultural Literacy Encountering Strangers Terra Nullius- Land belonging to no one “In this world through which I travel‚ I am endlessly creating myself” Franz Fanon‚ Black Skin White Masks Communities of People People coming together for a common cause‚ connecting in a world of strangers. Recognising common humanity Connecting across differences Accountability and responsibility

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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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    Final Mabo Quote Sheet 2

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    Quote Sheet - Mabo Koiki Eddie Mabo ‘Everything is yours. This is who you are.’ (Benny to Eddie) ‘I’m not working as a slave.’ (Eddie) ‘Whitefellas’ name Eddie‚ but it’s Koiki for real.’ (Eddie) ‘You know the drill.’ (The police sergeant to Eddie) ‘All them say it‚ on the railway: “Koiki’s the one”.’ (Davy to Eddie) ‘It’s not me‚ it’s the law.’ (Barman who refuses to serve Eddie) ‘We’ve got a sytem of land ownership and inheritance. We cultivate the land. The links are … active and unbroken.’ (Eddie)

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    Benir V. Alba

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    has good title to the Island of Manca is in question. The applicable laws in this case are: In the case at hand certain laws should be considered‚ in order for the legality to take place and for the dispute to end. 1. The conditions for a Terra Nullius or land that is not occupied nor claimed by any state‚ state that no inhabitants shall be found on this

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    Senkaku Island Dispute

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    UNDERLYING INTERESTS ARISING FROM THE SUBSTANCES OF THE NEGOTIATION / POSSIBLE ROOTS CAUSES THE PROBLEMS AND NEGOTIATION SOLUTIONS China and Japan use a lingering conflict for their own domestic political interests. Presenting Problem: a longstanding territorial dispute over who has sovereignty over the Senkaku islands. Chinese believe the islands were unlawfully seized by Japan in the war 1895. Japan argues that possession is nine-tenths of the law and that there can be no dispute since they

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    Summary of Australian History from 1788: 1788- Arrival of first white settlers in Australia on the assumption that Australia was “terra-nullius” (empty land) -1970s term the land was claimed to belong to the Crown (Queen of Britain) Aborigines were included in British law -British colony: British government & laws transferred to Australian soil -population: mostly British -dominant church: Anglican -convictism: affected our view of ourselves as part of the British Empire -Development of Australian

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    Throughout Australian and international history‚ indigenous people have had their future chosen for them. This dates back millennia‚ when the Romans would sell the indigenous off as slaves‚ or when the Aboriginals of Australia were stolen from their families. Until only recently‚ indigenous people were living at a lower standard than other people‚ and no-one fought for their rights. However‚ there have been significant advancements in the Aboriginal fight for self-determination‚ such as the Mabo

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    Changing Rights and Freedoms of Aboriginal People The rights and freedoms of Aboriginal people have changed significantly during the 20th century after facing many years of neglect and inequalities. In that time‚ change in indigenous rights and freedoms was brought about as a result of government policies‚ political activism and legal changes. Government Policies changed the rights and freedoms of the Aboriginal people. The policy of protectionism was introduced in 1869 which wanted to protect

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    Holiday HW- A) Aboriginal spirituality and the dreaming Q1- Kinship is a complex system of belonging and responsibility within a clan based on family and totem relations that govern daily Aboriginal life by determining issues. The dreaming has in itself prescribed the peoples kinship ties and permeates throughout the system by: Assigning responsibilities to transmit knowledge of the dreaming from elders to younger generations Providing the basis on which aboriginal society is structured on; maintained

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    Legal Maxims

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    Actio personalis moritur cum persona - A personal action dies with the person. This maxim relates to the extinction of liability of a person on his death. The personal representatives of the deceased can always sue for the recovery of debts due to the deceased.But he cannot sue for the breaches which caused mere personal injuries on nthe deceased. Origins of the maxim latin References ^ Goudy Two Ancient Brocards in Essays in Legal History Vinogradoff (ed.) and Winfield Textbook of the Law of

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