State of Indigenous languages in Australia - 2001 by Patrick McConvell Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Nicholas Thieberger The University of Melbourne November 2001 Australia: State of the Environment Second Technical Paper Series No. 2 (Natural and Cultural Heritage) Environment Australia‚ part of the Department of the Environment and Heritage © Commonwealth of Australia 2001 This work is copyright. It may be reproduced in whole or in
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Indigenous tradition In the past people have mistaken about their tradition Indigenous originality or occurring naturally (country‚ region etc) To be indigenous kinship (relation to one another) and location(connection of particular place) Indigenous religion beliefs‚ experience and practices concerning non-falsifiable realities of people who have kinship and location Syncretism: Syncretism merging of elements from different religions. Eg : north American tradition have been
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10-3 BSGE Humanities April 14‚ 2011 The Colonization of India The colonization of India was very slow and very subtle. Europe’s first contacts in India were made initially by the Portuguese. The Portuguese traveled there by sea and took over Indian trade and commerce. In 1492 a Papal Bull was declared‚ allowing
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in 1492. Many believed that the settlement of the Spanish in the New World was the original settlement. For many years before the arrival of the Europeans‚ various tribes were scattered all throughout the Americas. There was an estimated 10‚000 people living in the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492. America was not a virgin wilderness for nearly 12‚000 years. The Spanish were the first to arrive in the New World. They were quite amazed with what they had encountered. After seeing
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Why did The Spanish Armada fail? In May 1588 Catholic king Phillip of Spain sent his Spanish Armada to attack England. Relations between these two superpowers have been getting gradually worse. Elizabeth had been encouraging attacks on Spanish to and from the new world. She had also been helping Spain’s enemies in the Netherlands. However‚ the final straw for Spain was when she executed Mary Queen of Scots (a Catholic Queen) and had a papal bull written against her. King Phillip felt it was his
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What Impact does Internet have on Today’s Youth? In our society‚ technology is ubiquitous. It helps a country to develop and make the life easier for those who use it. People are very influenced by the technology and they use it all the time such as internet which seduced almost all generations. In the excerpt “What’s the Matter with Kids today?” the author Amy Goldwasser disagrees with Doris Lessing who wrote the excerpt “On Not Winning the Nobel Prize”. They both see Internet in different
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defeat of the Spanish Armada by Queen Elizabeth the first marked the major shifting period of expansion and trade for Great Britain. With this defeat‚ Elizabeth promoted the Navigation Acts designed to expand British trade and limit trade with Great Britain’s rivals‚ primarily the Dutch. This new era changed history in the way things‚ ideas‚ and people got around and thus mercantilism emerged from the development of the navy in order to defeat the Spanish Armada. Although mercantilism did provide new
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meet with people across the globe‚ through the different channels that are now available. What do we really mean by “Social Media”? “The term refers to the means of interactions among people in which they create‚ share and or exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and networks”. (Provencher‚ pg 1). The Social Media has definitely become a great significant part of our society and thus defines how people integrate. For this we can thank our technology visionaries who have created this
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Why did the Spanish Armada fail? Charlotte Wong 7B (20) The Spanish Armada failed because of many things‚ most of them were because of they did not done a proper preparation for the battle. The Spanish was very weak and unorganized‚ they know that they were‚ but they still don’t do any preparation‚ as if they knew that they will lose. They did not done well in the tactics‚ ship design and choosing their leader. If they can’t do these basic things
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Indigenous communities have been the targets of many groups that believe they are superior; this belief has resulted in them to be mistreated‚ and ignored. However‚ their principles have allowed them to view humanity differently and appreciate their surroundings. In the article‚ The Study of Indigenous Political Economies and Colonialism in Native California: Implication for Contemporary Tribal Groups and Federal Recognition‚ Lightfoot et al. showed that Native Californians lost their traditions
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