Australia?) ... They make up only 1% of the population in Australia. ... This separating process was repeated until all of Australia was occupied ~Religon: Aborigines achieve spirituality through a system of mythology and rutual known as Totemism. ... ~Government: The Aborigines themselves have no government. ... Language: Australia is mostly english speaking and adolescents age 15 and over are literate, but the aborigines have over 200 languages and 50 dialects which they are still native to till this day. ...

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The concept of Aboriginality is the survival, identity, and the cultural diversity of Australian Aborigines. The Australian Aborigines have been on this Australian land for over 40,000 years. ... Throughout it will explore the concept of Aboriginality of the Australian Aborigines, looking at the history of the Aborigines and exploring the culture of the Aborigines. In the 1930's, set the depression of the Australian Aborigines they were frequently not paid and if they were it was in rations, in the workplace Aborigines were the first people to be deployed. ... The Australian culture i...

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Aborigines are Australia's indigenous people which make up about two percent of Australia's total population. Aborigines are believed to have evolved as modern man in Africa about 190,000 years ago, moved into the Middle East by 120,000 years ago, then into Asia, and on to Australia at least 60,000 years ago. ... Aboriginal Australians are said to be the oldest surviving culture to this day. ... Australia has no official religion (Blashfield 2008:101). ... "The spiritual life of Australia's aborigines is closely tied to their daily life" (Blashfield 2008:101). ...

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The Aborigines of Australia have changed a great deal in the last fifty or so years. ... Since European settlers arrived in Australian in the late 18th Century, Aborigines were treated as sub-human. ... An ideal place to begin would be with assimilation of Aborigines in Australia. ... There are also other social traits of modern Australian life that many Aborigines find difficult to move into. ... So what roles do Aborigines play in modern Australia? ...

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This group of people were the Aborigines. ... The Aborigines developed a good understanding of the land, and over a period of time grew to enhance a close bond with it. This link between the land and the Aborigines was unable to be understood by the second wave of migrants who came to Australia in 1788. ... In today's society approximately three million Australians, which is one in every five, were born outside of Australia. ... The 2000 Olympic games for example was a huge success in expressing the view and possibility of reconciliation between the White Australians and the Aborigines,...

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Analysis of Australia *Geography* Australia is the sixth largest country in the world. ... A short while later, Aborigines landed in canoes and rafts on the north coast of Australia and then moved southward across the rest of the continent. Aborigines were nomads living in family clans, each with its own territory where it could camp, hunt, and fish. The Aborigines brought two useful items from their original homeland: the dingo and the boomerang. ... There is no dominant religion in Australia. ...

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As you are all aware of, the Aborigines have been the most racially prejudiced group in Australia. ... Another issue which I find ignominious in the history of Australia was voting rights for Aborigines. ... The government was concerned that Aborigines were not part of the Australian population, and thus should be excluded from any political decision making. ... Like wage inequity, the lack of voting rights for the Aborigines separated the indigenous and non-indigenous people of Australia. The Aborigines today are still very distant from Australia's politics. ...

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The tension and separation of races during a war seemed evident in Australia. ... I entirely agree with the above statement due to the unequal treatment of the aborigines, tension between the Japanese population and characters such as Hart showing lack of trust over his lover Mitsy With a war against the Japanese was the trigger for racism in Australia. ... The Japanese are somewhat divided from white Australians. ... Aborigines are treated unequally and are downgraded in Broome. ... Aborigines have been replaced with stereotypes and generalisations from the Broome community especially all a...

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.: 250,000 _ groups: _ traditional _ urban (just under half of present population) _ there are similarities in the beliefs of different tribes _ spiritual dimension of the land _ present life is continuous with the Dreaming _ totemistic: animals/plants have associated symbols _ naturalistic: living off the land _ tied to the land: each group has a particular relationship with a particular piece of land _ The Dreaming as being fundamental to Aboriginal Culture and Societies _ 5 distinct features of Aboriginal Spirituality: Spiritual " spirits are natural to the world _ each person ...

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Western Australia is one of most affected states by aborigines with the largest amount of aborigines and aboriginal crime. ... Year 2000 figures showed an 8% drop in the number of aborigines in higher education. ... Australian's are reluctant to take the next step in the reconciliation process and deliver equality to indigenous people by recognizing their rights through a treaty between black and white Australia. Much more needs to be done to combat racism in Australia but the government refuses to appologise to indigenous Australians for past injustices. ... Is the black labeling of ab...

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They also believe that Australia took its shape and from the Dreaming Tracks. ... In 1788 Captain Arthur Phillip sailed into the shores of Australia. ... This caused debate among indigenous people who wanted their land back to practise religious obligations, the Australian government and the Australian justice system. ... This therefore gave the aborigines rights to the land, which existed before colonisation and in the present. The Mabo outcome was not only a significant step for the Meriam people it was also a giant step for aborigines from all over Australia. ...

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Marlo leaves her busy life and walks with the Aborigine people to understand how they live. In the book Mutant Message Down Under Marlo walks across the Australian outback with the Aborigine people and see's how they view the world outside their tribe. ... I will compare the American views and the Aborigine views. ... The Aborigine people believe that food is a gift. ... The Aborigine people believe that beauty is internal and not attributed to any outside factors. ...

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Aboriginal Land Rights Acts have been passed: in the Northern Territory (1976), South Australia (1981) and New South Wales (1983). ... Land rights are about land but for all indigenous people, and especially Australian Aborigines, it is more than this. ... The Aborigines view the land as sacred. ... The land, to the Aborigines, means everything, and is vital for their survival. ... Aborigines believe that as long as the land lives, so do their ancestors (Mudge 1997 40). ...

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By Phillip Gwynne and the poem "Redfern at Night" Stephen Clayton both explore the idea of discrimination which exists between the indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. ... For example, the novel is set in recent times on a peninsula in South Australia. ... Dumby lives out at 'the Point' with the Nungas, the Aborigines. ... For example, the whites are afraid of the Aborigines due to the cultural assumptions that the Aborigines are drunk and violent people. ... "Anger fills his mind, hatred in his heart, the bastards keep on hitting because he is dark" "Deadly Unna" and "Redf...

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Based on the compelling and provocative 1992 stage play written by Nick Parsons, Dead Heart taps into the timely and heated ongoing debate concerning the complex and delicate issue of racism, integration and multi-culturalism in Australia. ... James Bartle's cinematography is superb, wonderfully capturing the harsh, arid beauty of Australia's dead heart. ... A surprisingly sensitive treatment of Australia's fragile ethnic ecosystem and the conflict between modernity and tribal tradition. ... The authorities declare it an accident, but the Aborigines demand justice in a tradit...

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The Aborigines resented this, however the relationship soured further when sailors and convicts began stealing weapons and artifacts. ... To show that British law had replaced dreamtime law Governor Philip ordered the offending Aborigines to be arrested, but the culprits could not be found. ... Soldiers were authorized to fire their guns if any Aborigines came within the boundaries of the camp. ... Although the Aborigines put up a strong resistance to the British, their traditional weapons were no match for European firearms. ... Restrictive laws and practices were a cause of frustration and r...

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He was the first Aborigine to be given Australian citizenship. ... During the two days it was open, hundreds of Aborigines visited the exhibition. ... The National Gallery of South Australia bought one of his paintings in 1939. ... Aborigines were not then Australian citizens (nor did they become so until 1967), but this did not stop the federal government demanding it share of Namatjira's wealth in the form of income tax. ... In 1951, he was not given permission to buy a house in Alice Springs because Aborigines were not legally allowed in the town after dark. ...

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a) In 1788, Aborigines were hunted down and by the early part of the 20th century reduced to desperate poverty. ... The Government's response was to reserve land for the use of the aborigines and to name a Chief Protector, whose responsibility was the welfare of the Aborigines. ... c) On Australia day in 1938, 150 years exactly after white settlement instead of celebrating their holiday some of the aborigines protested about their how they were being treated in white Australia. ... On this day called, THE DAY OF MOURNING, the indigenous people of Australia wanted an end to unreasonable tr...

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"Australia is the most racist country on Earth." ... Should we be ashamed of how the First Australians were treated? ... Was the "White Australia Policy" a mistake" Definitely. Yet in 1967, Australians voted overwhelmingly to change laws that prevented Aborigines from being recognized as ctizens. "White Australia Policy" was also abolished completely in 1978. ...

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Aborigines were never anything more than slaves to Australians "Most European households employed at least a gardener and a house-girl". Once war broke out many Australians believed that the aborigines would turn against them, due to the fact that Aborigines were greatly mistreated by Australians " He"ll guide the Japs through the bush in exchange for grog and tobacco it's the black with a chip on his shoulder- Before the war Mitsy and Hart had a strange sort of relationship, they would fight and have their times where they would not talk "I knew only that I had lost Mitsy's frien...

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The children were removed because the white Australians/ Europeans believed that Aboriginal parents were not fit to bring the children up. ... The Aboriginal children were being taken by the government and placed in these homes because the European/ White Australians feared them; they believed that they were a concern to the white Australians. ... Neville was put in charge of all Aboriginals in Australia by the Australian government. ... The three young Aborigine girls are whisked away by the Australian government to be trained as housekeepers for white families, escape from internment and...

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When the white explorers first came to Australia, they operated under the law of terra nullius. Terra nullius was the European law that applied (incorrectly) to Australia when it was discovered. ... This meant they had to blend in with the white Australians (assimilate). ... It basically meant that the Aborigines were expected to live exactly like white Australians. ... It was very symbolic to aboriginals all around Australia. ...

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This policy encouraged many Aboriginal people to give up there traditional lifestyle, move in white Australian towns and cities, were made it forget there culture and language and basically were expected to become white Australians. ... There they were placed into white Australian schools, where they were taught to forget about their heritage and to become an white Australian. ... Aboriginal women were made to marry white Australian men to slowly breed out the race. ... They were discouraged from family contact and were taught to reject Aborigines and Aboriginality. ... During much of the 19t...

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In The Explorers, Tim Flannery puts together a collection of excerpts from reports of Explorers of the Australian continent. ... Prospero's viewpoint is parallelled in The Explorers by James Cook's attitude towards Australia. ... Cook claims the Australian land for England's own, by causing "the English colours to be displayed ashore every day, and an inscription to be cut in one of the trees near the watering place". ... Carstenz's perspective on the Aborigines shows that people of Eurocentric viewpoint not only wish to exploit nature, but also humanity. ... Carstenz&#x...

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Realising he is relatively powerless under the Western Australian Aboriginal Act Jimmy continues to treat white Australians with contempt, voicing the injustices served; "JIMMY: You reckon blackfellas are bloody mugs. ... The audience can see the strength in Grans" character, attained by decades of knowledge through her own experience of the harsh Australian bush that she so obviously belongs to. ... Aborigines, being disempowered of tribal lands, become poor, and subsequently lose their freedom to live as they choose. ... They aborigines in this play live in abject poverty, typifyi...

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