The key statement of Government multicultural policy is Multicultural Australia: United in Diversity (May 2003). ... Foreword In 1999, I announced the New Agenda for Multicultural Australia as a statement of the government's multicultural policy. ... I commend this renewed statement of our multicultural policy and encourage all Australians to join the government in ensuring that our diversity continues to be a unifying force for our nation. ... The Government is committed to mlticultural Australia, with policies and programs that unite us as Australians working to advance Australia fai...

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Aboriginal essay From the beginning of colonialism in Australia, white power and authority have been misused. As a consequence of the near-total destruction of the indigenous people of Australia, and to what extent it coincided to a racist unjust situation will be expressed deeply in this essay. ... It needs to be noted that the authority and power belonged to the indigenous people of Australia. ... As a consequence of the period of separation from their families this important event was given a name "the stolen generation" which was and will be always be an embarrassment for Australia...

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Within the first few decades of the arrival of Europeans, the life of many aboriginal Australians was being rapidly changed. ... Their wages were often paid in goods such as beef, flour, tea or tobacco and the conditions were harsh. 3.3 In Australia's most recent census, 353 000 people (two per cent of the total Australian population) chose to identify themselves as aboriginal. ... In the same time, the number of non-Aboriginal people in Australia has increased from a few hundred to many millions. ... The Sea of Hands is the largest art installation in Australia. ... Though most thought ...

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Research has shown that Indigenous Australians continue to suffer an inequality of health and a greater burden of disease than the rest of the australian population. ... Although the Australian public health policy has included Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health since the 1960s, this gap between Indigenous australians and other Australians have since remained with minimal improvements. Currently, Indigenous Australians have been affected by health inequality. ... Although the overall health of Australians has improved there are considerable differences in the health status for Indige...

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A similar notion is presented in Paul Keating's "Redfern Speech" (1992) which explores the negative interactions between the government on Indigenous Australians. ... However the negative connotations of "when this one is pulled down" symbolizes the loss of their cultural identity as they adopt 'Australian' traditions and therefore, limit their sense of belonging to their homeland. ... Paul Keating's "Redfern Speech" reflects on the impact of the exclusion of Indigenous Australians, thus stressing the need for the acceptance and recognition of their culture. ... Furthermore...

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The Australian Aborigines have been on this Australian land for over 40,000 years. ... Though in 2013 the Aborigines still have only two members in the federal government party, and do not see themselves as being equally respected. ... The Australian culture is a gathering of stories of battlers, bush-rangers and soldiers. The Australian culture implements other cultures, as Australia is a multicultural society. ... There are many aspects that impact the Australian culture they include, language, fashion, multiculturalism, Australian films, food, songs, sport, Aboriginal art and major cultu...

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In our history classes we have learned about the heinous crimes committed by the Spanish Conquistadors, the displacement of the Aborigine children in Australia, the desecration of land in the African nations, and the attempt to rid a Hawaiian nation of their culture and heritage. ... Government's lack of recognition is the primary reason why this particular group has had little or no progress in achieving any kind of reparation for the actions taken against them. ... The facts state that Native Hawaiians are a distinct and indigenous people because they have historical ties to the ori...

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In the same way Australian law has used the concept of "terra nullius," the legal myth that Australia had no previous owners. ... Yet for decades the Government of Canada referred to the Syliboy decision as defining the status of treaties in Canadian law. ... The federal government had an "empty box" theory. ...

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