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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.: 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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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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The Rainbow Snake The myth entitled The Rainbow Snake is an Australian Aborigine myth that deals with the creation of many objects on earth. The Australian Aborigine culture is based on art and myths. ... The Aborigine people also believe many myths related to the nature of their land and how things came to be what they are today. ... It relates to the circumcision initiation of the Australian Aborigines. ...

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The first European explorers were the front men in what could be called Australia's first warfare-like conflict. ... Prior to World War One, Australia had not yet had the opportunity to glorify its country's war heroes. ... Indeed, many people believed that the Australian landscape was full of savages and was a dangerous place to explore. ... "By the turn of the century the colonists felt confident that they had made good claim to Australia and that they had little to learn from the dispossessed Aborigines- The explorer's role as the intelligence corp. of the European inv...

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Dingo is one of the largest predators in Australia. ... Aborigines treat it as a camp dog. [22] There is also a considerable number of species of birds and species of reptiles together with thousands of species including bugs, spiders and ants. [21] 1.4 Flora What influences the growth and reproduction of plant communities most is irregular rainfall. ... The tribe Anangu 2.1 Characteristic The term ˜Anangu' refers to Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara Aboriginal people, who are Australia's original inhabitants. ... This word is especially common in eastern dialects of the We...

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The poem, Aboriginal Charter of Rights, by Oodgeroo Noonuccal, is about the aborigines" assertion of their rights in defiance of white control. It gives an insight into the Australian society, through the eyes of an Aboriginal in the times after white settlement. The poem discusses that certain aspects of an average Aborigine's life has changed from what it was then to what it is now. An example of this is in the lines, "Free us from a mean subjection, From a bureaucrat Protection", "Give us choice, not cold coercion," Aboriginal Charter of Rights also discusses that Aborigines are now...

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On one end of the spectrum there is the Australian Tiwi Aborigines. ... While this religion may seem to be a little more modern than that of the Tiwi Aborigines, it is still very fundamental in form. ... As with the Tiwi aborigines, a woman who does not get any pleasure from sex will not want to have sex. ...

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The Worlds population is now broken up into four main groups: The Australoid include; Australian aborigines, Veddahs of Ceylon, the pre-Dravidian people of India, and a small population of Malaysia. ...

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