The contrast between living conditions and legal rights between white and black Australians is also relevant to the construction and dramatic success of the play, as it sets up an appalling social hierarchy purely determined by race, culture and skin colour. ... These contrasting and conflicting conversations shows the ignorance of white Australians as they criticize aboriginals for not finding work disregarding the blatant truth that no one is protecting them from being exploited. ... There is a huge contrast between the living conditions of the white people in the play and the aborigina...

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Just because we are white does it mean we are superior which gives us the right to black label people, for wrong doing. I do not think anyone has the right to label anyone for anything even if it is of a wrong doing so why do white people. ... Why do we label our indigenous people? ... White people also forced ways and customs on aborigines because the white people wanted them to be more like they were. ... 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 bl...

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Britain was seen as our mother country and the majority of people were willing to keep it that way. ... Thus the "White Australia Policy" was developed, primarily allowing only white British and Irish settlers to migrate to Australia. ... This included Eastern and Southern Europeans, people whom previously weren't allowed mass migration to Australia. ... Hence modifications were made to the "White Australia Policy". ... Peoples hostility can lead to a public outcry against what is believed to be multiculturalism. ...

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The Stolen Generation has had a traumatic effect on Aboriginal people, their identities and links with their Aboriginal culture. ... 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 ra...

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As with Peter Weir's The Last Wave, Dead Heart uses the background of a murder mystery to further explore this complex issue of Aboriginal culture and traditions and the inevitable clash that results when white Australians try to impose their own system of beliefs, values and history. ... The film explores many of the stereotypical images of indigenous people, as well as trying to present a fairly balanced view of the many problems that beset them, largely due to ignorance and arrogance. There is also some tacit criticism of the way in which white teachers and clergy try to impose their...

• Word Count: 882
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The aims and practices of Australian photographers was to create a black and white image conveying a sentimental, narrative, romantic, picturesque images of Australia. To gain recognition they emulated popular painting styles by taking shots of landscape, Australian people and the nationalistic ideas, by taking shots from eye level, using soft focus and sometimes boiling there negatives to increase grain. ... I Max Dupain is an Australian Modernist with the talent to create a powerful, pure and simple black and white image. He along with David More and Wolfgang Stevens were influenced by the...

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Up until the 1960's, Australia was defined as a White Nation. ... When Australia was made into a federation, it needed more people to develop the land. ... Due to racial attitudes and economic factors, the influx of Asians and coloured people into Australia society was feared and therefore brought in policies to limit and restrict such people from entering. ... In 1966 the Liberal-Country Party Government began dismantling the 'White Australia' policy by permitting the immigration of 'distinguished' non-Europeans. ... Some large groups of similar cultural background...

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Of all the people within western society, women have been the most heavily scrutinised by society. ... Stereotypes are often made by people in order to make a quick judgement on a persons character or the ethics that person holds. ... The common "white" view of Aboriginal women that is expressed in the play "What do they call me?" ... My father is a white man, just like you that proves I am not a primitive. ... These women not only need a way to identify with their surroundings and the people in them but also to themselves. ...

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As Aboriginal culture was not dominant in these times, white Australians found it easy to attempt to make Australia all white. This racist policy was exacerbated by the fact that Aboriginals were not allowed to attend the same venues, or be in the same area as white citizens, in places such as bars, theatres, swimming pools, and even hospitals (Van Kreiken et al., 2000:536). ... We have made many moves towards reconciliation, including the peoples walk over Sydney Harbour Bridge, in May 2000 to advocate reconciliation, and also other festivals and marches. ... The website can be located at w...

• Word Count: 1082
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Aboriginal customary laws, before white settlement in 1788, were considered primitive by the British, if considered at all. ... Although the laws varied throughout the ages, this way of life remained until white settlement. ... There were also "secret" laws and different people in the tribes knew different laws, for example, women knew laws that were unknown to men, and vice versa. ... Australian law states that no person can legally marry until the age of 18, or have sex until the age of 16, and it is socially unacceptable for people to have numerous partners. ... Relatives or ceremonial le...

• Word Count: 614
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Since Europe was mostly or all white, and Australia was governed by Britain, most of the migrants were white. The whites also had all the rights and controlled all forms of structure in the society, and to ensure that this continued the government established a "White Australia" policy. Only peoples from the British Isles were accepted as worthy migrants. ... HUMAN RIGHTS Not all people in the world enjoy full human rights. ... The United church labels the automatic detention for "boat people" as racist. ...

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Many white Australians do not understand the aboriginal culture and their link to the land. ... During white settlement the aborigines were forced to move into neighbouring lands, fringe camps attached to rural properties or on the outskirts of town. ... Wik and Mabo are only two of the many cases regarding land ownership for aboriginal people. ... The Borbidge government of the YEAR has threatened the indigenous people by saying that the growing resentment against Native Title claims could affect services to the aboriginal people. ... We as white Australians will probably never understand...

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One of the main policies at the time concerning immigration was the "White Australia Policy", which restricted any Asians coming to Australia. ... These students then started massive protests in a plea to the government to soften the White Australia Policy. ... Since the end of the White Australia Policy, the only hiccups have been the One Nation party, led by Pauline Hanson, and the defence centres which lock up the boat people from Asia. Not letting in the boat people was one policy that has not changed. ... This was probably another reason that the White Australia Policy ended, that is beca...

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Whitlam's every thought being silenced, allowing for no progress in his political career and resulting in an overwhelming sense of shame for being aboriginal in a white society. ... As I had made it, it would seem that any aboriginal child, irrespective of gender would be disadvantaged in the white society.... Being that the infant mortality rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders is 6.2 in every 1000 live births compared to 3.7 per 1000 live births for non-indigenous people. ... Using the alternating lifestyles between an aboriginal man and non-aboriginal man, I have outlined the...

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The reason for most murders or attacks on people in Australia usually happen because of arguments with strangers or conflicts with family, partners or friends, and revenge or because someone owes that person money. Some people are also very drunk when they do crimes and are usually under the age of 25 who are involved. ... To reduce these crimes all people have to do is follow the law, because the law is a vital part in our environment, it helps shape our society and it applies to us all. ... There are courts all over the world so that justice can be served, that is why there is the goddess o...

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The painting at first glance is a depiction of peaceful life on the harbour, with Aboriginal people seemingly enjoying their daily life. The subtle colonial mansions in the background, however, suggest the inhabitation of white people, the development of civilization as well as the receding of wilderness. ... He was employed to paint promotional pictures of Australia in order to persuade British people that Australia was a civilized country, raising curiosity and interest in this new land. ... In this case, Lycett's artistic intention as well as the content of his paintings was determined...

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Art is a medium that allows people to express their thoughts and feelings on various world issues affecting citizens today through the use of descriptive paintings and drawings. ... This is why the pigskin used in Bind is so symbolic – it is used to represent the lies society feeds to people. ...

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In Australia the jury is made up of 12 people, however the amount of people in a jury can vary depending on which sate or country the trial is taking place in, eg in the United States of America criminal cases are tried by six member juries. ... Some of the positive attributes that a Jury brings to a trial are that the law is given a human face and cases are not always black and white. ... Many people whom work in particular fields of work are excused from the jury service. ... So basically what this information is telling us is that the people who serve on a jury tend to be unemployed or p...

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The word ˜Indigenous' refers of the Torres Strait Islanders people and Aboriginal people, though seen as the one word they both have different cultures and identities. ... In 1973 the Black Management had no longer received support from the white. ... The Aboriginal culture is the most important part of the Aborigines identity; it is what defines them as people. ... The Aboriginal culture is made up of values, beliefs and attitudes of the Aboriginal people. They include different places, how people live, the worship, about the music and the literature that they produce. ...

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The land is not separate from nature, people, the heavens, ancient stories. ... There are other bosses who have power over people down the triangle. ... 'Old Aboriginal people have often stated that White Australians 'have no Dreaming', that is, they have no collective spiritual identity, together with no true understanding of having a correct or 'proper' relationship with land/reality' (Graham, 1999). ... They do not wish for it to be an exclusive part of Indigenous peoples and do want to see pattern thinking become an integral part of all peoples in Australia...

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This liberal view of the national defence strategy was favoured during the early 2000s by updating the Defence White Paper of Australia (with the exception of 2009 when certain ideas of defender-regionalists were implemented).2 Currently the government of Australia still relies on this liberal theory and especially its alliance with the USA. Next update of White Paper of Australia is scheduled for 2015.3 Despite numerous discussions about the national security politics, Australia remains relatively safe country, taking into account its history and position. ... In 1998 the Timorese Crisis cul...

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Both speeches given by former Australian prime ministers attempt to reconcile with the indigenous people of Australia. ... Keatings speech revolves around the topic of reconciliation and how indigenous people can be assimilated into Australian society. ... Indigenous activists protested that if Australia were to reach the ultimate goal of reconciliation, non-indigenous people had to accept the truth of Australia's history of marginalising and genocidal acts towards indigenous people. ... Similarities; both speeches acknowledged the collective responsibility by the White-Australian populat...

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Over the past 200 years Australia has moved from its early immigration of white European settlers to incorporate new waves of immigrant groups. ... This also represents that they are finding people with the same experience who thus have the same degree of belonging to a group. ... It also shows us a strong will to belong and we can see that the ways people achieve belonging emerge from all these elements. ... Her poem "Australia " conveys her emotions about Australia, Australian perspectives and Australian people. ... In the poem it generalizes Australia and all of its people as Walwicz pers...

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These people defended life imprisonment as a more rational choice. ... It is believed that fear of execution discourages people from committing crimes. ... Historically, many people have been wrongfully executed for crimes that they did not commit. According to research, in the United States alone, there have been 23 incidents of innocent people executed since 1900. ... Often, the only people who know what really happened are the accused and the deceased. ...

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Of course, it was aimed only at educated white colonials and not indigenous people or convicts. ... One aim of the alternative press, aside from providing another view on current political and social news items, is to give a voice to minorities, such as Indigenous and Aboriginal peoples, women, migrants, youth and the aged who are largely excluded from the mainstream media. ...

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