" Multiculturalism recognises that we live in a society made up of people from many different cultures and religions. It aims to promote tolerance and understanding of others and their right to retain their own culture. ... Also the fact that the migrants come from so many different countries, they each bring with them different skills, cultures, and new experiences for Australia to explore and learn more about. ... Also the many different and unique cultures that are brought into Australia by large groups of migrants are a positive. For example countries such as Italy, France, Greece etc....

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If Australia was to remove the Italians, Greeks, Vietnamese, Chinese, Germans, Arabians, Maltese, Hungarian, British and all of the other cultures that are living in our society then Australia would be left with a small population of Aboriginals and Torres Straight Islanders. ... Australia will always be made up of a nation with hundreds of different cultures and if we work together we can sort out Australia's minor problems and then we can live as a free individual but Multiculturalised nation. ... This would give us true independence and would make us feel more like a nation rather than...

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The Europeans began to settle Australia on the 26th of January as a convict colony in 1788. ... As Aboriginal culture was not dominant in these times, white Australians found it easy to attempt to make Australia all white. ... However, today, socio-economic statistics suggest that indigenous Australians have poorer health, poorer levels of education, higher unemployment rates, and higher rates of poverty than non-Aboriginal Australians. 38% of Aboriginals live in need of housing, as opposed to non non-indigenous Australians, of whom, 17% are in need of housing. ... Seven years ago the median w...

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"The Australian Aborigines: A Portrait of their Society" gives information about the customs, legal system, beliefs and cultures of Aborigines in Australia which is a comprehensive read for all people attempting to write an essay on Aboriginals in Australia. ... "Questions about Aborigines are among the most controversial in Australia. Some of the most interesting and difficult of these questions arise in conjunction with traditional Aboriginal culture- (Maddock, 1982) The author gives us an example of how problems with Aboriginal people originated: the fact that many of us do not understan...

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Despite this popular recent movement of Australians thinking we need to formally recognize Indigenous Australians in the constitution, this is only a surface case and issue. ... Things that currently provide protection of culture and equality are laws and acts such as Heritage Acts and the Act of Recognition. ... We do agree that changes should be made to create more equal living rights among every Australian, not just the indigenous, but any Australian citizen. ... And we do agree there are still some unjust living conditions in Australia, but is this really the way to go about it? ... Furth...

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Until that day, I had never heard of a channel that was specifically based only on the aboriginal culture. This was all a new experience to me therefore, it made me realise the restricted access to such programs as a non-indigenous Australian. This is something I was completely disappointed and saddened by as I would have expected this to be a public awareness as this channel plays a huge importance on the aboriginal culture as it depicts their lifestyle, challenges and culture especially institutionalized discrimination when it comes to law and order. ... More than 30% of all Australian Abo...

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Aboriginal essay From the beginning of colonialism in Australia, white power and authority have been misused. ... It needs to be noted that the authority and power belonged to the indigenous people of Australia. ... A forced life for the aboriginals ruined their cultures spirit. ... The aboriginal's culture became a criminal act if it were to be praised. ... The lack of recognition from the white Australians has reconstructed the aboriginal culture and is one of the worst cases of racism ever recorded. ...

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Beginning in the 1830's and ending in the early 1970's, many children were taken from their families in an attempt to eradicate the Aboriginal race and culture, ordered by the Australian Government at the time. ... 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 Austral...

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How is the Dreaming becoming part of Australia's values and beliefs? The Dreaming is a European word that expresses the way in which traditional Australian Aboriginals live. ... This notion has taken many non-indigenous Australians a long time to even begin to understand, however the Dreaming is a concept that may be starting to touch all of Australia as demonstrated by the following occurrences. ... Continuing popularity of traditional art sites is another example of values from the Dreaming being entrenched in Australian beliefs. ... As more and more begin to understand the va...

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When the British arrived in Australia, they declared the land Terra Nullius. ... This resulted in the British declaring sovereignty over Australia and taking over the Australian commonwealth of property and land. ... "In terms of civil law, the High Court appears to acknowledge that indigenous customary law can and does co-exist with Australian common law." ... As indigenous cultures are organic (rather than static), customary law may exist (albeit in an evolved/evolving format) in contemporary communities, as well as in their more traditionally orientated counterparts. ... The integration of ...

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The Dreaming Aboriginal culture is the Dreaming because it encompasses the past, present and continuation of their identity. ... The Australian aborigines had an affinity with the land that defied the understanding of the early settlers. ... Australian Aboriginal's spiritual relationship with the land could not be understood by a people who saw land, as a commodity; something to be owned. Webs of Relatedness According to Rose (1996) the Australian continent is 'criss-crossed' with the tracks of the Dreaming allowing the Aboriginal people to make relationships between one pl...

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Without the land, their culture and traditions of Aboriginal people were severely limited. ... 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. ... Some surveyors were very opinionated, others were supp...

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Aborigines are Australia's indigenous people which make up about two percent of Australia's total population. ... Aboriginal Australians are said to be the oldest surviving culture to this day. After modern man moved into Europe and the Americas cultures started to develop while Australians remained isolated on their island still practicing older techniques. ... Australia has no official religion (Blashfield 2008:101). ... Burial rituals within the culture are treated very different than regular ceremonies. ...

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The film successfully depicts the challenges faced by Indigenous people in Australia. ... We as Australians of 2015 need to know the challenges that the Australian Aboriginals have faced past and present, This knowledge is essential so we can understand the challenges that Aboriginal Australian have faced in the past and that these do not reoccur. ... Reconciliation is the way forward on this long journey for all Australians. A new chapter is starting in Australia's long history. ... Australia needs to move forward as one nation and respect the unique Australian Aboriginal and Torres Stra...

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The Aboriginals have occupied Australia for thousands of years and the land is an integral part of their life, their culture and their traditions. ... The core of aboriginal life is their heritage and identity with the land as it determines their lifestyle and culture. Many white Australians do not understand the aboriginal culture and their link to the land. ... In 1788 Captain Arthur Phillip sailed into the shores of Australia. ... We as white Australians will probably never understand their culture nor will we ever understand what the land really means. ...

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Furthermore, the Australian War Memorial is Australia's national memorial to the members of its armed forces and the supporting organizations who have participated in the Wars of the Commonwealth in Australia. ... To wrap it all up, the top and foremost experience i had in Australia was getting to learn their ways in living their cultures. Australian citizen are polite and they are kind towards each other. ... Their personalities reflect their cultures in such ways making their country the world's hygienic country. ... Their compromising act has made them unique as well as a positiv...

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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 is set in the small aboriginal community of Wala Wala, 600 km's south west of Alice Springs in remote outback Australia, where tough cop Ray Lorkin (Bryan Brown) tries to maintain some semblance of peace and harmony between two cultures that are essentially at odds with one another. ... Ernie...

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The societies didn't mix well together because of the differences in attitudes towards each other's cultures. ... Since 1970 Aboriginal cultures have indeed been promoted, and separate Aboriginal development encouraged through the granting of extensive land rights. ... Many aboriginal students felt alienated from school because it was not relevant to their lives or culture. ... 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 Australi...

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In Skrzynecki's poem, "10 Mary Street," the family's ability to connect with the culture and spirituality of Poland has allowed them to establish a long-lasting sense of belonging to the house. ... The family's relationships with each other and connection to Poland is present when "photos and letters, heated discussions and embracing gestures " are cumulatively listed, to establish that while they reside in Australia, they are still connected to their culture. ... Paul Keating's "Redfern Speech" reflects on the impact of the exclusion of Indigenous Australians, thus stressi...

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When the white explorers first came to Australia, they operated under the law of terra nullius. ... 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. ... From 1961 the policy of assimilation changed, and there was a larger acceptance of aboriginal culture. ... It was very symbolic to aboriginals all around Australia. ...

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Traditional Aboriginal Art Work Today aboriginals are revered as a drunk and crazy culture. ... Aboriginal Culture actually has Music, Dance, Art and many other spiritual beliefs. ... The so-called drunk and crazy Aboriginals are actually a culture of in depth with special themes like Dreamtime. In Aboriginal culture, each of the different tribes use different methods and techniques. ... Aboriginal Australians believe they have been here since the Dreamtime. ...

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The place of origin is Mumeka, Central Arnhem land, Northern territory, Australia. ... The Yawkyawk is a new Indigenous style of painting representing a water spirit similar to a mermaid in western culture. ... The area where the painting is from is Mumeka, Central Arnhem land, Northern territory, Australia. ... A water hole is very important to Indigenous Australians, mostly Indigenous Australians in tribes in regional areas, as a water hole could be the main source of water. ... The figure in the painting is an example of ancestral beings in the Dreamtime stories and figures like these shoul...

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Using repetitive language and emotive word choices, Rudd informs the audience of the parliament and indigenous communities and his intentions to equalise opportunities for all Australians, regardless of their origin. ... Rudd uses distinctive spoken features including features such as; emphatic stress, when he is speaking about the future of Australians and Reparative language to make his speech more effective. He states "A future where we can harness the determination of all Australians, to close the gap that lies between us in life expectancy, educational achievement and economic oppo...

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The Australian Aboriginal culture is seen to be one of the oldest cultures in the world though it continues to live on. ... 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. Almost 20 percent of Australians are foreign born and there are more than 40 percent of a mixed culture origin. ... They have all had an impact on the Australian culture and transformed the cultural institution and understandings of the contemporary Aboriginal culture. ...

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Through the strategic use of minor characters and Indigenous culture, Winton adds depth to both the intimate and broader cultures utilised in the novel. ... " These women represent the emergence of the rising independency of women that began to form in Australian Post-War society. ... Through the use of these minor characters, Winton compared the culture of Cloudstreet with the broader Australia, intending to demonstrate to the audience that Rose's emotional belonging rested in the culture of Cloudstreet rather than in the booming environment of Suburban Perth. ... The idea that cert...

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