Essay On Aboriginal Life

Through out our life we never really take time to think about just how much we actually take for granted, cars, computers, or even something as simple as electricity. Can you imagine just how much different life would have been if you were raised being told that you weren’t allowed to have any of the commodities that you currently use every day, you would almost feel lost without most of it. from a young age to some extent like the tradition native American nomadic tribes that once lived in the united states, the Aboriginal communities in Australia are taught to live off the land and there surroundings, from about the time they can walk. Not all that different then the well known Amish groups in America. In late 2007 I went on vacation to …show more content…
The most recent movie to slightly take a glimpse into the aboriginal life was the Epic “Australia” where it shows just how hard the aboriginal community was hit, threw cultural conflicts when the English colonization of Australia began.(Australia) this epic does put a bit of emphasis on how it was when they were being pushed out of their homes but doesn’t give all that much insight on why. If you take time to research you find that there are a handful of different reason for the colonizing Australia, the most common was for to establish a prison, the best reason is more so there was a port between Britain and china, feel free to research more for yourself. We don’t really put much thought into going to the store to get food, take a second to envision having to actually hunt for food with spear, alde adle, or a bow that you made yourself, with things that you found around you, face it most of us would starve. For most aboriginal families it means just that, either you learn to adapt or you accumulate with the rest of the encroaching world, but this might not be a bad thing entirely as there is a lot more benefits to help people of aboriginal decent compared to 10 or so years ago there were no acts protecting