Australia Day

language and visiting their own ritual sites. The first people of Australia. The indigenous people, the first owners of the land we live in. people who lost everything in post colonization. Loss of culture, family, identity, lost sacred sites, loss of lands. People who were treated as servants and exploited. Though now there is some significant dates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people such as National Sorry Day, Survival Day and many more to pay respect. Dreamtime is the…

Why Australia fought in WWI Support for Britain, the ''mother country ''. Fear that the opportunity of adventure would pass the by (hardly had been overseas). The desire to avoid the disapproval of peer and women. The chance to earn higher wage (6 shillings a day vs 1 shilling a day). A sense of 'duty'. Hatred of the 'hun' (German). The thought that war would be over quickly. By December, 1914, 52000 men had volunteered to serve in the army, to be known as the AIF (Australia imperial force)…

Sally’s Story Sally’s Story illustrates the life of an average Aboriginal family in Australia. The southern British Commonwealth during that period of time was a far cry from its colonial past, where Aborigines were singled out for persecution. Yet, life for members of the Aboriginal population remains to be a struggle in a subtle but present manner. Indigenous Australians faced difficulties from greater economic hardships caused by poverty and unemployment to social stigma and discrimination,…

Australia is a multicultural society with 2.5% identified as Indigenous (ABS, 2012). When Europeans colonized Australia in 1788 they called it ‘terra nullius’, which means empty land. The Indigenous Australians were denied any legal claims to the land and classified as part of the fauna. They had to deal with disease, violence, forced relocations and their children were taken and adopted out to white families. It took until 1967 to be recognized as citizens and receive the right to vote.…

hydrocarbons. Algeria’s main language is Arabic, and the people there are predominantly Muslim.Flag of Algeria.svg Papua New Guinea was a country that has been occupied by numerous countries in its history, including Germany, the United Kingdom, and Australia, and would gain complete independence in 1973. With its unique history, Papua New Guinea became one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world, having a variety of different languages and religions. With its distinct…

Clare O’Neil. This Private Bill amends the Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989 in order to effectively terminate, and create offences against the importation, manufacture and trade of cosmetics tested on live animals within Australia. This Bill has been actively backed by Labor Party’s Deputy Leader and MP for Sydney; Tanya Pilbersek as well as O’Neil’s colleague; Steven Jones MP for Throsby and additionally 90% of consulted Australians. Vast majority of Australian’s…

Interestingly, the convict origins of mateship perhaps explain some of the political maneuvers it later developed. The celebration of mateship is no more promoted than the various unionists and movements around Australia, in the past and indeed the present. Mateship can be seen to be used in the Union movements against government and business’ trying to weaken their authority, an idea of which draws many parallels to the convicts that suffered but banded together under the strain of authorities…

Title Act 1993 which nationally recognised and protected native title, a result of the Mabo v Queensland, and The Land Fund and Indigenous Land Corporation Bill 1995 are potentially the most remarkable contributions made to Indigenous rights in Australia. Leading up to the passing of these legislative polices, Keating gave a speech in Redfern. The importance of the speech may not have been…

make Australia a better place and what they should and could do to get closer to reaching true reconciliation in her point of view. Lisa’s view was my highlight because those who I interviewed did not know what would make a better place, they just were taught was reconciliation is and what has happened. This is because they are not education enough about it, it proves even those from the same cultural background are limited the amount of history they learn on Indigenous people of Australia. Lisa…

To this day, it is central to Australian identity, being our nation’s first military involvement. Despite our military defeat, Gallipoli was the triumph of Australian spirit. It is the symbol of courage, of respect and mateship, which were the characteristics the soldiers were said to have possessed. However, as today marks the centenary of the Gallipoli landing, it is questionable whether or not the Anzac Legend truly reflects the qualities of the soldiers a centenary ago, or even Australia as…