Australian Aboriginal culture

Aboriginal people are disadvantaged in Australian society. Addressing low literacy levels within indigenous communities provides the catalyst for positive outcomes to the future of Aboriginal people. Growing numbers of indigenous Australians achieving tertiary qualifications advances academic standing, professional standing and employments opportunities for individual and the indigenous community as a whole ( Mellor and Corrigan 2004). Incorporating the fundamental ethos of Aboriginal culture…

Australian Aborigines When learning about a new group of people it is best to understand their past and where they originated from. One of Australia’s indigenous groups is the Aborigines. The group is said to have migrated from Asia as early as 30,000 years ago. There are about 500-600 distinct groups of aboriginal people. Although there are different groups there are links between the groups that unify them such as their spiritual beliefs, storytelling and art. Their spiritual beliefs have a…

Australia has not been able to successfully reconcile Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians in the last 30 years as a result of the attempts at practical reconciliation, such as the closing the gap program not allowing actual reconciliation since even if Aboriginals want to change their lifestyle, they are unable to do so because of the unwillingness of Australians to depart from racist ideologies and remember the need for reconciliation, preventing them from accessing jobs. The racist…

When white Europeans first settled in Australian during the 18th century their relationship with the aboriginal peoples was peaceful. However, tensions began to rise between the two groups when Europeans moved to gain more power, by abusing the aboriginals. Many people do not know that a genocide was committed in Australia during the 19th and 20th centuries. A genocide is defined as the mass extinction of a whole group of people; an attempt to destroy an entire population and wipe them out of…

Commonly, Standard Australian English (SAE) is used as a first language in Australian schools (Hanlen, 2010). However, Standard Australian English is not a first language for Indigenous students and in fact the most common language spoken by Aboriginal Australians is Aboriginal English (AE). Why do we need Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education and how can teachers assist students to attain the essential language to break down barriers to a mainstream world? Aboriginal English is…

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet (AIH 2015) reported that Indigenous Australians account for around 3 percent of the total Australian population. Compared to the past decade, the number of Indigenous people has increased, but the life expectancy of Aborigines is 10 years shorter than non-Indigenous Australian. A group of diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, kidney diseases, respiratory and eye health and other factors negatively affect Indigenous Australians today. A…

spiritually. This response will focus on the idea of discovery that relates to the themes of Aboriginal connections to their family and culture and the discrimination upon them and discovery of new place and character. This well demonstrated through the texts “Rainbows End” by Jane Harrison,…

European art culture was considered richer than Australia. Due to the ability to connect with different countries’ art styles more easily due to their vicinity. This sharing of culture and ideas helped Europe to be the frontier for Modernism in not only art but architecture , music and philosophy. However, Modernism was popular in Australia, with artists like Grace Crossington Smith creating works depicting daily Australian life and feature a flattened background ??…

evident social issues in the texts above have been about the effects of colonisation and exploitation of the land by 'white Australians '. Issues raised include; the mining of land seen by aboriginals as destruction of sacred land, the modernisation of the Australian landscape away from the natural beauty described by the composer and the tragic fading away of the aboriginal culture after attempts to display a sense of conciliation. In the poem, 'Time Is Running Out ', the composer -…

Education Training, 2015). This is an important protocol to Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander peoples, as it shows respect for them as the original custodians of the land, their culture and customs. Reflecting on our history, which saw the European occupation of Australia, whereby the British Law declared…