Australian Aboriginal culture

Jennifer Strauss, Les Murray and Elizabeth Riddell explore the similar idea of loss of innocence. Strauss expresses concern for her son, whom has lost his innocence to his own anger and depression, through various contrasts. In the opening stanza she describes her son as ‘weightless of cause or consequence,’ which highlights the innocence of her son, unburdened by responsibility. Specifically, the term ‘weightless’ is used as an analogy to compare her son to the likes of Armstrong. This image…

essay “How have settler constructions of aboriginal people affected aboriginal peoples?” The settler voice towards aboriginal peoples, has ingrained constructs i.e. stereotypes, into society. These stereotypes have inflicted harm and severely affected aboriginal people throughout history and to this day, but in what ways and through which medians do these coloniser interpretations express themselves in society? And what are the responses of the aboriginal peoples who are concerned? To inspect…

Barry Morris within this book explores the postcolonial period of 1970s – 1990s as Indigenous Australians struggle for equality, recognition and autonomy as citizens of Australia. Morris illustrates this period as an era of socio-economic and political change informed by neoliberal policies. Morris defines neoliberalism as an ideology that is “conspicuous for its belligerent free market approach to economic development and demands for trade liberalisation, privatisation of state industries, and…

Food insecurity is a major issue in Canada’s Northern Aboriginal communities. There is evidence that many health problems experienced by Aboriginal peoples are related to food insecurity such as diabetes, dental carries, obesity and cardiovascular disease (Willows, 2005). The issue of food insecurity is important to nursing because nurses work directly with the patients who have these health problems. It is critical that nurses are aware of the implications of food insecurity and different ways…

Script: Since the early 17th century until the early 1900s, Aboriginal Peoples have signed treaties with the British and French, which the two countries then, turned into Canadians later on, after Confederation. Although, in the beginning, when the British first started to sign treaties with the Aboriginals, they wanted to encourage peace, yet, later on, the British and French looked at the treaties from a different perspective, then the Aboriginals and each country had different goals that they…

Primary health care helps to enhance the promotion of health and the services offered between health professional, and the community. The primary health system has to give treatments to the population (Macdonald 2013). The Black Dog Institute is a health program that focuses on mood disorders such, as depression and bipolar disorders (Black Dog Institute 2016). The Black Dog institute helps people with either depression or bipolar disorders to educate themselves on the issues associated with…

‘plight’ that affects us all. The combination of emotive and inclusive language effective conveys his argument that our humanity and national identity will remain as long as Aboriginal Australians live in the metaphorical ‘shadows’. His final words offer cautious optimism while maintaining that ‘we’ still ‘owe indigenous Australians’ and have a lot to learn from them- ‘We are beginning to recognise…. We are learning…. We are beginning to see.’ His use of the present tense explores the sense that…

not easy to be classed as a true Australian hero. Our nation admires people who are selflessness and put others above themselves. Demonstrate great bravery and are yet humble we also respect people who stand up for what they believe in even though this might not be popular sentiment at the time. We are inspired by exceptional talent and by people who are the best at what they can do and in doing these things demonstrate to the world their pride in being an Australian. The person I am going to…

briefing note is to present options and recommendations to prevent the increasing rate of Aboriginal deaths in police custody. Baker and Cussen’s (2015) deaths in custody analysis, illustrates an increase in Aboriginal deaths in police custody; specifically in Western Australia and Queensland. In the last six months, this has been confirmed by media reports on New South Wales experiencing their first Aboriginal death in custody in 16 years (Gerthing, 2016). The main issues found linked to…

The United Nations defined the term genocide in Article 2 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, which was released in 1948. The statement said that: Any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: killing members of the group; causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring…