Australian Aboriginal culture

The Second World War started a new beginning for childcare in Canada. What is known today as the Day Nursery Act wasn’t without trial and tribulation, nor was it first known as the Day Nursery Act. The Dominion-Provincial War Time Agreement was the first agreement that was made available in 50% cost sharing to the provinces to support child care programs for children whose mothers were working in essential wartime industries (Child Care Canada, 2011). Only two provinces saw the advantage of…

for deviant individuals (Griffiths, 2011). However, this does not necessarily happen to be the case for Aboriginal people who are drastically over-represented in all aspects of the system. In fact, the Supreme Court of Canada called the over-representation of Aboriginal people as a “crisis in the Canadian criminal justice system” (Rudin & Ipperwash, 2005, p.2). Research indicates that Aboriginal people constitute approximately 3 per cent of the Canadian adult population, but account for 18.5…

for future cases involving Aboriginal fishing rights. In the court Sparrow was charged with “fishing with net longer than permitted by band's Indian food, fishing licence - Indian right to fish for food constituting existing aboriginal rights protected by s. 35(1) of the Constitution Act, 1982 ” (1990 CarswellBC 105), the government forced aboriginals to start getting fishing licenses. This was conflicted by s. 31 of the Constitution Act, which states that aboriginals do not need a fishing…

‘The bush was something that was uniquely Australian and very different to the European landscapes familiar to many new immigrants. The bush was revered as a source of national ideals by the likes of Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson.’(Australian Government, n.d.). In the book walking the boundaries by Jackie French. French provides loads of adjectives, similes and metaphors to give the reader a insight of Martin’s journey around the boundaries of his great grandfather’s land. And how martins mind…

February, 2008, Mr Kevin Rudd gave an apology speech in Parliament House to apologise to the Aboriginals affected by the Stolen Generations. Since this speech occurred, no significant rights have changed as a result of the speech. Despite this, there has been a development to some rights and freedoms for Aboriginal people living in Australia. Prior to Mr Rudds' speech, no apology was ever made to Aboriginals for the suffering and loss that they went through. Mr Rudd was appointed Australia’s…

part of their culture, but this part of the Australian's history is more common that I thought, for example when the Spaniards arrived in Middle America and South America, they inserted new…

learnt how to find food, Nuenonne had become a dangerous place. She had witnessed violence, rape and brutalities inflicted on her people. In the 1820s the Black War was beginning, it was a time of violence between the British colonists and Aboriginal Australians in Tasmania. In 1829 the Black War was such a big problem that something has to be done. Augustus Robinson a government-backed conciliator was set out to capture all independently living Tasmanian Aborigines and convince them to move…

Lucky Miles Lucky Miles is a 2007 Australian drama feature film based on several true stories involving people entering Australia illegally along the continent's coastline. It portrays the environment and landscape, the people and accurate stereotypes about Australians. A desperate group of refugees are dumped on the West coast Australian by smugglers. It sounds like the perfect story of misery, instead Lucky Miles is a tragic comedy. The audience at the 2016 Film Festival would have a ball…

For centuries, many believed the world only consisted of a few land masses that only included Europe, Africa, and Asia. As time, and technology progressed, people were discovering new lands across the world. With the discovery of these new lands, also brought new resources, and most important new land to build on. Unfortunately, most of these lands were already inhabited by the indigenous people of the land. This would naturally lead to conflict between the two groups that are vying for…

1. Introduction The use of alcohol, tobacco and illicit substances is both the cause and effect of much suffering among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia (AIHW 2011). Substance misuse has severe negative social and economic impacts on the individual, general population and family. This report will explore the effects of substance abuse, interventions that can be implemented and resources available to clinicians in managing indigenous people with mental health issues. 2.…