Australian Aboriginal culture

The aboriginal civil rights movement is a triumph of the human spirit. The aboriginal civil rights movement is a triumph of the human spirit, though it has its shortcomings. The aboriginal civil rights movement achieved many things politically and socially with the help of significant people and there are some things we are yet to achieve. Firstly, the aboriginal civil rights movement 's political achievements meaning achievements that directly relate to law and legislation, are extremely…

treatment for inter personal violence with Aboriginal couples because of its holistic, contextualized approach and focus on family relationships. Edleson and Tolman (1992) suggest that conjoint counselling can help the couple to rebuild the relationship that were damaged by the violence (as cited in Work,2000). Therefore, conjoint therapy is the best suit to achieve the objectives of the project and to step forwards to a safer relationship of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander…

historically used to defend the justice of colonisation in Australia for the benefit of the European expansion (Fitzmaurice, 2007). It allowed settlers to claim territorial jurisdiction and was ultimately responsible for the dispossession of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples living on the land now known as Australia (Prokhovnik, 2015). The political ideology during federation revolved around British patriotism, therefore terra nullius bestowed the settlers with the constructed…

Lionel Rose was an Aboriginal Boxing champion, he was a role model for Aboriginals aswell as all Australians, A national hero to all. Born on the 21st of June 1948 he was raised in a society that was divided by racism, doubt and economic disparity or difference. For Aboriginals their struggle to gain social justice had been ongoing since 1770. Lionel lived in a poor aboriginal settlement South of Melbourne in Jacksons Track, Near Warragul he had the ambition to get away and make something of…

Faith Bandler played an important role in promoting the civil rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders people. The struggles and discrimination of the ATSI peoples was made evident to her during her childhood and she went on to co-found an organisation which supported their rights, making many public and private speeches. Bandler played a vital part in the 1967 referendum and has been acknowledged for her contribution with many awards. Bandler is in no doubt one of the most important…

Aboriginal land rights is the return of the land which was unfairly taken from them on the original settlement of Australia.Eddie koiki Mabo fought against this and tried to save the meriam islands from the Queensland government who tried to deny them use of their own lands Mabo was strongly against this as his people had been there longer then anyone could remember. He claimed they had lived in permanent communities and had their own political and social organisations in their community. The…

Indigenous Health Campaign (Australian Human Rights Commission 2016) National Maternity Services Capability Framework (Standing Council on Health and Community & Disability Services 2012) National Maternity Services Plan (Australian Health Ministers’ Conference 2010) National Evidence-Based Antenatal Care Guidelines (National Health and Medical Research Council 2011) The Close the Gap campaign is a strategy that was made by several organisations to achieve equality for Aboriginal and Torres…

settlement in the early 17th century, various aboriginals tribes lived in the region for millenniums. The encounter between the French and the aboriginals during the establishment and development of New France affected the aboriginal population in several ways. In the following, the establishment, government, trade, and the following developments of New France will be described with specific intent to demonstrate how each of these affected aboriginal population. From this, it will be concluded…

Explain how movements in the Australian dollar can affect the performance of the Australian economy? Exchange rates measure the relative value of a currency in exchange for a foreign currency. The exchange rate affects Australia’s economy most directly through changes in the demand for imports and exports. Australia’s adoption of a floating exchange rate in 1983 has had major implications on Australia’s relative international competiveness, terms of trade and the balance of payments. Over the…

Firstly, he compares Bill Leak’s appraisal of indigenous issues with the death of an aboriginal boy taking great strides of logic between … . He finds fault . He ‘punches down’ on individuals, not up to systems and structures which are reinforced, that is that aboriginal issues are not white issues and they of their own making. The article remains silent on issues pertaining to indigenous issues including “high Aboriginal incarceration rate, high detention rate of our youth, high homelessness,…