Australian Aborigines

have basically remained unchanged for nearly two decades. Land rights, one of the few positive outcomes to emerge for Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory in the past 40 years, has slowly been turned into an unfulfilled obligation for the Australian government. Individual home ownership by Aboriginal people living remotely is almost non-existent. There are some homes bought on Tiwi Island and four families nearly bought houses at…

In each culture, the idea of a greater being varies greatly in the way people might source their answers. The main idea and concept however of a supernatural being/ object between cultures are very related and have very similar perceptions in the way of their search for the meaning of existence, life, and afterlife, the way they practice these ideas differ significantly. Religion provides a meaning for people on a personal level as well as a community/ society level (Vine Deloria, 1994). It…

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, which is a huge contrast in comparison to their Caucasian counterparts. Moreover, the story highlights the problems of many Australian War Veterans who suffer from…

Since the onset of the colonisation from 1778 of the Australian mainland by the Crown of Great Britain, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have been subject to numerous practices and policies by the governments of the time. This essay examines government policies primarily in Queensland of segregation and integration of Queensland’s Indigenous peoples and how this led to the removal of Indigenous children from their families (Stolen Generations). Crucial to the understanding of the…

Rights and Freedoms of Indigenous Australians: 1948- It is stated on the Youth for Human Rights webpage After the Second World War, wife of Franklin Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, led a committee of people to write up a special document that stated the basic human rights that everyone in the world should have. This Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the general assembly of the United Nations (UN) on the 10th of December, 1948 according to the Australian Human Rights Commission.…

celebrating Indigenous Australian Peoples by developing meaningful relationships; being reflective; recognising difference; and making research relevant. LEARN: Currently, none of my co-workers have any history with NAIDOC, therefore, it is important for us to identify with the meaning behind the acronym. The story behind NAIDOC week was that of an Aboriginal organisation in 1956 which supported the founding of, the National Aborigines Day Observance Committee (NADOC) (Australian Government,…

Kenneth Bonner, an English migrant, and his wife Julia who was Aboriginal. (Click) Growing up, he had almost no formal education and worked as a farm labourer before settling on Palm Island, Queensland in 1946. (Click) He was the first Indigenous Australian to become a member of the Parliament of Australia in 1971. (Click) Initially, Bonner was appointed by the Queensland Parliament to fill a vacancy in the Senate and later was elected to the parliament by popular vote. How were they called?…

the Europeans and Australians attitude towards the native landscape. This private letter, titled “From the Journal of a First Fleet Surgeon,” was written by an English naval surgeon George Bouchier Worgan, who accompanied the First Fleet to Australia. Written on the 12th June 1788, Worgan’s journal takes the form of a letter, addressed to his brother, Richard, covering the early months of European settlement in New South Wales describing his first impressions of the Australian landscape, their…

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. Despite this progress, Indigenous Australians are still more disadvantaged than non-indigenous Australians, so much that they are sometimes called ‘fourth…

applauded by much of the left for taking a stand against a day that has apparently become a national embarassment. Australian of the year was won by someone who in his speech branded Australia as intolerant and that our attitudes are holding back anyone of a different race, religion, gender or sexual orientation. A speech from Stan Grant went viral of him saying that the Australian dream is built on racism and genocide and that we should basically all be ashamed. This was referred to as a…