Australian Aborigines

Amelia M. Paget’s People of the Plains is an insightful exploration of Indigenous culture on the plains of Canada during the early twentieth century. Paget, having grown up immersed in the culture of the fur trade, was able to communicate with the Elders of the bands she interviewed in a respectful and comprehensive way. Her attention to detail unquestionably shows in People of the Plains. This is proven to be true, as Sarah Carter stresses in the Introduction that Paget went to great lengths to…

rights, social rights economic rights and cultural rights, they provide freedom and spread peace in their country so people can have rights and feel safe in their country. The Australian people have one of the best human rights in the world, and they ranked one of the safest country to live in. But for the Indigenous Australians living in remote…

Queen’s University ARE RESERVES LIMITING INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S UPWARD SOCIAL MOBILITY Sarah Achakzai DEVS 220 – Aboriginal Studies Professor Robert Lovelace Due April 7th, 2017 Indigenous people’s standard of living, secondary education, post-secondary education, employment, and family situations on reserves are at levels on par with many third world nations. Their estimated population is close to one million with about half of that number living on reserves. This research…

Minimum Wage and The Worldwide History behind it Worldwide Minimum Wage Laws New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom are several of the first countries in the world to pass minimum wage acts. Continuing from them, most countries all around the world have implemented minimum wage laws in some ways or another. The World’s First Minimum Wage Way back in the year 1894, New Zealand enforced the world’s first national minimum wage laws. All businesses and all industries across the entire…

Our world ladies and gentlemen, is constantly changing. From politics, to the environment, to technology, ‘we’, society, from the beginning of time have been subject to such rapid dynamism. Look around…we have cars, computers, televisions and even watches that measure your heart beat. Such incredibly powerful devices being mass-produced because society is diversifying. Built because society is constantly changing and evolving. Now your probably having trouble drawing the connections, or maybe…

The year marked 1876, and the Canadian government had just passed the Indian Act, a way of comprehending native identity. This act focuses on Indian status, Indian reserves, and bands. The laws within this act have been extremely controversial, as it allows Canadian government to manage the lives, and communities of Aboriginal peoples in Canada. The governments control was able to place Indians in predetermined areas, known as reservations, as well as limit the practice of Native American…

Addressing to the history of which Australian society is built from, Terra Australis was deprived by the Europeans and the British colonies and settlement is an inaccurate description of the establishment of Australia. Historically, the first inhabitants of the Australian land has become a sensitive topic in which there are two perspectives that there is to be judged upon. It is important to analyse and explore the two views to answer and explain the question of whether Australia was invaded or…

having no rights and being considered flora and fauna in the Australian constitution to gaining the native title act in 1993, which says that the Native title is a property right which reflects a relationship to land which is the very foundation of Indigenous religion, culture and well-being. The non-discriminatory protection of native title is a recognised human right. Although the Indigenous people of Australia finally get to vote in Australian elections and now have a native title act it…

The Indigenous people whose traditional lands are the area of Canberra and the Australian Capital Territory are The Ngunnawal people (alternatively Ngunnawal tribe). First encountered by European settlers in the 1820s, the Ngunnawal people lived in an area roughly bounded by what are now the towns of Queanbeyan, Boorowa and Goulburn. The meaning of Ngunnawal is we, the people, or us and today’s spelling came from the settlers, the original spelling was Ngoonawal (rhyming with soon). The region…

David Passi and James Ricebegan their legal claim for their land rights with the High Court of Australia. The case was know as the 'Mabo Case' as Eddie Mabo was the first named claimant. The legal doctrine of native title was inserted into the Australian law: 'In recognizing the traditional rights of the Meriam people to the islands in the Torres Strait, the Court also held that native title existed for all Indigenous peoples in Australia who held rights in their lands under their own laws and…