Australian Aborigines

the sisters remain in their magnificent rock formation as a reminder of this battle for generations to come.” The Three Sisters may be a big mountain, but the Ayers Rock is the biggest rock in the world. Stretching over 1.6 miles long over the Australian terrain. Being almost exactly in the middle of Australia. Standing 1141 feet high, 2.2 miles long, 1.2 miles wide. They say it lays on sacred Aboriginal land so they have called it Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park; which is…

In 1770 Captain James Cook landed in Botany Bay with instructions to “with the consent of the natives take possession of the convenient situations in the name of the King… or if you find the land uninhabited Take Possession for His Majesty” (Australian Museum, 2015) these instructions held to European international laws at the time, however this request or the laws were not followed in the occupation of Australia. Cook declared the land he called New South Wales to be the property of Britain’s…

inflicting on the Indigenous people of his country. He and his fellow Europeans were not the first to claim the land in Australia, so conflicts quickly arose when the new settlers had arrived. The European settlers had interrupted the lifestyles of the Aborigines and immediately took control of…

(Gordon. S, 2015) In Indigenous pasts, their connection to the land was very strong. It was based off the idea of Terra Nullius meaning that the land did not have specific inhabitants like the way us Europeans do today. With the British invasion, Aborigines have constantly struggled to maintain possession of their land, causing the gradual petition for their rights. After the referendum in 1968, FCAATSI launched a…

notes that there was a l sense of guilt on the part of non-Indigenous Australians, because Indigenous Australians are so badly off today in such a wealthy a country as Australia. Additionally, this is a situation that few would disagree has come about to a significant degree because of historical injustices. It is completely appropriate that non-Indigenous Australians feel guilt about the current dilemma of Indigenous Australians. Feelings of guilt can be a motivating force in terms of public…

leading to many short and long term implications on both the white Australian and ATSI population. The Rides empowered both ATSI and white Australians to take a stand against discrimination, protect equality and foster the process of reconciliation. Although it helped benefit the ATSI peoples however, the Freedom Ride was still a highly debated affair that generated both praise and criticism throughout Australia. The Australian Freedom Riders began their journey through rural NSW with…

Brutal fights and arguments broke out between the colonists and the aborigines due to resistance, tallying a large death toll for the aborigines. Australian statistic economist Noel Butlin has claimed that Indigenous…

But we do know something about Article II (a), "killing members of the group", because the Aborigines, were members of a definable group. We know something about the physical killings, particularly in the latter half of the last and the early part of this century. The first white settlers came to Tasmania in 1803, and by 1806 the serious killing began [26]. In retaliation for the spearing of livestock, Aboriginal children were abducted for use in forced labor, women were raped and tortured and…

have enslaved your people. They have killed anyone who opposed. Open your eyes. Ladies and gentlemen, I’m your host, Thomson Poly, and tonight on NAIDOC week, I speak on behalf of Indigenous Australians as we dig deep into their history and uncover the cruel and tyrannous acts that were faced by the aborigines. Throughout this speech we will learn more about the colonisation of Australia (especially the effects on Indigenous…

his property” . Locke’s claim was originally used in order to substantiate revocation of land from American Indians in the Thirteen States, but used by settlers in New South Wales to contend that the Aborigines were not working the land agriculturally, so they were not considered owners of Australian land. However, Locke’s ideal was an incompatible theory for the Aboriginal way of life, which was a nomadic lifestyle based on hunting, survival and the Dreamtime. In contrast to Locke, Historian…