Australian Aborigines

Aboriginals in 1788, the impact that the Australian Government acts have had a huge impact on the Aboriginal culture right through to today. The ‘stolen generations’ is a hole in the history of Aboriginals which affect many aboriginal descendants. Aboriginals today have inherited racism from the white Australians making them feel like 2nd class citizens in a multicultural country. In 1909 the White government made a Aboriginal Protection Act to “protect aborigines for the better good” of…

man’s land) (Reconciliation Australia, 2014). The British colonies thought that because they could not see established aboriginal people, farms and houses which were all characteristics of the life back home in England, which they believed that the Aborigines had no connection to land (Korff, 2015). Because of this British colonies took the land and called it their own without any acknowledgment of the true owners of the land (Reconciliation Australia, 2014) Mabo made a speech in 1981 at the…

into becoming good house servants and laborers to White families. Molly, age fourteen, is the leader of the trio, including 8-year-old Daisy, and their 10-year-old cousin Gracie. The relocation and education of “half-caste” children was part of the Australian Government’s decision that the “half-caste race” was a danger to society and must be bred out of existence. The movie follows the three girls as they escape the re-education camp and begin to make their way back home, following Australia’s…

‘Others’ in Australian politics is underpinned by a history of systematic and institutional racism. This hostility towards non-Anglo ethnicities, in particular Muslims, Arabs and Asians – whether immigrants, emigrants, asylum seekers, or refugees –remains xenophobic, and finds its expression in State Islamophobia and sensationalised fears of minority out-groups (ENDNOTE). An examination of Australian public policies from 1901 to present date indicate the lacklustre efforts of the Australian…

overall lifestyle for all Indigenous Australians. Injustice and inequality for Aboriginals were common and dated back to the first settlement in 1788. Momentous protests, Day of Mourning and the Freedom Ride successfully promoted against the prejudice and discrimination towards the Aboriginals. Other memorable events of protest include Eddie Mabo Land Rights. All of these events successfully made significant changes to Aboriginal Australians and shaped their Australian lifestyle. Eddie…

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 himself and so he did and became a huge significance to…

What do Australians stand for? Is it that all Muslims should go back to their home country because they are terrorists? Or that equality is an important part of our country and something that we should strive for? I believe that a reasonable percentage of Americans would agree with the first one but here in Australia we strive for a country with equality. To get equality I believe justice, culture and opportunity are a part of what Australians stand for and a first step to equality, you don’t…

reasons for its development was that William Cooper believed that a perpetual Aborigine’s' Day must be established (NAIDOC, 2018). This was followed by revolutions which had happened (NAIDOC, 2018). NAIDOC had grown from Australian Aborigines' Progressive Association(AAPA) and Australian Aboriginal League is was because of the circumstances in which the Aboriginal people had lived in (NAIDOC, 2018). The handling of Aboriginal people was objected to (NAIDOC, 2018). Cooper endeavoured to present…

Ever since 1788, when Australia was colonized as a British nation, Indigenous Australians have been represented in a problematic and untruthful manner by many non-indigenous and westernized institutions. In the nation’s healthcare system, Indigenous Australians are presented as being more unhealthy in terms of developed diseases, life expectancy and weigh related illnesses (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2011). The national education system, and the media, paint the indigenous…

Australia has six major different political parties: the Australian Labor Party, the Liberal Party, The Nationals, the Australian Greens, the Australian Democrats, and One Nation. Formed in 1890, the Australian Labor Party’s commitment is to promote fairness at work, provide access to quality education no matter what a person’s circumstances, and a firm belief that we should all have…