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Recognition Analyse the broad shifts that have taken place in Australian society since the end of the Second World War, and how those historical changes have shaped the contemporary nation There has been an abundance of injustices suffered by the original owners of our land which still continue to this day but since WW2, which occurred from 1939-1945, Indigenous Recognition has been one of the rapidly changing important issues in Australian society. Although there has been a shift towards…

It took years of hard work and dedication for Serena Williams to end up at the top of the tennis world. She proudly says that she came from nothing in a sport that expects you have a little something. While she’s currently No. 2, she ranked No. 1 in the world six times and held that position for a total of 309 weeks; the culmination of her achievements has led her to be regarded as one of the greatest female tennis players of all time. Serena, along with her sisters, found herself moving…

sisters to address a prejudice society that lead my own grandfather to be forcibly removed from his own sporting field. A man who wasn’t welcomed in his own clubhouse. A man who was benched. A man who was told he wasn’t Australian. Now, I can’t lie about the immense occurrence of Australian racism because racism is real. We all know this, because “Nothing’s Changed”. Now my grandfather is not alone. The violent interaction between black men, women, children and the police force plays out in…

This paper analyzes the case, R. v. Sparrow [1990] 1 S. C. R. 1075 from the perspective of the legal positivism theory. As it shall be revealed later in this paper, the case is highly important in the history of Canadian law because it was in it that the Supreme Court of Canada made an important decision concerning the application of the rights of aboriginals, which, for a long time had been and is still controversial. Specifically, the court held that aboriginal rights, for example, fishing,…

The changing experience of Indigenous Australians Indigenous Australians, defined Indigenous Australians are defined as; “The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia, who are descended from the groups that existed in Australia and the surrounding islands prior to British colonisation.” Indigenous Australians are often referred to as the ‘First Peoples of Australia’, due to their status as being the first human settlers to the Australian continent, approximately 60,000 years…

This working paper explores divergent conceptions of reconciliation in the context of relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada. It begins with a brief discussion of the nature of conflict between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples and the range of legal responses to such conflict. A narrower conception of reconciliation is often premised on the assumption that the conflict giving rise to the harm is over – that we are in a post-conflict situation, and that…

Incredibly talented and extremely humble, a champion of champions and a winner of hearts... Yes today we are talking about the tennis maestro, Roger Federer. Roger was born on 9th august,1981 in Basel, Switzerland. He was a born prodigy and started showing his interest in sports from a very young age. He was naturally talented and very hardworking, as a result of which, he became the national junior champion in Switzerland, at an age of 14. In 1998, shortly before he turned pro, Federer won the…

(Merriam-webster.com,2014). Reconciliation in Australia’s about the respect and unity between non-indigenous Australians and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander groups and is about the respect for the Indigenous people and valuing the justice and equality for all Australians (Australia.gov.au,2014). The reconciliation movement began with the referendum in 1967 where ninety per cent of Australians voted to remove clauses discriminating…

The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Policy (AEP) (Commonwealth of Australia, 1989, p.15) discussed that the long-term goal for schools should be “to enable Aboriginal attainment of skills to the same standard as other Australian students throughout the compulsory schooling years.” Moreover, it called for the “introduction of technology and technology information to assist the development of self-determination through the cultural evaluation for Aboriginal and Torres…

What does it mean to be Australian? In Australian media, an Aussie is typically portrayed as a Caucasian, larger-than-life, masculine male who tames crocodiles for a living and lives in the bush; the vast, yet stunning landscape that occupies over 70% of the country (1). This is how Australians want their country to viewed in the national spotlight. The problem is, this is not at all realistic. Australia is becoming a very multicultural country, with the amount of residents born over seas…