Australian English

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…

Indigenous Australians and their identities are a reflection of Australian history. The Aboriginals culture, connection with nature and traditions shape Australian society and shape a great love and respect for the land. Doris Pilkington’s Follow the Rabbit Proof Fence (1996) is a non-fiction biographic text. With the use of emotive language and primary sources, Doris Pilkington explains about the Indigenous Australian’s identities pre colonisation, during colonisation, and post colonisation.…

Aboriginal people from Sydney travelled to Canberra and erected a beach umbrella, increased support soon followed as more Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians arrived with tents to lend their support. This essay will detail the effect of the Tent Embassy establishment in Canberra in 1972 and what impact this has on the Indigenous Australian people. An analysis will be completed of this event and what impact it had at the time it occurred and what impact it continues to have today. A further…

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet (AIH 2015) reported that Indigenous Australians account for around 3 percent of the total Australian population. Compared to the past decade, the number of Indigenous people has increased, but the life expectancy of Aborigines is 10 years shorter than non-Indigenous Australian. A group of diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, kidney diseases, respiratory and eye health and other factors negatively affect Indigenous Australians today. A…

caucasian. The Aboriginal people of Australia, despite having lived on the land thousands of years before the presence of Englishman, still aren 't treated equally as non indigenous Australians. In "the land of fair go", their life expectancy is still and average 13.5 years shorter than of non indigenous Australians - a number which is decreasing much too slowly. Aboriginal communities are being closed down, cutting to funding; electricity, legal and medical services, and water, forcing…

providing and protecting the right to education for these individuals (Price, 2012). It is highly important to understand the reason why Indigenous students are not successful in literacy outcomes even though they have been born in Australia and speak English. The reason this could be the result is through their values and culture they are from example is through aboriginal children are less likely to answer questions in…

In the Australian Model, author Tim Southommasane touches upon the idea of multiculturism in Australia. The reading starts out with Southommasane describing fond memories of his home town, Carbramatta, a suburb of Sydney which at one point served as the nation’s drug capitol. Southommasane relates a sense of pride of having grown up in a town that represents such a cultural melting pot. The Cabramatta freedom gate currently bears a number of incriptions, all in English, Chinese,…

occasionally casually stated as an island continent and enclosed by oceans. There are over 20 million individuals residing in Australia. Australian culture is comprised of persons from a diversity of cultural, indigenous, dialectal and spiritual upbringings. Many Australians are settlers or the children of settlers. The most frequently vocalized dialect in Australia is English, and the most frequently exercised religion is Christianity, even though foreign dialects and other beliefs are also…

experiences with oppression, dispossession and colonization in their home country shows quite a strong bond between the two cultures. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders had been in Australia for 40000 years before the English came and invaded. Ever since 1788, the English or Non Indigenous people of Australia have treated the Aboriginal and Torres…

Stage 1 English – Intertextuality unit Indigenous people of Australia, the original custodians of the land expressed their culture, even after the British settlement. Mockery of their beliefs only reinforced who the people were and the purpose they held in Australia. New generations, however, began to speak out on behalf of their people, in order to ignite thinking and to right the wrongs in the only possible way they could. The Australian anthem was written by Peter Dodds McCormick, for many,…