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Lindy, yet this same boundary was simultaneously guarded and crossed by the monster of the Northern Territory state. For Lindy, the legal processes of Chamberlain v R, holds similarities to that of a hero’s trial, although to the audience of the Australian media and the public, she is anything but the…

racism that was absent. This was done by an Aboriginal student named Charles Perkins who drove a bus around protesting the discrimination against Aboriginal people in small towns in NSW. The freedom ride in Australia had a significant impact on Australians attitudes at that time towards indigenous rights. The main points being discussed will be how Charles Perkins and the Freedom Ride impacted society in the 1960’s. The freedom ride was a way of exposing the discrimination against Aboriginals.…

nullius’, which means empty land. The Indigenous Australians were denied any legal claims to the land and classified as part of the fauna. They had to deal with disease, violence, forced relocations and their children were taken and adopted out to white families. It took until 1967 to be recognized as citizens and receive the right to vote. Despite this progress, Indigenous Australians are still more disadvantaged than non-indigenous Australians, so much that they are sometimes called ‘fourth…

Bran Nue Dae (2009) is a film directed by accomplished Aboriginal director Rachel Perkins, based on the acclaimed stage play by Chi & Knuckles (1991). An exuberant road movie musical full of effervescent energy and infectious humour that captures the screen from its initial frame. This film is set in 1969 in the coastal pearling town of Broome that follows the story of Willie an Aboriginal teenager who escapes from a religious boarding school and sets on a hero’s journey to return to his home…

retreated to spaces across the land with landmarks such as mountains or rivers. Because of their presence, these spaces became sacred and offered a path to their afterlife called Kwelandamundi (Whitfield). This cosmogony is most similar to that of the Australian Aboriginals and the theme of transformation. They believed that in the beginning the earth was barren of any landforms, animals, or humans, and entities called Dreamings began to transform the earth and make it what it is today. These…

Although Aboriginal peoples inhabited in Australia continuously for over forty thousands years, Australian Indigenous Studies or “the study of and about the Indigenous peoples” (Nakata, 2006) is a relatively new discipline in the country’s academy. Since the introduction of the subject considered the first one relating to this matter at tertiary level in 1968 (Bourke and Bourke, 2006, p. 101), Indigenous Studies has entered into mainstream education and has now become “an expansive field of…

On top of this, Qantas is a founder of Supply Nation, an organisation that supports supplier diversity and connects leading brands and the government with indigenous Australian suppliers. In the 2014/2015 financial year Qantas purchased $1.75 million of goods from indigenous suppliers (Qantas 2015). Value of services and products As mentioned in their mission statement, Qantas aims to provide the highest quality service…

following research essay will critically discuss and examine what the value of the australian law if it is based on a violent foundation? The essay will delve into the history of colonisation in order to justify the current predicament the country is in and the displacement the indigenous people of australia still feel today while acknowledging the praiseworthy efforts to make change. Despite the poor history of the australian law it is ever revolutionising and we should not disregard its value…

relationship the Aboriginal people had with the land prior to colonisation and provides a basis for the ongoing impacts that the disruption to the relationship has had on the health and wellbeing of Indigenous Australians. The film also underlines the racism projected towards Indigenous Australians and the power and superiority that the Early Settlers made apparent over the Indigenous people resulting in disagreement and atrocity causing banishment of the Indigenous…

The idea of sports has been around since humankind. Ancient Greece introduced the Olympic Games in 776 BC which still to this very day encourages athletes to train for early on in their lives (“’History’”). Cristiano Ronaldo for example was only ten when he was deemed “A phenomenon—a kid who ate, slept and drank the game” (Christiano). George Jr, or better known as “Babe Ruth”, was only seven when he was introduced into baseball (Babe). How do children grow up to be talented in a sport? The…