Australian Greens

the laid back nature of the typical Australian, the picture perfect landscape we live in, or the cultural diversity that makes Australia what it is today? Features such as these have been used as a way of describing Australia for decades. However, do they truly capture the Australian identity? (Change slide) Good afternoon Ladies and gentlemen. I am here today to outline why The Castle, one of Australia’s most iconic films, should be included in the Australian Film Festival. Rob Sitch’s tale of…

‘The bush was something that was uniquely Australian and very different to the European landscapes familiar to many new immigrants. The bush was revered as a source of national ideals by the likes of Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson.’(Australian Government, n.d.). In the book walking the boundaries by Jackie French. French provides loads of adjectives, similes and metaphors to give the reader a insight of Martin’s journey around the boundaries of his great grandfather’s land. And how martins mind…

grounded and by using hs own life as an example gives the reader an idea of how difficult it is to fit into both groups and not lose hope. Parts of this book are quite confronting and will make the reader question previously understandings of white Australian and Aboriginal culture. I thought the book was an eye opening read although at times repetitive got the point that the author was making across…

The Indigenous Australians first contact with non- Indigenous education was at the Missionaries and training institutions. These places were not held in high regard by the Indigenous people and neither was the education that they were offering. Most of these missionaries abused the rights of the Indigenous people and they showed no respect for their culture. The Indigenous people had negative experiences of the Government/State and did not trust them or want to be involved or have their children…

Since 1534 when Jacques Cartier, a French mariner, first stepped foot on Canadian soil, we have been interacting with aboriginal people. A lot has changed in how we treat these Native Americans since the 16th century, but it wasn’t until recently that they were even considered persons. The Indian Act has shown that Canada has tried to bridge relations with the aboriginal people, but it has not been effective due to misreading and the unknown desires of the aboriginal people, resident schools,…

campaign. As promised, once he was elected, an apology was made to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders affected by the Stolen Generations. Mr Rudd’s aim was to close the gap between Aboriginals and white Australians, meaning that they will no longer be segregated within Australian society and would have equal rights. His speech stated that he wanted ‘to close the gap that lies between us…

Terra Nullius is a word derived from Roman Law meaning “no one’s Land”. Claims were made on the land of Aboriginal people and they were restricted to practice culture, spirituality, language and visiting their own ritual sites. The first people of Australia. The indigenous people, the first owners of the land we live in. people who lost everything in post colonization. Loss of culture, family, identity, lost sacred sites, loss of lands. People who were treated as servants and exploited. Though…

One of the things that caught my attention during this week was a type of documentary about The Stolen Generation, where many indigenous children were forcibly removed from their families as a result of various government policies in Australia. Thus, in this documentary or kind of film called Rabbit Proof Fence is possible to come up with the concept of Transculturation. I didn't know nothing about Australian's history so this is very interesting for me; when I watched Rabbit proof fence, I…

Assimilation in Australia had a significant impact on the Indigenous population for many generations, therefore, becoming a turning point in the history of Australia. And although the Australian Government presumed that through assimilation, Indigenous people would enjoy and encounter the same standards of living as the white European population, once they had adopted European customs, this was not the case for many Indigenous people who are known as the stolen generation. Regardless of…

how to find food, Nuenonne had become a dangerous place. She had witnessed violence, rape and brutalities inflicted on her people. In the 1820s the Black War was beginning, it was a time of violence between the British colonists and Aboriginal Australians in Tasmania. In 1829 the Black War was such a big problem that something has to be done. Augustus Robinson a government-backed conciliator was set out to capture all independently living Tasmanian Aborigines and convince them to move to an…