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practices” and that “their overall impact was decidedly negative” (Miller, 2000). The First Nations were seen as a pest, as Joyce Green, a professor of political science, reported (Green, 2015). Green stated that policies such as the residential school program were solely for the benefit of the settlers and meant to “de-Indianize the youngest generations” (Green, 2015). In fact, Green reported that Duncan Campbell Scott,…

Lucky Miles Lucky Miles is a 2007 Australian drama feature film based on several true stories involving people entering Australia illegally along the continent's coastline. It portrays the environment and landscape, the people and accurate stereotypes about Australians. A desperate group of refugees are dumped on the West coast Australian by smugglers. It sounds like the perfect story of misery, instead Lucky Miles is a tragic comedy. The audience at the 2016 Film Festival would have a ball…

For centuries, many believed the world only consisted of a few land masses that only included Europe, Africa, and Asia. As time, and technology progressed, people were discovering new lands across the world. With the discovery of these new lands, also brought new resources, and most important new land to build on. Unfortunately, most of these lands were already inhabited by the indigenous people of the land. This would naturally lead to conflict between the two groups that are vying for…

The Murray River is the longest river in Australia, extending from the Australian Alps to the ocean at Lake Alexandria. It meanders 2,375 kilometers and passes across inland plains, functioning as a natural border barrier between New South Wales and Victoria. Being the longest river in a generally arid continent, the river serves important ecological, cultural, and economic roles. Brief history Many of the ancient aboriginal tribes of Australia depended on the river for their source of water,…

Critical Summary 3: Chapter 8 “Language, Land, and the Residential Schools” In this Case Study, Williston explains that the residential school system deprives First Nations of their language and identity. This practice of shaming, is a political attempt to make the rejection of land rights easier through less opposition. As Williston says “to deprive them of the language is to deprive them of the sense of place that had defined them for thousands of years” (245). The way Frist Nations use…

The Stolen Generations period was a devastating stage in time, causing a negative impact on Indigenous society and on the children and families civil and land rights and emotional wellbeing as a result of the forcible removal of Indigenous children. The term ‘Stolen Generations’ is used for Aboriginal people forcefully taken away (stolen) from their families, many to never see their parents, siblings or relatives again. (Korff.J, 2015). This had many short and long term consequences on the…

Structural barrier is caused by the deeply entrenched institutional racism and white privilege in the Australian health system. Henry, Houston, and Mooney (2004) described the impacts of colonisation and its consequences to the well-being of Indigenous Australians. Little was done to address the impartiality they experience with the health system in spite of the government being aware of their current situation (Henry, Houston, &…

Australia prior to 1965. While Protectionism aimed to be a ‘smooth pillow to die on’, the policy of Assimilation culturally mixed the races. Assimilation was a policy implemented by the Australian Government which integrated ATSI into the Australian Society, this policy aimed to make Aboriginals ‘similar’ to white Australians and culturally mixed. As a result, this policy would extend the language, culture, beliefs, clothing and manner of living of the ATSI race but would genetically ‘die out’…

I am not so sure if my family was affected by any historic events but I feel it is really important to learn historical contexts so you are aware of what's happening all around the world. It is also important to learn historical context because it doesn't matter if it happened 100 years, it still happens to us and our people. And so the past is never repeated. Colonization is the process of taking control over the indigenous people in an area. In order to colonize the Indian act has formed. This…

Through these type of learning strategies we teachers could provide the parents, teachers, students and all individuals the school community to be able to familiarise Indigenous students and change to positive behaviour for a better educational goals for these individuals and the rest. Through these components teachers are 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…