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The Australian 1967 Referendum was a referendum called by the Holt Government that occurred on the 27th of May 1967. The 1967 Referendum was significant for the civil rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders because it amended Section 51 and removed Section 127 from the Australian Constitution both of which discriminated against Aboriginals. A staggering 90.77% of Australian voters voted in favour of changing the Constitution believing that it would end racial discrimination towards…

your voice is ignored. How would this make you feel? Good/after teachers and fellow students. The Australian voices that I have studied are significant as they represent a variety of perspectives in a society that consists of many certain values that reflect the stories of past and the present For example the freedom of speech and association, the fair go, and as equality under the law among Australians. These values are well expressed in the book “stolen children “through compassionate…

Seeing where I was before this course and where I am now, I can see that there is a huge difference. When I opened my envelope, I found out that my Idea on what I knew about Indigenous people then and now are so different. In my envelope, I wrote that as an Immigrant who is knew to Canada, all I knew about Indigenous people was the Residential school and the Idea that they were the real owners of Canada. But after taking this course, I have come to realize a lot about the Indigenous peoples and…

In 1999 Serena Williams won a singles victory at the U.S. Open, which made her the second black woman to win a Grand Slam title. The first being Althea Gibson. As an african american tennis player Serena has overcome and dealt with many difficulties. She has been told that she and her sister Venus (also a tennis player) are arrogant and unfriendly to others on the court and off the court. Serena is well known for her tennis skill and all the events that she has won at a young age. She also…

World The woman who made this sublime piece of ceramic artwork goes by the name of Thancoupie. This is an aboriginal ceramic and it was made in a time where clay was used in a ceremonial context. The history of Australian Aboriginal art has spanned over thousands of years. Aboriginal artists still use traditional and modern materials while creating their art. Artist Thancoupie was born in 1937 in the rural town of Weipa in Queensland; she died in 2011. When she was young, clay was very…

The Mabo vs State of Queensland was one of the most influential and historical decisions ever in the history of land laws in Australia. In this Landmark decision by the Australian High Court the rights of the native people were recognized for the first time. It effectively overturned the doctrine of “terra nullis” infavor of the common law doctrine of Aboriginal title, and overruled Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd (1971), anopposing decision of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory. The Murray…

was teaching the Indigenous population the “right” way to live. The lifestyle they were being assimilated to was just a popular opinion of what was right. Professor A.P. Elkins, who taught Anthropology at University of Sydney claimed, “Thus, the Australian Aborigines and the African Negroes are human and have their powers, but they are not necessarily equal to the white or yellow…

broadly be discussed as well. Closing the gap is a strategy that aims at reducing the indigenous disadvantage with respect to life expectancy, child mortality, access to early childhood educational achievement, employment outcomes. Endorsed by the Australian Government in March 2008. Closing the gap is a formal commitment developed in response to the call of the Social Justice Report 2005 to achieve indigenous health equality within 25 years. A commission known as the…

the people and the land, the uncanny and the truthfulness through art . Australian art has been the resurgence of Indigenous culture and its apperception as a major art form . But in a country increasingly divided by class and wealth, the elevate of Indigenous art has had consequences undreamed of by those who first projected it onto the international exhibiting stage. Aboriginal art had a restricted presence in Australian museums in the first a moiety of the twentieth century; on one hand…

highlighted in Section 8.2.2, the Geaganson and Orognaron tribe own most of the land through patrilineal lineage. Lineages claimed areas where their ancestors settled when they came to the Lower Markham Valley. Later during the colonial era, the Australian Administration claimed some of these lands belonging to the Geaganson and Orognaron tribe for agricultural usage especially for cattle farming. Some of these lands were leased and later purchased by entrepreneurs mostly foreigners who farmed…