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life for members of the Aboriginal population remains to be a struggle in a subtle but present manner. Indigenous Australians faced difficulties from greater economic hardships caused by poverty and unemployment to social stigma and discrimination, which is a huge contrast in comparison to their Caucasian counterparts. Moreover, the story highlights the problems of many Australian War Veterans who suffer from alcoholism, depression and ailments after their time of duty which made life for them…

the integration of multiculturalism. Racism and other forms of discrimination were still lurking in the society, but today, Australia is one of the regions that has improved regarding race, cultural, background and ethnic acceptable. Today, the Australian people are treated equally regardless of their race, language, ethnicity, religion, background and many other elements. Before the integration of the multicultural ideas, immigrants and other individuals that were considered as a minority group…

Torres Strait Islanders is when well known AFL player was booed for celebrating a goal with a cultural dance. AFL is well loved by everyone all over the country, but by booing a champion s port star of Australian origin, they are booing one of their own. Adam Goodes then went on to receiving Australian of the year. The sporting grounds in Australia are sacred, and therefore no one should go through what he did. From the 1820’s to mid-1830’s, 1000 Indigenous Tasmanians were massacred by the…

“As long as the sun shines, the grass flows and the rivers flow” (jamessmithcreenation, n.d.). With over two hundred thousand members living in Canada, the Cree are one of the largest groups of First Nations in Canada and in North America. The James Smith Cree Nation is a diversion of the Cree Nation; a Cree First Nation band government. An agreement between band governments of First Nations at Fort Carlton over owned territory; current provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta (Postl et al. 2010).…

I chose to base my creative piece on the Australian short story – American Dreams by Peter Carey. The purpose of my piece was to highlight central themes such as Americanisation – an idea that claims that 'America has colonised our subconscious' and the delusion of the American Dream. These thematic aspects are prevalent in 'American Dreams' by Peter Carey, in which a remote and isolated town becomes influenced by the concept of living the American Dream and as a result of trying to conform to…

History of Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS) Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS) was first proposed by Alan Walsh, later known as Sir Alan in 1955. Sir Alan worked in Melbourne for the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (C.S.I.R.O.). This concept came to Alan Walsh in a flash of inspiration as he was gardening at his Melbourne home. This led to the invention that has since been labelled as one of the most significant achievements in chemical analysis for last…

HOW SHOULD ONE APPROACH ABORIGINAL LITERATURES? Abstract The paper helps the readers in understanding of Aboriginal issues. It increases the readers’ awareness and understanding of the history, cultures, world views, and contributions of Indigenous peoples in Canada. It enables the readers examine the history, the diversity of cultural, linguistic, racial, and religious of groups of First Nations peoples in Canada, and it exhorts the readers to prepare themselves to live harmoniously in a…

The cartoon depicts a baby that is meant to be Canada standing on its own with an older woman commonly known as ‘Mother Britannia’, who is meant to represent the British Empire. There is also an older gentlemen that is commonly known as ‘Uncle Sam’, which is a common national personification of the American government or the United States in general. The text underneath the cartoon has the women saying “See, the dear child can stand alone!”, while ‘Uncle Sam’ says “Of course he can! Let go of…

Australia has a staggering 44% of adults who are classified as functionally illiterate (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2013). Functionally illiteracy is defined by Vágvölgyi, Coldea, Dresler, Schrader, and Nuerk (2016) as "a person who cannot use reading, writing, and calculation skills for his/her own and the community's development" (p. 1). This is more common than you would think, even amongst developed nations, with 750 million people in the world remaining functionally illiterate (United…

The Asmat are a group of village-living people from New Guinea. They are famously known for their woodcarving skills. When looking at their artwork, one can see how some features and themes are very prevalent throughout the pieces, while other times it seems as though the art was made by a completely different group of people. When looking at two specific pieces the similarities and differences really shine through. The two pieces that will be compared and contrasted are one of the Asmat…