Australian Senate

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,…

As a health professional, it is important to know how to communicate with patients in order to know what their needs are and thus treat them appropriately. In Australia, there are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who are the First Australians (Wilson, Magarey, Jone, & Mackean, 2016). They often have strong connections to family, belief and community. While elder Indigenous people can be portrayed differently in different local communities, for example, higher status and knowledge…

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…

As Tom Mulcair, leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada said in a speech to representatives of the Enoch Cree Nation and the Assembly of First Nations: “There is a Canada where clean drinking water is simply taken for granted, it's a fact of life, and families live in the comfort of quality, affordable housing. And there's another Canada, where the basic right to clean drinking water remains out of reach and families live in homes that are overcrowded and unsafe.” (CBC News, 2015)…

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…