History of Australia

Provide a brief background discussion of your chosen ethical question that explains why it is important and in need of analysis. An ‘unlawful non-citizen’ is the term used by the Australian Government to describe any persons attempting to enter Australia without a valid immigration visa (Department of Immigration and Border Protection 2015). Under Australia's Migration Act 1958, unlawful non-citizens are to be transferred to immigration detention centres to determine identity, health status…

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…

Indigenous people. Awarded an MBE in 1970, in 1988, five years before her death, Oodgeroo Noonuccal returned the Photo of Oodgeroo Noonuccal from Oodgeroo Unit British honour in protest at the celebration of the bicentenary of the British occupation of Australia. In 1972 she withdrew from active involvement in political organisations to live in semi‐retirement on a leasehold property, Moongalba ('sitting‐down place'), on Minjerribah. Here she established the Noonuccal‐Nughie Education and…

Truganini was born on Bruny Island in 1812, 9 years after the British settlement, she was part of the Nuenonne people. By the time Truganini had learnt 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.…

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…

continues through the few years it could take a severe hit to economic growth, giving the Australian government a lesser chance of increasing income redistribution. With the Australian government increasing income redistribution it can contribute to Australia becoming a more egalitarian…

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…

The policies of Assimilation and Protectionism had detrimental impacts upon the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) communities throughout 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.…

Good morning everyone. I am Julie and today I will be presenting to you the Chamberlain Case. I hope you enjoy it. Summary The disappearance of nine weeks old Azaria Chamberlain during the camping trip to Uluru captured the public’s attention on 17 August 1980. Her mother, Lindy Chamberlain, claimed that she was attacked by a dingo between eight and nine pm. Unfortunately, her body was never found. The bloodstains on Azaria’s jumpsuit, which was found near the camping ground and the supposed…

This is used to inflict fear into people contemplating travelling to Australia by means of illegal boating and educates on the impossibility of ‘making Australia home’. Hurley directly addresses Tony Abbott and his views on refugees in detention centres. The text directly states Abbott’s views and instantly counters it with the unethical effect. Bowen’s text states…