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    hierarchy functioned; exploring these notions through the lives of the protagonists as well as the Indigenous people of Australia. William Thornhill interacts with the Indigenous only when needed; mainly to stake and protect the claim on ‘his’ land. This is seen as a lack of compassion as his only concern is to demonstrate a sense of ownership. Blackwood shows compassion and acceptance for the Indigenous; he even creates a family and comes to understand that there is no need to determine who is…

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    Australia Chronic Disease

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    over 20 million individuals residing in Australia. Australian culture is comprised of persons from a diversity of cultural, indigenous, dialectal and spiritual upbringings. Many Australians are settlers or the children of settlers. The most frequently vocalized dialect in Australia is English, and the most frequently exercised religion is Christianity, even though foreign dialects and other beliefs are also shared. However, their lively language, accent and jargon can take a great deal of…

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    The Stolen Generation

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    The Stolen Generation During the stolen generation, many Indigenous children were taken away from their families and put in institution and foster homes where they were forced to “become white”. Aboriginal culture was largely lost because an entire generation was taken away, this meant that there was no one to carry on cultural traditions. Despite the horrific times the stolen generation went through, the government and community has came together to try and resolve the loss of culture. Children…

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    Australian Identity

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    Australia is a nation whose initial growth was fuelled largely by the labour of prisoners and reminders of our penal roots can be seen everywhere in the form of heritage listed buildings. The concerted effort by the Australian Government in recent years to preserve many buildings that were built from convict labour demonstrates the value that our society has placed on retaining the bricks and mortar links to our historical origins. This was not always the case however as our convict beginnings…

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    INTRODUCTION The purpose of the first part of this report critically reflects on the understandings in Indigenous Education that have been gained from unit topics. The report acknowledges that Standard Australian English is a second language for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, that attitudes need to change both of teachers and of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and parents, and the need for schools to adopt a culturally supportive framework. In addition best…

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    ‘Others’ in Australian politics is underpinned by a history of systematic and institutional racism. This hostility towards non-Anglo ethnicities, in particular Muslims, Arabs and Asians – whether immigrants, emigrants, asylum seekers, or refugees –remains xenophobic, and finds its expression in State Islamophobia and sensationalised fears of minority out-groups (ENDNOTE). An examination of Australian public policies from 1901 to present date indicate the lacklustre efforts of the Australian…

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    Taking Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander children from their Families and put into government and church run institutions was a Government policy until the year 1969. The children were re-located from their freedom and homes in the bush with their families to live in dormitories where their hair was cut and they were dressed in clothes that the institution approved. There were many rules that the children had to obey. If they did not obey the rules then that would often lead to severe…

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    about their own language and signified that Australian language as Aboriginal language. Through the statistics (Korff, 2015) it is evident that more than 66% of Aboriginals live in NSW, QLD, and Victoria, which reveals it’s the most popular areas in the nation where Aboriginal people live in. As a teacher in any circumstances I would have an interaction with an indigenous background student and it is important to help them out in school for them to get familiarise with their language and this…

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    This has caused social, cultural and political issues that face contemporary indigenous Australians today. High levels of infant mortality, diseases and lower life expectancy than non-indigenous people, there have been demands for more culturally appropriate approaches to Indigenous Health care and systems. The Government strategy ‘NSW Aboriginal Health Plan’ aims to explore better ways to achieve Aboriginal health equity. Low…

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    Many Australian people experience mental illness; however, according to the ABS (2013), Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are three times more likely to develop mental illness than the non-indigenous population. Mental illness among the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Stolen Generation survivors is even greater (Dudgeon, Walker, Scrine, Shepherd, Calma, & Ring, 2014). Suicide rates within the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are also twice as high,…

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