Indigenous Australian languages

concerns for their underprivileged communities of indigenous people. Through informing the communities, supporting, empowering and advocating for Indigenous communities,…

What would your challenges be in doing this? Is it fair to suggest Indigenous people do this? Why? If I was asked to return to living the way my great-grandparents did I would immediately so no. A lot of technological and medical advancements have been made since that time and I would be unable to benefit from these. I would…

black images of the mission where the young girl is unable to speak her mother 's language or maintain a connection to her kin and land. This cohesion between the text and illustrations is not found within Look See, Look at Me and The Quinkins as the authors do not understand the complex social issues presented by their illustrators. Thus, it can be seen that creating a picture book that preserves aspects of Indigenous culture must come from authors, illustrators and publishers with the same…

levels, unemployment and not having English as a first language, all common characteristics of Indigenous rural and remote populations (Jamieson et al., 2011, Parker et al., 2012). Ethnicity or race is also significant in the oral health of Indigenous children and young people. Research on racism globally indicates that experiences of racism negatively affect health and well-being, but further research is needed within the Indigenous Australian context (Paradies, 2007), especially with oral…

Land is a major aspect of aboriginal culture and traditions. It is part of your kanyini, which means connectedness. In aboriginal culture you need to be connected to the land. If you lose part of your kanyini you lose part of yourself so if you are disconnected from your land it has a big toll on you spirituality and connectedness. Many aboriginal people were and are separated from their land for various reasons including: Mining, lack of resources, the stolen generation, farming, redevelopment…

Anglicans have only in the last twenty five years tried to pursue justice as Aboriginal culture was disregarded and silenced over the years. Consequently several Christian churches have played a major role in closing the gap that had prevented indigenous Australians from having an equal voice in modern society. - Aboriginals are the original inhabitants of Australia. However in 1788, the British invaded their land and disposed them of their country, disregarding their culture, and political…

the parents, teachers, students and all individuals the school community to be able to familiarise Indigenous students and change to positive behaviour for a better educational goals for these individuals and the rest. Through these components teachers are providing and protecting the right to education for these individuals (Price, 2012). It is highly important to understand the reason why Indigenous students are not successful in literacy outcomes even though they have been born in Australia…

Supported by the state governments in collaboration with missionaries. The ultimate intent of this policy was the destruction of Aboriginal society. Aboriginal people were supposed to abandon their community ties, languages and cultural connections. Assimilation policies meant a denial of Aboriginality. (A policy that would render Aboriginal people invisible). Assimilation policies absolved governments from addressing social, economic and political inequalities. Assimilation…

Substance abuse among Indigenous Australians has been in on a constant increase over the years and are 2.5 times more likely to smoke daily than non-Indigenous people, and 1.6 times more likely to use any other illicit drugs compared to non-Indigenous Australians (druginfo.adf.org.au 2014). To counteract these statistics there are many rehabilitation programs that directly and exclusively assist Aboriginal Australians in their restoration to quality of living. As said by Karen Sheldon (The…

spoken in North Queensland, particularly in the Cardwell region, as well as the Herbert River Catchment”. The song ‘Bagirrbarra’ is a song that is important to Warrgamay indigenous communities and used to educate non-indigenous audiences. The song, its music and performance communicate and signify belonging to the land and Indigenous identity. The contemporary song has been brought about to represent a story that portrays strong connection to one’s country, land and culture in a discourse of…