Indigenous Australian languages

people are the traditional owner of the Uluru-kata Tjuta national park. Uluru is special for some people as it is a part of their Aboriginal culture. Uluru is a very unique place, which carries great spiritual and cultural significance for the indigenous tribes all around the world. spiritual Uluru is more than just a giant rock, it’s a living cultural landscape that is sacred to the Yankunytjatjara and Pitjantjara people. The spirts of the ancestral beings continue to reside in these sacred…

As such, connection to the natural environment and to the land by individuals or groups is considered sacred and irrevocable (Fryer-Smith, 2008). The Dreaming is the focus of spirituality for Indigenous Australian people. It dictates the social, moral and religious behaviour and laws that Indigenous Australian people follow through stories of ancestors and beings…

disadvantaged within a typical Australian classroom. It is often migrants and refugees who are identified as having English as their second language and are therefore expected to fall into a lower English and literacy bracket after Assessment. From this, the NESB students are supported accordingly. With Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (ATSI) being native Australians, it can be assumed that students of this cultural background speak and have been taught Australian English regularly and at…

advertisements now “and repetition of “now” links with the title and shows the poet’s concern, therefore, hinders the ability to transition into new society as there is no sense of connection between her people and the altered environment leaving the indigenous to feel social, culturally and physically alienated. “Educating Rita” shows the obstacles of transitioning into a new class and “then and now “reveals effects of forcing a change in aboriginal culture .through personal exploration,…

comparisons, similarities and differences to be noted between Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri and Emily Kame Kngwarreye none more than their art work. Both being from the central desert region of the Northern Territory, Australia and the Anmatyerre language group both Clifford and Emily share simular life experiences, beliefs of the dreaming, geography and views of their country. Both artists produced their work in a matching time and place with simular preferred mediums and both had numerous…

Malouf explores ideas about identity and the clash of cultures: on the one hand the Australian aboriginal culture and on the other white settlers who have travelled from Britain to make their lives in Australia. The Belgium colony of the Congo is the setting for the story within the story in Heart of darkness as Marlowe tells a story of his reactions to the Belgium colonizers, whom he despises, and the indigenous people whom he sees as being victims of the colonizers, but who also represent some…

ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION In a classroom setting, language is how teachers and students communicate. For Aboriginal people, “language, identity, land and cultural affiliations are deeply interconnected” (Harrison, 2011, p.183). It is important to acknowledge the many layers of language and dialects within the Aboriginal culture that students may bring into the classroom and the mandate on teachers to teach Standard Australian English (SAE) (Angelo and Frazer, 2008;). As such, it is…

to its East along the Pacific Ocean (Empowered Communities, 2016, “Central Coast”). Recently released statistics from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) (2011) reveal a total population of approximately 273000 people on the Central Coast. The area has one of the fastest growing Indigenous communities within Australia, with about 2.2% of people identifying as Indigenous. Darkinjung land contains over seven thousand Aboriginal sites that are historically, spiritually and commemoratively…

Kinship provides Indigenous Australians with a strong and intricate social structure. Fryer-Smith (2002) describes Kinship as a complex social system which is essential to provide Indigenous Australians with an extended support structure. This support structure is broken down into a classification system called Kinship (p. 2:14). By employing this system of Kinship Indigenous Australians can determine their position in relation to another person within a society. Each of these positions have…

and their connection and relationships between people, their land and their culture is important in order to better communicate and work with and/or alongside them. It is important to acknowledge that Indigenous people and culture are diverse and there is no single people and culture. Indigenous people have been through a lot such as having families torn apart with the removal of their children, having their land and identity taken from them and dealing…