Indigenous Australian languages

Addressing to the history of which Australian society is built from, Terra Australis was deprived by the Europeans and the British colonies and settlement is an inaccurate description of the establishment of Australia. Historically, the first inhabitants of the Australian land has become a sensitive topic in which there are two perspectives that there is to be judged upon. It is important to analyse and explore the two views to answer and explain the question of whether Australia was invaded or…

will be on Nyoongar (Noongar/Nooga/Nyungar) people. Indigenous Australians are also referred to as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia and there are several hundred groups/communities/tribes spread across Australia e.g. Ngunnawal people were the first inhabitants of Canberra, Eora people of Sydney, Alyawarre people of north east Alice Springs, Nyoongar people of Western Australia etc. Nyoongar people are Indigenous Australians who live in the south-western corner of Western…

similar way making it more difficult as the sounds k and g; p and b are interchangeable in Noongar languages. Some of the complexity and limitations to why there is so many Noongar place names is because of the inhibiting factor, such as: some traditional knowledge has already been lost due to the heavy reliance on English as naming system for geographical features as well as a dominant spoken language and many Noongar based place names include abbreviated, shortened or truncated sections of the…

animals in nature. During the period of 1930 and 1970, social Darwinist theories played a major role in negatively impacting the lives of Aborigines in Australia to a great extent. They used the social Darwinist theories as an excuse for the white Australians to apply Darwinist theories like 'survival of the fittest' and 'white superiority' and the overall ill-treatment of the Aborigines. They believed that because of their primitive lifestyle and culture they should be segregated so it was…

To either Australians or a public less familiar with Australia’s history and culture or, Rabbit-Proof Fence by Philip Noyce (2002) is considered an excellent source to know about the ‘Stolen Generations’, an important chapter in Australian contemporary history. Premiering in a context in which there were increasing voices calling for the reconciliation with the Aboriginal community, the movie was a key landmark in this movement (Martin, 2002). Contrasting to frequent stereotypes in the artistic…

Aboriginal women drastically increases. According to Human Rights Watch (2011), “the failure of law enforcement authorities to deal effectively with the problem of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls in Canada is just one element of the dysfunctional relationship between the Canadian police and Indigenous people” (p.140). The amount of discredited women in the files of the RCMP displays their absence in the cases of the missing Aboriginal women and girls. “The Native Women’s…

Naomi Klein is a native of Canada. She was an author, filmmaker, and social activist known for her disapproval of corporate globalization and corporate capitalism as well as her political studies. As a teenager Klein was obsessed with shopping malls and consumerism. After Naomi graduated college she traveled the world and found that women were living in inhumane ways and working in what is known as “sweat shops” to produce goods for the kept the factories of the United States and Canada open.…

lived on and were not counted as an Australian citizens. Eddie Koiki Mabo was an Indigenous activist that fought for the civil rights of Indigenous Australians and believed that the land he lived on belonged to his ancestors. Once Eddie Mabo won the Mabo Decision, The Native Title Act was established in 1993 which was where Indigenous Australians could gain back their land if they have a traditional connection with the land before 1788. This allowed other Indigenous Australian’s to…

deeper understanding of ones’ self and the world, this can occur through the results in a change in perceptions. (extending sentence - answer to Q. here) This transformation is examined in Simon Nasht’s 2004 documentary which follows the story of Australian ‘Frank Hurley - The Man Who Made History’ who was one of the last great imperial adventurers, who captured some of the greatest events of the 20th century and pioneered the use of colour photography. Similarly, in Lord Tennyson’s 19th…

The authors explore the implications of colonialism on the shaping of space within Modernity. Discussing the various influences on Modernity, Penelope Edmonds explores the impact of Indigenous culture and history on colonialism and its impact on the development of the ‘new world’ of Melbourne. Similarly Sibel Bozdogan commends history and culture and its important role in influencing modern architecture. However Bozdogan also expresses the postcolonial criticism of modernity being wrongfully…