Indigenous peoples of Oceania

gap for indigenous students. The closing of this gap can be achieved when schools and teachers address the issue by acknowledging the impact the past has had on the present, for Indigenous students. I believe, to address the issue we have to stop the cycle of hate and shame between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous people. The past needs to be acknowledged and taught, however focusing on it can be detrimental to moving into the future. Knowledge of the history is important to both Indigenous and…

(The University of Sydney, 2016).  ICT experience - ‘How the Birds got their songs and colours’ video allows children to enhance their positive thinking of indigenous culture and perspectives (ACARA, 2014).  Visual arts to explore indigenous perspectives  Making posters to explore indigenous identities  Role play to experience Indigenous life style 6- 7years of age Describe exactly what you will do with this experience: The Animation video of ‘How the Birds got their songs and colours’…

Part A-Timeline of Significant Events in the Changing of Rights and Freedoms of Indigenous Australians: 1948- It is stated on the Youth for Human Rights webpage After the Second World War, wife of Franklin Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, led a committee of people to write up a special document that stated the basic human rights that everyone in the world should have. This Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the general assembly of the United Nations (UN) on the 10th of December,…

hilarious musical conceptualising the racist attitudes that were previously present in Australia, and Australian Rules – directed by Paul Goldman – a film depicting racial conflict, not between teenagers, but their superiors. In Bran Nue Dae, a young Indigenous boy, Willie, is sent off to a Catholic school to become a priest,…

The Harvester Judgment is inherently rooted within the context of what the Australian people owe the government and vice versa. In a more specific sense, it is concerned with minimum wage laws and equal pay. However, the broader issue at large must be considered. While I am not (yet) employed, and seemingly have no need for minimum wage, the point still stands that I am a citizen of Australia. This means that I have an obligation to my country, while my country also has an obligation to me. The…

1 INTRODUCTION Vernacular architecture may be described as an architectural style that marks the architecture of a place. It originates rendering the local needs, climatic & geographic factors, socio-economic and socio-cultural background of a place there by making it unique, identified and strong in itself. India, a country showcasing great cultural and geographical diversity, each part of which is having its own cultural identity and geographic…

integration of multiculturalism. Racism and other forms of discrimination were still lurking in the society, but today, Australia is one of the regions that has improved regarding race, cultural, background and ethnic acceptable. Today, the Australian people are treated equally regardless of their race, language, ethnicity, religion, background and many other elements. Before the integration of the multicultural ideas, immigrants and other individuals that were considered as a minority group…

The word ‘post’ implies, it is also the literature written after the end of formal colonial rule. The post-colonial style of writing is a branch of post-modern literature, the interest of which is political and cultural independence of peoples formerly subjugated in colonial empires. Post-colonial literature should be clearly separated from colonial literature. Colonial writing is a production of the authors who belong to the colonizing power. The label ‘post colonial’ asks for a shift in focus,…

I chose to base my creative piece on the Australian short story – American Dreams by Peter Carey. The purpose of my piece was to highlight central themes such as Americanisation – an idea that claims that 'America has colonised our subconscious' and the delusion of the American Dream. These thematic aspects are prevalent in 'American Dreams' by Peter Carey, in which a remote and isolated town becomes influenced by the concept of living the American Dream and as a result of trying to conform to…

belonging and fun . They are meeting on the mah jong table to forget their pain and tragedies in the past . Chinese Mah Jong game is better than the Jewish Mah Jong, and where in Chinese way " winner take all . But the same people were always wining , the same people always losing " (49) . later, the aunties change their mah jong which is come symbolically with no loser "we got smart . Now we can all win and lose equally…