Karratha, Western Australia

The population of Indigenous Australians living in Australia is predicted to be approximately 650,000 in 2016, comprising of approximately 2.7% of the total population of Australia (ABS, 2014). Nevertheless, Indigenous Australian youth are consistently over-represented in the CJS, as both offenders and victims (Carpenter and Ball, 2012, 91). A report published by Amnesty…

When Europeans came to Australia, they brought with them some epidemic diseases, such as smallpox, measles, influenza, tuberculosis, scarlet fever, venereal syphilis and gonorrhea, which were common in Europe in the 18th century. With the introduction of illness to Indigenous people…

As a country we should be addressing our culture and prejudice against our indigenous Australians. Picture this. You are an indigenous Australian. You have just been told you are pregnant or your wife or partner has. You are told your maternal death rate is 3 time bigger than non-indigenous females. Nine months later and you have just given birth to your child. Well done, you survived. Now imagine that your child’s risk of mortality is double compared to non-indigenous children. They are…

through historical and geographical concepts. The report anaylses thes disadvantages through a timeline of Australia’s history and highlighted health problems that have occurred within Indigenous Australians over time. During European settlement, Australia was considered an healthy continent as it had not been exposed to the many diseases that had occurred in Euope, however due to the arrival of European settlement infectious diseases became pandemic. For example the 1789 smallpox epidemic which…

The health status of Indigenous Australians is devastatingly worse in contrast to the status of Non-Indigenous Australians today. Largely these inequities arise from social economic, lifestyle and social factors, including substandard living conditions, exposure to violence, poorer rates of education, discrimination, racism and high rates of unemployment. In 2013, 76.4% of the working-age population of Non-indigenous Australians (aged 15 to 64) were employed, whereas it was only 55.8% of the…

the imbalance of two things. In Australia there are those with the most and those with the least and is increasing to imbalance. Inequality leads to more unequal access to house, education and health. Low income earns are less likely to live in neighbourhoods that are good for their physical and metal being. Greater inequality has been shown to increase status barriers between people, reducing empathy and community unity. Rises the social exclusion feeling. Australia is one of the highest…

is the frequent discrimination and racism. Beyondblue have stated Australia is still a society in which 1 in 5 individuals openly admit to having racist attitudes towards Indigenous people (2014). Many Australians are aware of the discrimination that exists yet, many do not understand that it is directly connected to the nation's history of colonisation. This issue is also perpetuated by the many statues and monuments around Australia, that represent a one-sided history and silence the…

Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga is a city that locate in New South Wales, Australia. Across the Murrumbidgee River, with population of 55,364 people, Wagga Wagga is not only the state's largest inland city, but also an important agricultural, military, and transport hub of Australia. Wagga Wagga is the ninth fastest growing inland city in Australia, it is located midway between the two largest cities in Australia:Sydney and Melbourne. This is the Central Business District of Wagga Wagga. It looks flat…

Western’s a genre with a purpose For almost as long as the medium of filmmaking has existed so too has the Western first showcased in Edwin S. Porter film The Great Train Robbery. Though overall a simple film in retrospect the way in which it pushed the medium forward was revolutionary in containing a narrative. Cowboys are the initial American heroes of filmmaking which all others pull from; Westerns as a male focused genre the central genre trope of masculinity have been constructed on a…

The following essay will compare the cinematic language of the two Western classics Stagecoach (John Ford, 1939) and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Sergio Leone, 1966) while analyzing the claim that both film respectably are pioneers of the Western genre during their times proven on the basis of their original work in editing and narrative, and its influence on other filmmakers. After a brief summary of both movies, I will continue with the analysis of both, in particular with the formal…