Languages of Australia

People. In Australia, there are two completely different cultural groups made up of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and there are also over 250 unique languages spread across the Indigenous land. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have individual societies and cultures but their experiences with oppression, dispossession and colonization in their home country shows quite a strong bond between the two cultures. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders had been in Australia for…

connection with the Chin family inspires him to raise concern about refugee welfare and rights. Adam’s powerful and emotive language when he raises “At home, guys labouring got a play slip to go to and get the luxuries in life and these guys got nothing, its just a big reality hit” challenges the audience to compare the exploitation of refugees to the law-protected lifestyle in Australia. The rhetorical questions “how much do these guys get paid...? How do they feed their families and get money”…

separate British colonies on the Australian continent to come together as one. The union of these six colonies was named the Federation of Australia. White Australian men envisioned that the new Australia would be a white man’s paradise, and so race was one of their core considerations during the writing of the Australian Constitution. The separate colonies of Australia were founded on principles of racial discrimination and white unity and thus it is no surprise that these same principles…

workforce and the skills and qualification that they have achieved, Refugees are presented among the rank of unemployment, lowly-paid, low-skilled (REFERENCE). Hence, refugees and asylum seekers face many specific barriers to employment upon resettle in Australia. Lack of Australian work experience can prevent a refugee from being employed due lack Australian work experience and non-recognition of overseas qualification. For this reason, employment status or unemployment is believe to be one of…

From the first English arrivals in Australia, the Aboriginal people have lived in the shadow in their own country, with many issues that have not been resolved yet. Noel Pearson is one of the country´s most respected Aboriginal leaders and impressive intellects and powerful orators in Australia. He is a popular defender for Aboriginal rights, especially Aboriginal land. He has changed the approach to welfare, child abuse, child protection, education and economic development. In 2007, together…

their distinctive voices to explore their ideas about humanity, revealing the unvarnished truths of idealism and change. In Lawler’s play Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, considered ground-breaking for its distinctive use of Australian colloquial language and idiom, along with its unique depiction of Australian working class characters and experiences, highlights the dangers of excessive idealism and the failure to accept change and the rigors of time. While Omar Musa’s “Capital Letters” at…

Australia is the biggest island in the world but the smallest continent and is separated into six states and two regions. Australia is the only continent that is ruled as a solitary country. It is occasionally casually stated as an island continent and enclosed by oceans. There are over 20 million individuals residing in Australia. Australian culture is comprised of persons from a diversity of cultural, indigenous, dialectal and spiritual upbringings. Many Australians are settlers or the…

Australia is a nation whose initial growth was fuelled largely by the labour of prisoners and reminders of our penal roots can be seen everywhere in the form of heritage listed buildings. The concerted effort by the Australian Government in recent years to preserve many buildings that were built from convict labour demonstrates the value that our society has placed on retaining the bricks and mortar links to our historical origins. This was not always the case however as our convict beginnings…

races can be compared to the same laws of natural selection as Charles Darwin did with plants and 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…

Indigenous Youth and their oppression in a modern white Australia We may be living in a time where social and cultural equality is becoming an important issue and topic in many countries. However here in Australia Indigenous Australians are still being oppressed and marginalised by a dominant white culture. Aboriginal youth have been born into this dominance but arguably suffer from the stereotypes the most in today’s society. The films Yolngu Boy and Black Chicks Talking highlight these…