In the Dreamtime all earth lay sleeping. One day the Rainbow Serpent awoke from her sleep and came out from under the ground. She travelled far and wide across the land and eventually grew tired and slept. She left marks of her sleeping body and her tracks. Then she returned to the place where she had first appeared, and called to the frogs, "Come out!"The frogs came out and the Rainbow serpent tickled their stomachs to the point were when the frogs laughed, water ran all over the earth to fill…
Provide a brief background discussion of your chosen ethical question that explains why it is important and in need of analysis. An ‘unlawful non-citizen’ is the term used by the Australian Government to describe any persons attempting to enter Australia without a valid immigration visa (Department of Immigration and Border Protection 2015). Under Australia's Migration Act 1958, unlawful non-citizens are to be transferred to immigration detention centres to determine identity, health status…
the Aboriginals affected by the Stolen Generations. Since this speech occurred, no significant rights have changed as a result of the speech. Despite this, there has been a development to some rights and freedoms for Aboriginal people living in Australia. Prior to Mr Rudds' speech, no apology was ever made to Aboriginals for the suffering and loss that they went through. Mr Rudd was appointed Australia’s 26th Prime Minister between 2007 and 2010 (kevinruddmp, n.d.), and promised that if…
Terra Nullius is a word derived from Roman Law meaning “no one’s Land”. Claims were made on the land of Aboriginal people and they were restricted to practice culture, spirituality, language and visiting their own ritual sites. The first people of Australia. The indigenous people, the first owners of the land we live in. people who lost everything in post colonization. Loss of culture, family, identity, lost sacred sites, loss of lands. People who were treated as servants and exploited. Though…
One of the things that caught my attention during this week was a type of documentary about The Stolen Generation, where many indigenous children were forcibly removed from their families as a result of various government policies in Australia. Thus, in this documentary or kind of film called Rabbit Proof Fence is possible to come up with the concept of Transculturation. I didn't know nothing about Australian's history so this is very interesting for me; when I watched Rabbit proof fence, I…
Indigenous people. Awarded an MBE in 1970, in 1988, five years before her death, Oodgeroo Noonuccal returned the Photo of Oodgeroo Noonuccal from Oodgeroo Unit British honour in protest at the celebration of the bicentenary of the British occupation of Australia. In 1972 she withdrew from active involvement in political organisations to live in semi‐retirement on a leasehold property, Moongalba ('sitting‐down place'), on Minjerribah. Here she established the Noonuccal‐Nughie Education and…
Assimilation in Australia had a significant impact on the Indigenous population for many generations, therefore, becoming a turning point in the history of Australia. And although the Australian Government presumed that through assimilation, Indigenous people would enjoy and encounter the same standards of living as the white European population, once they had adopted European customs, this was not the case for many Indigenous people who are known as the stolen generation. Regardless of…
Truganini was born on Bruny Island in 1812, 9 years after the British settlement, she was part of the Nuenonne people. By the time Truganini had learnt how to find food, Nuenonne had become a dangerous place. She had witnessed violence, rape and brutalities inflicted on her people. In the 1820s the Black War was beginning, it was a time of violence between the British colonists and Aboriginal Australians in Tasmania. In 1829 the Black War was such a big problem that something has to be done.…
Lucky Miles Lucky Miles is a 2007 Australian drama feature film based on several true stories involving people entering Australia illegally along the continent's coastline. It portrays the environment and landscape, the people and accurate stereotypes about Australians. A desperate group of refugees are dumped on the West coast Australian by smugglers. It sounds like the perfect story of misery, instead Lucky Miles is a tragic comedy. The audience at the 2016 Film Festival would have a ball…
continues through the few years it could take a severe hit to economic growth, giving the Australian government a lesser chance of increasing income redistribution. With the Australian government increasing income redistribution it can contribute to Australia becoming a more egalitarian…