Torres Strait Islanders

referendum, over 90% of Australian voters (consisting of no Aboriginal descent) agreed to change the Australian Constitution to give the federal parliament the power to make laws in relation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and to allow for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to be included in the census, giving them recognition as human beings, rather than the previous categorisation as “flora and fauna” (Attwood and Markus, 2007: 65). Considered a turning point in the…

1. How can you draw on your own family’s history and culture to gain an understanding of how these social determinants have impacted Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s health and wellbeing? The social determinants of health are defined by WHO as “those factors that raise or lower the level of health in a population or individual” (Department of Health, 2013, p. 3). These factors help us to identify trends, observe the health of groups in society and discover why some groups are…

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have occupied this land for over 60,000 years this making their culture the oldest living race on earth. Throughout the years Indigenous communities within Australia have faced many key events that have affected their lives since European colonisation in 1778. (Timeline)??? Prior to colonisation there were approximately 700 different Aboriginal nations, that contained different communities across the continent. Although many different cultures and…

Good morning, everyone! Thank you so much for being here today. Today in government house, Xiaotong and I will talk about the issue of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child abuse. Indigenous child abuse is an issue of national concern (Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, 2008). Indigenous children have experienced traumatically child welfare policies historically, especially for the Stolen Generations, those who were forced removals from their…

be influenced by the past government strategies. It as well involves recognizing the implications and differences of the different Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ethnicities. A strong method of integrating aboriginal perspectives is to contemplate operating with contexts that allow learners to understand an aboriginal or else Torres Strait Islander technique of undertaking things. There are many contexts which are in use across Australia and transnationally which consist of whole-school…

communities’ strengths and involving them in the classroom is an example of embedding Indigenous perspectives positively. Lampert, McCrea and Burnett (2014, p. 85) indicate it is important that we respect the cultural practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in our educational practice. A curriculum inclusive of Indigenous Studies for Indigenous and non-Indigenous children needs to ensure that the curriculum itself in schools is centred as a pragmatically based learning approach, as…

To be a culturally competent practitioner you need to be able to communicate sensitively and effectively with people who have different languages, religions, genders, cultures, ethnicities, disabilities and sexualities. Practitioners that are culturally competent respect different cultures ways of living and celebrate the benefits of diversity and understand and value differences in the community. They respect differences in families’ home lives and value every child’s capacities and abilities.…

Symbolism Theory refers to the belief system of a group of people on how some things of the world join together and how they operate together (Henslin, Possamai & Possamai-Inesedy 2011, p.4-5) Symbolism is a theoretical aspect in which the community is shaped and made up of symbols that people use to create meaning, it has increase their perceptions of the world and communication with one another (Henslin, Possamai & Possamai-Inesedy 2011, p. 25). Within this modern society, we hold high…

half of the total Indigenous population were currently living in New South Wales and Queensland (Australian Human Rights Commission 2008). 2.2 Health Background of Indigenous Australians From 2012 to 2013, around two in five Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults supposed that their health were in good condition, but 7.2% adults still considered themselves unhealthy (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2013). The potential health risks included tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption,…

Taking Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander children from their Families and put into government and church run institutions was a Government policy until the year 1969. The children were re-located from their freedom and homes in the bush with their families to live in dormitories where their hair was cut and they were dressed in clothes that the institution approved. There were many rules that the children had to obey. If they did not obey the rules then that would often lead to severe…