Torres Strait Islanders

Advance Australia Fair. Many people have different meanings for this phrase. Some think it means that we must “advance our country to conquer others”; and that we must be the best. Some believe that to advance means to advance in technology, and that we should be the producers of projects inducing millions, but in fact, Advance Australia Fair does not mean any of these things. Along with our multicultural country, we should accept people of different cultures and religions into our communities.…

“Australia needs to do more to address environmental concerns.” Discuss. It is obvious that the Australian nation needs to further correct the adverse state of the environment. From global warming to resource depletion it is clear that the Earth has been severely damaged by human actions and Australia is no exception to this. Looking at our planet today, it is evident that whatever the world leaders are doing currently is not enough. By the year 2050, it is predicted that there will be more…

Department of Education and Training Aboriginal Education and Training Policy (2008) as well as the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) standards for teaching. The specific focus areas that relate to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) students are 1.4 and 2.4 which specifies what teachers need to know and be able to do in order to teach and support ATSI students (AITSL,…

Governmental discrimination against indigenous groups is an ongoing problem in Brisbane, especially in the form of land ownership and rights. In his 2005 speech on the current challenges faced by Indigenous Australians, former Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma acknowledged that Indigenous Australians hold distinctive rights as the original peoples of the land of which include “The right to land, which provides the spiritual and cultural basis of…

Neville Bonner Background (Click) Neville Bonner was born in 1922 in a small settlement on the Tweed River in northern New South Wales. (Click) He was the second son of Henry Kenneth Bonner, an English migrant, and his wife Julia who was Aboriginal. (Click) Growing up, he had almost no formal education and worked as a farm labourer before settling on Palm Island, Queensland in 1946. (Click) He was the first Indigenous Australian to become a member of the Parliament of Australia in 1971.…

On 13 February 2008, the Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, delivered his apology to the Stolen Generations on behalf of the parliament. This is considered as an important point in current Australian history as it revise the past which would influence the relations between Australian groups in present and future. (Nobles, 2008).In order to understand how he tried to create an imagined community in his speech, I will analyse the apology on two faces: rhetoric and content. Firstly, I will point…

The strengths approach is relevant and effective in the field of social work. It builds on the strengths of a person and thus empowers them, this in-turn helps that person to think more positively and it is realised that they are able to cope with difficult situations (Geldard, Geldard and Foo, 2017). Interpersonal skills are essential in providing affective services such as counselling. Some of these skills are building rapport, effective listening, paraphrasing and summarising and using…

assessment items assisted in the lesson planning by allowing me to identify not only the students’ academic levels to date, but also note that all students spoke English as their first language, none of the students identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and there were no students with disabilities (1.3 - 1.6 AITSL, 2011). The summative assessment for the topic, and curriculum expectations also informed the foundations and content of the six lesson plans (2.1 - 2.3 & 3.1 -3.2…

visiting the Art Gallery of New South Wales and I wasn’t disappointed with my experience. The exhibit in question was held in the Yiribana Gallery, entitled Our Lands, an exhibit that showcased original artworks from contemporary Aboriginal/ Torres Strait Islander artists. The term “Yiribana”, translating to “this way” pays tribute to the Eora people, who once inhabited the land in which…

Law reform is the act of altering laws to better suit the importance of social values. Laws constantly need to be modified to suit the needs of the society, they cannot remain static. An essential feature of the legal system is to adapt and solve uprising problems. The reforming of law is needed for it to remain relevant and have the support of the general public. Some issues that the Australian legal system has to take into account are; to promote equality, resolve issues, balancing the…