Australian Aboriginal kinship

‘The bush was something that was uniquely Australian and very different to the European landscapes familiar to many new immigrants. The bush was revered as a source of national ideals by the likes of Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson.’(Australian Government, n.d.). In the book walking the boundaries by Jackie French. French provides loads of adjectives, similes and metaphors to give the reader a insight of Martin’s journey around the boundaries of his great grandfather’s land. And how martins mind…

One such suggestion is to put aside a special room dedicated to local Aboriginal people and then have local Aboriginal people come and teach the history of the area to school classes there (Pryor and McDonald, 2010). Not only would this give young Aboriginal people a better understanding of their culture but would also help young white people understand and in tern hopefully respect Aboriginal culture. Boori gives many other options such as this and although hearing the same thing…

The Indigenous Australians first contact with non- Indigenous education was at the Missionaries and training institutions. These places were not held in high regard by the Indigenous people and neither was the education that they were offering. Most of these missionaries abused the rights of the Indigenous people and they showed no respect for their culture. The Indigenous people had negative experiences of the Government/State and did not trust them or want to be involved or have their children…

Intro: As a health professional, it is important to know how to communicate with patients in order to know what their needs are and thus treat them appropriately. In Australia, there are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who are the First Australians (Wilson, Magarey, Jone, & Mackean, 2016). They often have strong connections to family, belief and community. While elder Indigenous people can be portrayed differently in different local communities, for example, higher status and…

February, 2008, Mr Kevin Rudd gave an apology speech in Parliament House to apologise to 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…

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 now there is some significant dates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait…

it wasn't loaded. Institutionalized in a Melbourne orphanage, young Archie was told his family had died in a fire. His minders tried to force his hair straight, breaking comb teeth in his frizzy curls. It was a vain attempt by whites to make an Aboriginal child more like them. It didn't work, and the combs weren't the only casualties". In this page we can know more about this aborigine's kids…

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…

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. Augustus Robinson a government-backed conciliator was set out to capture all independently living Tasmanian Aborigines and convince them to move…

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…