A.O. Neville
A.O. Neville A.O. Neville is one of the most controversial characters in the history of the community of the Western Australian government concerning Aboriginals. He is known to the Australia as Mr Devil or just a mere public servant doing his job as the chief protector of the Aboriginals in....

Aboriginal / Canada
Since the Europeans landed on Canadian soil a few centuries ago, there has been conflict between the Aboriginal people of Canada and the Canadian political system. To this day the First Nations people feel that they have been marginalized. This is because they have not been able to maintain signif....

Aboriginal and Torres Stait Islander People in Australia
ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLE IN AUSTRALIA When the Europeans first settled in Australia in 1788 there were two existing distinct indigenous cultures namely the Aboriginal people and the Torres Strait Islanders in Australia. At present, there are approximately 409, 729 people of A....

aboriginal australians
The European invasion of Australia in 1780 impacted upon the lives of all the Aboriginal people that lived in and around the invaded areas. When Captain Cook landed in Australia, he declared it as Terra Nullius, and this alone gives a significant insight as to the mentality of the British and their ....

Aboriginal Customary Laws and Australian Contemporary Laws
Aboriginal customary laws, before white settlement in 1788, were considered primitive by the British, if considered at all. But Aboriginal laws and customs had lasted hundreds of years, based on traditions such as kinship ties and rituals.These laws were formed by ancestors, spirits, and Aboriginal ....

Aboriginals in Australia
Aboriginals in Australia Xxxxx xxxxxx Minority Group Relations Professor February 21, 2007 The purpose of this paper is to show how the functional theory, the conflict theory, the interactionist theory, and the m....

aboriginals need help
Alcoholism, drug abuse and violence has been around in aboriginal communities of Australia for years now and despite feeble attempts to try and stop this problem it is still a massive issue. The Northern Territory government seems to be not acting towards the issue so Prime Minister John Howard has ....

Aborigines and their Place In Politics
For much of their history, Australias major parties did not perceive a need to have Aboriginal affairs policies, but this altered in the 1960s and 1970s as the Aboriginal interest came to occupy a more prominent position. The policies of recent major governments, those being the Australian Labor Par....

Ambrose - Bobbi Sykes, Bora Ring - Judith Wright
The traditional customs and conducts of the Aboriginal people were displayed in the first set of images in the photo-story. After European invasion the indigenous people of Australia were subject to racism and were stripped of their natural and spiritual identity. As a consequence they have often tu....

Analysis of Australia Economy
Analysis of Australia Economy Executive Summary Australia is the 52nd most populated country in the world with about 20,680,743 people in 2006. Immigration has been a major factor in Australia's development since the beginning of European settlement in 1788 and most settlers came from Britai....

Anglo and Aboriginal relationships
"The magic of the native mating call was stronger than the habits of civilisation." This was one of the statements used on posters both in Australia and Internationally, advertising the film Jedda which was released in 1955, at the Star Picture Theatre, Darwin. The film was controversial at ....

Assess the view that, in the years 1901-1914, Australia was a workingmans paradise.
History Essay Assess the view that, in the years 1901-1914, Australia was a workingmans paradise. Word Length- 1178 Australia was a working mans paradise in the years 1901-1914 in terms of the working conditions, wages and abundance of jobs on offer, however only fo....

At Cooloola
At Cooloola is a lyrical poem written by a well recognized Australian poet, Judith Wright. This poem creatively describes a beautiful scene of nature. The poet uses highly descriptive language and a diverse range of poetic devices to engage the reader into imagining a picture of how peaceful and s....

Australia was invaded not settled
The peaceful way of life for the local Aboriginals quickly turned into a nightmare of war, dispossession, displacement and massacres. Contact between the locals and the Europeans was disastrous for the Aboriginal people, also bringing diseases such as smallpox, colds, the flu and measles, these wer....

Australian Aboriginals/ And Government Policies
Dear editor, I, Bob Marney of St Andrews write to you in relation to the Stolen Generations of the 19th and the 20th century; which I am currently partaking in study on. As a proud Australian, actions carried out by the government and their effects and impacts on the Aboriginal society of the pas....

Australian Immigration in the 21st century
Australian Immigration in the 20th century Since 1945, after World War II, migrants who came to Australia changed our nation and our way of life. Not only did they change our society, but they also had a crucial impact on Australias development. Since then, Australias economic, cultural and s....

Australian Social and Political Life to 1914
At the beginning of the 20th Century, Australia became a nation. As the colonies had grown since European settlement in 1788, there had proved a need for individual governments. By 1901, Australia was made up of six colonies, each with its own government. Following much debate, mostly during the 188....

australias hidden third world
Australia is an affluent country and ranks third on the Human Development Index (Watkins, Kevin et al, 2005 p.219). Nevertheless, several commentators have described Australia as possessing a hidden third world. This phrase has been used to describe the harsh reality for all indigenous communiti....

Bones of Contention
Bones of Contention Allison Vasquez Introduction to Archaeology ANTH 334-01 April 30th, 2005 Archaeology was rocked to its core on November 16th, 1990 when the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) was signed into law. This act gave c....

Canada: Lauriers immigration policy open and prosperous for all?
The twentieth century shall be the century of Canada and of Canadian development, Laurier once said in a famous speech. In the beginning of the twentieth century, Laurier appointed Clifford Sifton as his Minister of Immigration. They both agreed that Western Canada needed to be developed. To mak....

Canada's Health Care System
Introduction Canada is the second largest country in the world in total area and the third largest in land area. It occupies approximately 40% of the North American continent. It is so large that it spans six different time zones. Even though Canada is a huge country, it is sparsely populated.....

Canadian education: Contributing to prepetualism of racsim and inequality in todays society
A view shared by many Canadians is that biological race is part of the natural order (Anderson, 1996: 404). Canadians often pride themselves on the equality and multiculturalism Canada has worked so hard to obtain. However, it can be argued that race does not exist; and that instead it is socially ....

Cloudstreet
Tim Wintons novel Cloudstreet explores the lives of two white Australian families living together in a dilapidated mansion on Cloudstreet. Wintons text represents a society that I, the reader am a part of. This society has been represented in Cloudstreet geographically and through numerous ideol....

Connection Between Aboriginal Dreaming and the Land
Most Dreaming stories involve ideas about how things came to be. Aboriginals use the Dreaming for the purpose of educating the young about how thing came to be. This ranges from the Dreaming story about why the Waratah is red, to another that tells of how a certain hill was formed, and others even t....

Construction of Aboriginality in the Feature Film Radiance
The Construction of Aboriginality in the Feature Film 'Radiance' Radiance, a feature film directed by Rachel Perkins, tells the story of sisters reuniting. Three Aboriginal women, Mae, Cressy and Nona who have been separated from one another almost all their lives, are drawn back to the family ....

Corrections and Alternative Forms of Justice
The issue of criminal punishment can be seen within the media with respect to the various debates that surround the controversy of sentencing policy changes. When examining the various disputes regarding criminal punishment policies it is important to critically analyze the context in which they app....

Cultural Regions of Canada
The cultural regions of Canada are diverse. These regions have similarities of language, occupation, religion, ethnic origin, and recreation. Because it encompasses many factors of Canadian life, our group has chosen to focus on the Aboriginal cultures of Canada. Canadian aboriginal people are made....

Culture of Aborigines
Aboriginal culture is an all encompassing spiritual path and way of living, based on complex relationships between people, spirit ancestors, animals and the land. Aboriginal people gain their prime identity from the area of land where they originated - their country. During creation, spirit beings t....

Deadly Unna- Garys attitude to aboriginals
In Phillip Gwynnes novel, Deadly Unna? the main character, Blacky always thought of aboriginals as the kids who just played in his football in his local team and didnt want to mix with the Goonyas. Throughout the progression of the book, Gary Black learns many things and changes in many....

Deadly Unna? Racism
The novel has a lot of racism in it. Many people are involved in racism, but hardly anyone tries to mend it. Gary knows racism is around, but because of the lack of anyone wanting to change it, he finds it difficult to mend it. Dumby also tries to fix it from his point of view. The Aboriginal commun....

Deforestation
The Choice: Doomsday or Arbor Day Jocelyn Stock Andy Rochen Introduction Environmental issues effect every life on this planet from the smallest parasite to the human race. The reason for this is simple. A single disruption in the Earths delicate balance can mean certain destruction of t....

Department of Justice
Historical Overview The Department of Justice was created by the Department of Justice Act, passed at the first session of Parliament of the Dominion of Canada and assented to on May 22, 1868. This act outlined the responsibilities of the Minister of Justice and the Attorney General of Ca....

Did the twenties
Did the twenties roar? A very questionable idea in which only the perspective of the people in the 1920s can demonstrate the solution towards this issue. Different people in the meaning of one another that lived among the 1920s had different views and considerations towards the twenties. It coul....

Discrimination faced by the Indigenous people of Australia
The Aboriginal population of Australia are a minority group that have faced continual discrimination since the arrival of the Europeans in 1788. Though there have been recent developments in assisting Aborigines in attaining equal rights in Australian society, they still face inequalities within man....

Divine Wind
The Divine Wind describes an Australia that is tarnished by racism, hatred and distrust, and yet the novel ends on an optimistic not. Do you agree? Based in World War Two the Divine Wind portrays a worn and exhausted Australia, where the white Australian society deprives the ability to correspond....

DOUGY
Dougy shows that the flood was as destructive as the prejudice towards aboriginals in destroying the town. Destructive. Prejudice. Destroying. These were the key words of the topic on hand. Destructive is to be causing damage. Prejudice is racist comments. Destroying, to demolish, pulverise or de....

Dreaming is the centre of the aboriginal religion and life
Aboriginal people have been in Australia for more than 40,000 years. Where they came from is uncertain but in the relatively isolated situation in which they remained for so long .they developed their culture and their particular ways of living in this land. For indigenous Australians the land is th....

Foreign Companies Taking American Business Using eBusiness Technology
Foreign Companies Capturing American Business Using eBusiness Technology The purpose of this paper is to identify, understand, how and why foreign companies are capturing American business using eBusiness technology. This paper will also determine to which companies this has happened and the effect....

Government Systems
Many democracy-governed countries, like Australia are based on the laws and policies of the Ancient Greek democracy. The word democracy originated from the Greek words; demos meaning people and crata meaning rule, together meaning people rule. Ancient Greece and Australia, are very similar, but also....

Grey Owl
Have you ever heard about an Englishman Archie Belaney? Probably not because, although he is a famous or infamous man depending on how you look at it, he is known as Grey Owl. Grey Owl was born in September 1888 in Hastings, England, to a farmer family. He had an unhappy childhood and created a fant....

Hawaiian Soverienty
The movement for national sovereignty among persons of Hawaiian ancestry has burgeoned during the last several decades, with some seeking secession of the State of Hawai'i from the American Union. The movement's roots are multiple, among which figures prominently the overthrow of Queen Lili'uokalani....

Historical and Cultural Aspects Report - European vs Aboriginal Land Practices
Agriculture and History Aboriginal Practices Aboriginals, thought to have arrived to this continent at least 40000 years ago, have always managed the land sustainably, so as to ensure there would be resources for later generations. This management also prevented land degredation. Indigenous Aust....

HIV and AIDS in Canada
It is estimated that everyday in Canada, 11 people are infected with HIV/AIDS. Slowly as this number grows so does the HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination. Due to the lack of education and proper guidance, many Canadians have created false misconceptions about the virus and about th....

Human Rights Universalism
Universalism to Human Rights, is like Chocolate Topping to Roast Chicken, it sounds tempting, only because chocolate is amazing and everyone who loves chocolate would love to have it on anything and everything, yet in practice, when the first bite is taken we realize that it just not what we had hop....

Indigenous Impacts on the environment
From the position of a modern day consumerist culture, one might be oblivious to the impact indigenous cultures have had on the environment. In comparison, it might seem that the industrial revolution and technological upheaval of the world has contributed the bulk of environmental downfall, but it....

indigenous social justice
What is social justice? Social justice is what faces you in the morning. It is awakening in a house with adequate water supply, cooking facilities and sanitation. It is the ability to nourish your children and send them to school where their education not only equips them for employment but reinfo....

Issues & Their Contribution To Meaning In "The Divine Wind"
The author described his novel as a story about friendship, but there is more to it than this. Discuss what issues are explored in the text and how they contribute to the meaning we make of the novel. The Divine Wind by Garry Disher is centralized around the theme of relationships, whether th....

It's Raining in Mango
Thea Astleys Its Raining in Mango (1987) is a story of Australian history told through five generations of the Laffey family. Astley introduces several issues to the reader that were and still are part of Australian society. Through the use of narrative techniques including characterisation, narrati....

journey
POWERPOINT Journey thesis: Journeys, whether physical, internal or imaginative are processes involving the growth and development of characters. When characters embark on a journey, they do so with specific goals in mind. These goals usually define the parameters of the journey however, the journ....

kangaroos - Strongest Kick Boxer in Australia
The kangaroo is the national animal of Australia, and is native to the continent. The word ekangaroof means eI donft knowf or eI donft understandf in an Australian Aboriginal language. That was when English people first came to Australia; they wondered what the name of the remarkabl....

Lead of the Rabbit-Proof Fence
Rabbit-Proof Fence was released in 2002 and is a true story based on the book Follow The Rabbit-Proof Fence, by Doris Pilkington. It is a dramatic movie of emotion, education and determination. The film explores the discourses of racism, education, family, faith and power, with racism being the do....

Marxism Vs. Law: applied to the situation of aboriginals in Canada
The quest for justice has been one of the ultimate motivators and accelerators of various historical reformative movements in the world. The struggle of freeing the slaves, supporting the rights of women, ending poverty, and liberating the oppressed to name a few - has always been incited by th....

moral development
moral development is the process by which children develop attitudes towards other people in society; these attitudes are based on social and cultural norms and values. Lawrence Kohlberg who was a follower of Piaget extended the work done by Piaget and believed that moral development was a slow proc....

Mutant Message Down Under - The Underlying Message
The publication of Mutant Message Down Under has enlightened and also outraged many readers. Some believe the book is not about the representation of the aboriginals and their lifestyle, it is about the message and the morals that the reader values after reading the book. However many peo....

ned kelly -defining the australian character
For one to write an essay on the theme Australians All one must establish what an Australian is. To do this one must consider many different issues. The definition of someone born in Australia seems fitting enough, but what if someone was born in another country, had Australian parents and moved....

Ningaloo reef
Over 30% of reefs in the world are severely damaged as a result of human influences such as development, over fishing, and in some cases global warming. The Ningaloo reef is one of the many few reefs left in the world, which has been kept safe. The 300km long Ningaloo reef is beautiful in man....

No Sugar by Jack Davis
Throughout Australian history a racist attitude towards Aboriginals has been a significant issue. The instant the early settlers arrived on our shores and colonised, the Aboriginals have been fighting for the survival of their culture. The Aboriginals haven been take in and dominated to bring them....

No Sugar by Jack Davis - Critical Analysis
The events of the past, when portrayed on stage can challenge, confront and disturb the ideals of a modern audience. No Sugar by playwright Jack Davis relates the story of an Aboriginal family, the Millimurras, and their struggle with the racist and self-superior attitudes of the dominant white cult....

Phonology of the Gamilaraay language
The Gamilaraay or Kamilaroi (other spellings include: Camilaroi, Kamalarai, Gamilaroi) language belongs to the Wiradhuric subgroup of the Pama-Nyungan family. It is an indigenous Australian language found mostly in South East Australia (Barwon, Bundarra, Balonne rivers, Liverpool Plains and upper Hu....

plot summery for our countries good
Act 1 Scene 1 In the dimly lit hold of a convict ship on its way to Australia. The convicts huddle together. On the deck a convict by the name of sideway is being flogged. Second lieutenant Ralph Clark counts the lashes. Sideway is then brought back to the other convicts. John Wisehammer; John Ars....

Post-colonial theory and discourse in Remembering Babylon by David Malouf
While much of the meaning of a novel can be derived from the words on its pages, oftentimes the knowledge of the facts or theories surrounding a text can enhance the overall understanding of the book. Post-colonial theory and discourse is essentially concerned with the cultural legacy of colonial ru....

Rabbit Proof Fence
The film Rabbit Proof Fence portrays the sufferings of Aboriginals on various levels. Refer to the scene when the girls were being taken away by Constable Riggs. The film Rabbit Proof Fence, directed by Phillip Noyce, is an extremely emotional film based on a true story about three young Aborigi....

rabbit proof fence personal review
The source that I used for my personal response was the movie Rabbit proof fence. This movie is based on the book Follow The Rabbit Proof Fence By Doris Pilkington Garimara, Doris is Mollys Daughter. The movie is set in 1931 and is about 3 aboriginal girls who are half casts and then are t....

Racism in Australia
Racism and Discrimination in Australia Key Questions: 1(a) What is Discrimination? (1) Discrimination happens every day and in every different situation of our usual lives. I means to distinct between people and to make a choice of how we are treating them. Some of those choices are justi....

Religion may be an important way in which social groups express their unity
Religion may be an important way in which social groups express their unity. However, it can also contribute to social divisions and social conflict. To What Extent Do Sociological Arguments and Evidence Support This View of Religion? There are many different sociological viewpoints on the r....

Representation of Race in No Sugar by Jack Davis
Alysha Dinardo Question Two:- Through colonisation, the Eurocentric view is imposed upon the indigenous peoples, and they are forced to abandon their own culture and take upon those of authority. In No Sugar, it displays the extent of the effects the Europeans had on the indigenous Aborigines. Ra....

Residential Schooling
One of the most acrimonious issues in Canadian history is the disturbing period of the residential schooling system. In the beginning, both the federal government and the Treaty 8 leaders of First Nations wanted to provide schooling to educate aboriginal children, though for different reasons. Abo....

Sally morgans - my place
The text My Place the author Sally Morgan uses a variety of techniques to convey the inner journey that she goes through in order to discover her cultural identity. Techniques in clue the use of a narrative, stories within stories, anecdotes, personal reminiscences from various characters, speci....

Solar Energy
Solar Energy Introduction Our world has been in existence for billions of years and throughout all those years we have used the sun for basic energy needs. So why not be able to harness that energy and use it to power things like our homes or our cars? Many scientist have been d....

Standing Strong: Indigenous Australians Struggle to Preserve their Culture
The Indigenous people of Australia were united through their shared experiences of colonization and degradation. This unity instilled them with strength necessary to protest against their oppression. Through art, literature, music, and especially film, the Aboriginal Australians reaffirmed the impor....

Taiwan Aboriginal Music
The aboriginal people of Taiwan, the island off the east coast of mainland China, comprise less than three percent of the population. Believed to have migrated from Tibet and southern China many centuries ago, they covered the island forming approximately twenty different ethnic groups which were....

Tent Embassy Protests Speech Summary
The Aboriginal Tent Embassy is a highly controversial, semi permanent crowd claiming to represent the political rights of the Indigenous Australians. It is made up of a large group of activists, signs and tents that are on the lawn of Old Parliament House in ACT. Its not considered an official....

the divine wind
The detrimental effects of war are widespread and far-reaching. The author of Divine Wind outlines in detail the devastating effects of war in a society. The tensions in a multicultural society are even more exacerbated. There are many factors which impact on how much tension is created such as th....

The effectiveness of the mechanisms for achieving justice for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islan
The effectiveness of the mechanisms for achieving justice for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. This mabo decision marled an historical turning point to Australian legal history. It was the first time our legal system accommodated the fact of indigenous occupation of the land mas....

The Matrix
Reality Bytes: A journey through perceptions of reality in 'The Matrix' and the technological world. The idea for this dissertation arose from the culmination of a number of thoughts that have interested me for some time. The question of ‘reality’ has always intrigued me. I perceived it ....

The Physical Regions of Canada
Canada is divided into six regions. The regions are the Atlantic region,the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River region, the Shield region, the Plainsregion, the Cordillera region, and the North region. Each of thesedifferent regions all have their own special traits which make them uniquefrom the other....

The Politics of Equality
The most prevalent sentiment of the times is summed up in one word and that is ‘equality’.At every level and on all fronts including political, social and economic, the egalitarian gospel has been asserted as the way the light the truth.The rights of the child are considered equal to tho....

The Roles of Visual Artists in Society
The Roles of Visual Artists in Society Contemporary focus Contemporary society has little impact upon the role of visual artists Contemporary society has a great impact on visual artists and it always has been. his/her tools, whether it is paints, pens, pencils or any other median they enjoy ....

the roles that visual artists played in their society.
The role of visual artists in their society was to record important events, scenes, changes in society, people and places. Visual artists played a very important role in the development of out society in Australia. Without artists we may not have as much knowledge of what life was like and of dif....

The Whitlam Government
The Achievements of the Whitlam Government The Whitlam Government (1972 1975) introduced many ideas that impacted on all the people of Australia. There may have been impediments that prevented the Whitlam Government from introducing new ideas, such as the Senate. Nevertheless in three years th....

Treatment of Aboriginal Australians over Time
The position of Aboriginal Peoples in Australia has changed greatly since WWII from one of no recognition to one of equal representation in society. Until WWII there was little change. However since that time, the perceived worth of Aboriginal Australians has increased tremendously. Immediately fo....

Unemployment in Australia
A person is classified as employed when he or she has paid work for more than one hour per week. The exception occurs in the case of family members working without pay in the family business. Full employment occurs when cyclical unemployment associated with weak expenditure and recession is avoide....

us & canada
Geography USA & CANADA Canada and the United States are both very large nations, making up the majority of the North American continent. Canada has a little larger territory, and the US has a bit more land. On a physical map the two countries appear to be on an equal footing, but in re....

Youth Unemployment
As youth liaison officer of the finance department of the Queensland state government I bring the boards attention the issue of youth unemployment and its effect on our economy. Youth unemployment can be termed as a waste of an important national resource. Youths are supposed to have the most up to....

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