Australian Aborigines Essay

The Australian Indigenous community hold extremely significant corrections to the land of Australia, of which they refer to as ‘Country.’ Indigenous people acquire deep meaning from the land, sea and the countless resources derived from them. This special relationship has formed for many centuries. To them ‘Country’ is paramount for overall wellbeing; the strong, significant, spiritual bonds embody their entire existence. Knowledge is continually passed down to create an unbroken connection of past,

The ‘colonisation' of Australia by Europeans has caused a lot of problem for the local Aborigines. It drastically reduced their population, damaged ancient family ties, and removed thousands of Aboriginal people from the land they had lived on for centuries. In many cases, the loss of land can mean more than just physical displacement. Because land is so much connected to history and spirituality, the loss of it can lead to a loss of identity. This paper will examine the works of Tim Rowse and Jeremy Beckett as well as other symbols of identity that are available to modern Aborigines in post colonial Australia.

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have had many impacts on their culture since European settlement in Australia. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders were seen to be savages with no civilisation and as such Australia was seen as ‘Terra Nullius’. With European settlement Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders saw a loss of their land and culture, labour exploitation, introduced diseases, change of diet and a loss in their rights as a citizen and as a human being. Many laws and policies were introduced which controlled an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders life, many things for which we take for granted today. Things such as residence, employment, marriage, social and daily life were all restricted. Most notably was the laws introduced that allowed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children to be forcibly removed from their families.

Noel Pearson’s speech ‘an Australian history for us all’ discusses his approach to trying to solve some of the most systemic problems facing Australian Aboriginals today. The speakers are successful in understanding the ideas and values of the speech. Through the uses of various language techniques and context, Pearson’s speech details the struggles of the relationship between the first European settlers and Aboriginal Australians.

The settlement of white Europeans in Australia was one of the most notable yet swept-under-the-rug events in history, just like other instances of he theft of land from rightful indigenous people. To Australia, Europeans brought with them disease, violence, and widespread turmoil, but also mechanic technology and advancements in communication and medicine. There are multiple sides to this debate, from the perspective of a native Australian, European invasion was horrific and ruined the natural order in place within the land, but a modern white man may say that settlement increased international ties and evolved the nation and functionality of Aboriginal life with

For an estimated sixty thousand years Indigenous people lived, surviving off the land, in what is now known as Australia. On January 26th 1788 the first British to settle Australia arrived at the location that is presently called Port Jackson near Sydney. This arrival marked the beginning of a new era in Aboriginal history that saw over the next two hundred years the forcible separation of indigenous people from their traditional homelands. It caused widespread devastation to their culture. This essay will examine why forced separation from traditional lands had such a devastating impact on Australian

Whether or not Aboriginal people had left the land to dry for itself is not our concern here. Nor is the aim of this paper to prove the English were right in claiming sovereignty over Australian land, since there is much proof they hadn't even been the first Europeans to meet with "terra nullius". Nevertheless, as history speaks for itself, there's clear evidence Aboriginal people endured immense changes during colonization years, on the land where they stood, cultures unshaken, for thousands of years, before Europe had a say in that. Indeed, what we aim for is to examine some ideas perpetrated along the years in regards to the devastating effects that emerged once the first ship of colonizers arrived.

Even though there are many Aboriginal tribes with often different Stories to explain the creation of themselves and the land, there is a similarity in all the stories across the continent. (Rose D, 1996). As Western society attempts to explain their world view through a creation story involving a central God, the Aboriginals explain their world view through a creation story involving Ancestral Spirits. (Dean C, 1996)

In this article the author Pettman has review the fourth edition of the book written by Richard Broom. The author describes how Richard Broome has described the aborigines in white history of Australia. According to the author the Australians are ignorant of their own history as well the origin of the history of the aborigines. The authors have described the history in way to show how oppressive, dispossession and conflicts existed during that time. This conflicts and oppression had at that time resulted in inequality among people of the society and new kind of relations which still exists in the current society.

My understanding of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture is that it was a very unique, structured and spiritual culture. They were the First National peoples of Australia and consisted of different family groups living in each territory; South West, Northwest, Kimberly, Fitzmaurice, North, Arnhem, West Cape, Torres Strait, East Cape, Rainforest, Gulf, Eyre, Northwest, Southwest, Riverine, Spencer and Tasmania. They moved around the territory systematically to preserve the land and its plants. They have many unwritten laws, customs and traditions as well as a deep connection with art and music. Due to the European settlers claiming their land a lot of their history has been lost and they are still struggling with the effect it has

Australia has always been centered around diversity and change, specifically with the vast multiculturalism and migrant culture throughout the nation. The specifics of Identity hold an important role in shaping our identity as students and as a nation. Australians pride themselves on being a land of the free and full of diverse culture. This is specifically referred to in our national Anthem; “For those who've come across the seas, We've boundless plains to share; With courage let us all combine,”(McCormick, 1984). Displaying Australia’s open attitude towards immigrants and contributes to the diversity present within our society today. Even before this, much of Australia’s Identity was associated with caucasian culture (Originating from British Settlers). Which is the dominant perception of Australia through the media with australian representation being present through the stereotypes of Bogans, which was made popular through shows like Kath and Kim (ABC, 2007). Also, represented through the popular depiction of Australian people - the bushman made popular by movies like Crocodile Dundee (Faiman, 1986) and through famous real life bushman; Steve Irwin. An important aspect of Australian identity which is consistently neglected is the culture and representation of the initial owners of the land; the aboriginal people. Throughout history the constant mistreatment and neglect of the indigenous, has lead to a massive gap in privilege between the aboriginal people and our

European settlement in Australia would have been a struggle, they had come from a developed country with buildings, roads shops and hospitals. Not only were the Europeans confronted with strange plants and animals, the soil were poor, causing farming to be very difficult. Despite the fact that the early settlers knew of the Indigenous, they were too selfish to worry about them. Instead, many indigenous colonies were wiped out and traditional cultures were lost in order for the Europeans to colonise. Settlement was harsh. In this essay I will be comparing the differences between Judith Wrights Bora Ring, a 4 stanza poem written about the loss of Australian indigenous culture and traditions, as well as We Are Going by Oodgeroo Noonuccal, again about the loss of Australian indigenous culture but more about how the Indigenous had to give up their own way of

Based on my experiences living with Indigenous people in one countryside of Australia called Mount Magnet WA. Mount Magnet is a mining town 341 km east of Geraldton, and 560km north east of Perth.We lived and worked there for exactly four years. In this place there are lot of Aboriginal families, They are the Badimia people,Traditional Owners of Land in the Midwest region of Western Australia. I talked to them personally. Some of them were very nice. They have their own dialect(Bundiyarra-Irra Wangga) that they love to use when talking to each other. There were times that they gather together in the bush. The elder leader called a meeting for all the members to talk about their land, how they can protect it. According to them some people are interested to get their land and turn into businesses but they want to preserve it. Most of them don’t want to go in the city because they don’t use to see a large crowd so instead they go to the bush and catch Kangaroo, bangera, Emu

The Australian Aboriginals are the native people of Australia. They roamed the land for 40,000 years. The Indigenous Aborigines lived as nomads, hunter-gatherers, and “with a strong dependence on the land and their agriculture for survival (Ellie Crystal)”. The Aborigine ways of life were interrupted when Britain sent convicts to Australia.

From the time the British first settled the continent to the present, the Aboriginal people of Australia and the English-speaking Australian government have had a rocky relationship. For many years, aboriginal Australians experienced much discrimination and racism. Like Native Americans in the United States, the Aborigines were displaced from their tribal lands and forced into designated settlements. This was all part of an attempt on the part of the government and the European settlers to eradicate Aboriginal culture. Though overtly racist policies have now been done away with and formal apologies given, much of Aboriginal culture has been lost. Efforts to revive it are now underway, and at the forefront of these are efforts to revitalize