... since the early 1990s. Australia's cultural make up is slowly starting to change, if the decrease in birth rate and increase in average age continue we could see a very different Australian culture develop in the next hundred years. (MSN Learning & Research, 1993) EDUCATION Education in Australia is primarily the responsibility of the individual states and territories, which provide most of the ... required by national policy and varies widely among the states and territories. In 1999 almost half of all children age four, were receiving some form of preschool education. The federal gove...

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... white "protectors" _ needed permits to move _ children could be removed from their parents at the discretion of white authorities _ some reserves still existed in the 1980s in Queensland _ government policy depended on Christian missions to carry out its work _ Wesleyans, Catholics, the future Uniting church, Anglicans, Presbyterians, Lutherans and Baptists covered Australia _ opinion over the effect of missions ... land _ ownership of land by Western methods is sometimes compensation for loss of land in the past _ clash with mining companies Native Title " a term used by the Australian h...

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... battling for since their home, for over 40,000 years was taken away. In 1788 when Britain established the first European settlement on Australian soil, there were at least 300,000 Aboriginal people here, possibly very many more. It is estimated that there were about 600 different ... consultation of Aboriginal people. In other words though awe know best? approach. If Aboriginal Australians had been consulted, they would have informed the government that they wanted rights. Rights that was at least equal to other Australians, including the right to their identity as descendants of the firs...

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... battling for since their home, for over 40,000 years was taken away. In 1788 when Britain established the first European settlement on Australian soil, there were at least 300,000 Aboriginal people here, possibly very many more. It is estimated that there were about 600 different ... of Aboriginal people. In other words though a we know best? aaproach. If Aboriginal Australians had been consulted, they would have informed the government that they wanted rights. Rights that was at least equal to other Australians, including the right to their identity as descendants of the first-people .....

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The term Stolen Generation refers to the removal of Aboriginal children from their families by Australian government agencies and church missions between approximately 1900 and 1972. According to the official government report, at least 30000 children were removed from their parents. Percentage estimates were given that 10-30% of all Aboriginal children born during the seventy-year period were removed. Although ... skinned Aboriginals, so they could marry they to white people, and they would have a white child. A man called A.O. Neville was put in charge of all Aboriginals in Australia by th...

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... ). Although these acts point towards the adoption of a policy of self determination, they do not provide the Aboriginal people the opportunity of self government (Lovatt 1993 139). Land rights are about land but for all indigenous people, and especially Australian Aborigines, it is more than this. It is everything that goes with the land (Mudge 1997 53) The High Court's decision in ... the Mabo case on 3 June 1992 rewrote the Australian common law and gave a massive boost to the struggle for the recognition of Aboriginal land rights. It handed down a decision that dismissed the European ...

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... Aborigines? The aboriginal people were forced away from their traditional lands. Also their families were broken up and all the wild native Australian animals were hunted and killed. 13. How does the government try to reconcile with the Aborigines? The government has been returning land to their traditional owners and encouraging Aborigines to rebuild their lives and renew their culture. 14. What did ... ...

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... rock. In this work I would like to prove that Uluru is actually a landmark of great importance considering its general features and significance for the local tribe which together with the Australian government manage the place. I would also like to put particular emphasis on Uluru as an incessant tourist attraction. 1. Uluru 1.1 General information Uluru/Ayers Rock is a red monolith, the weathered peak of ... ...

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