... that the Aboriginals didn't own land but wandered. This was believed because they did not mark out their land in ways that were obvious to European countries. There were no fences or barriers, just rivers, lakes and mountains. The Aboriginals lived in large close-knit families. Everybody had his ... circumnavigated the coasts in six months and claimed the territory for British crown. Whalers and traders began to arrive soon after, followed by the first European settlers who established missionary stations in the area. In 1840 a treaty known as the "Treaty of Waitangi" was signed by a ma...

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... The Diversity of Expression of Aboriginal Belief Systems and Spirituality Today _ Aboriginal Spirituality has been influenced by Christianity _ Aboriginal Christian Church _ Aboriginal art forms dominate the more European style _ 1985, Australia"s first Aboriginal Bishop, Arthur Malcolm was consecrated _ 1996, Australia"s first Aboriginal female priest _ recognition of link between the gospel and Dreaming Stories ... -aboriginal Religious beliefs and Practices: _ Aboriginal land ownership is based on: _ shared custody of ritual estate _ depended on for continuity _ "ownership" since the...

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... Australia`s history. Courtesy of conolial settlement and a restrictive acially based immigration in force until the late 60`s, Australia is a country of white European ancestry.8) The British diaspora had it`s origins in the colonial period (1788 - 1900) and the dominion nation period (1901 - 1950) in ... attempt to undo the damage done by Ocker films' and to be accepted again on a more serious level both by Australian and European audiences. Films throughout the later 70's were the fruits of plentiful funding by the Australian Film + Television Corporation which later became ... apparent...

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... inhabit Australia when they migrated to the continent from Asia. The Aboriginal people were Australia's only culture for some 49,000 years until around the 1700's. When the first European settlement was established in 1788 at Port Jackson; this settlement was a British penal colony that later ... grew into the city of Sydney we know today. The new inhabitants of Australia's culture started to develop more of these British colonies ... 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 devel...

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... what they had been 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 ... taken away and put in Christian mission stations, their waterholes poisoned and many of their people massacred. The Europeans did not understand the Aboriginal culture. Rather than regard the Aborigines as a well-established and well-organized civilisation, the Europeans considered them to be heathens who ne...

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... what they had been 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 ... taken away and put in Christian mission stations, their waterholes poisoned and many of their people massacred. The Europeans did not understand the Aboriginal culture. Rather than regard the Aborigines as a well-established and well-organized civilisation, the Europeans considered them to be heathens who ne...

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... a new policy called "Assimilation". With the introduction of this new policy any person in Europe can enter Australia as long as they gave up their culture and learned to live the Australian way of life. "These people didn't speak English but they were "white", so they were acceptable to the ... but with the introduction of Assimilation this now meant that any resident in Europe was allowed over to Australia as long as they gave up their culture and learnt to live the Australian way of life. "Mixed Reaction?" I think that the Assimilation policy would have had a mixed reaction to ... Si...

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... about 16 percent of the population, and immigration has been a key factor in Canada's growth. For most of past Canadian history, people of European descent were favored. This practice was replaced in the 1960's by new rules classifying immigrants into three groups: refugees fleeing political persecution, family members ... experience it before and vice versa, their ways might be strange to Canadians. Children from immigrant families who maintain a strong identity with their culture do better than children who were force to assimilate. Most newcomers settle in cities, that has a diverse c...

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... about 16 percent of the population, and immigration has been a key factor in Canada's growth. For most of past Canadian history, people of European descent were favored. This practice was replaced in the 1960's by new rules classifying immigrants into three groups: refugees fleeing political persecution, family members ... experience it before and vice versa, their ways might be strange to Canadians. Children from immigrant families who maintain a strong identity with their culture do better than children who were force to assimilate. Most newcomers settle in cities, that has a diverse c...

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... famous poems, "South of My Days." When Judith Wright says in South of My Days, "my bloods country", she really means it. Wright treasures her Australian ancestry while accepting her European heritage as well. South of My Days explores the history of man on the land in Australia and gives Wright a chance to explore her environmental issues. It also provides her ... as it brings her closer to her subject and her audience. As well as appealing to Australians of European origin Wright also reaches out to Aborigines by exploring the issue of how they were wronged when Australia was populated...

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... have been found and used to make farming possible. If there was one thing that acted as a set back to farming it was the European animals brought over during the first exploration. "A large proportion of Australia's native animal species exist nowhere else in the world" (Encarta). From ... to the land and have caused some serious ecological and economical damage across the country. The most widespread damage has been caused by the European rabbit, which was brought to Australia mainly for sport. These rabbits, not being from the land, had no natural predators so were able ... of the gam...

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... preformed very well, ranking as the second best nation overall. But I now contend Japan's impressive performance is due more to its political culture (more on this later). The best country overall was New Zealand, which took first place in reading literacy, second in mathematical literacy ... other factors would prove more accurate in predicting student achievement. After some research, I discovered that achievement is primarily encouraged through a student's political culture. This proved to be a much more accurate predictor of a nation's success on the PISA tests and their likelihood o...

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... the rise of the Christian era and later during the burning times most Pagan traditions were abandoned in order to assimilate into the mainstream culture and avoid persecution. Although Paganism precedes modern religions, it is out numbered by Judeo-Christian beliefs and is considered taboo to many. ... primitive practice that had died out in Europe as Christian civilization advanced, but had survived elsewhere in the 'uncivilized' world. Roman and Greek culture did not see tattoos in a positive light. In those times tattoos were associated with Barbarians. Do to this the Greeks and Roma...

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... instead of paper. For the next two decades, Namatjira enjoyed huge success throughout Australia. This painting was painted on a beanwood panel His watercolours of the desert interior, painted by using European techniques proved immensely popular, and were bought by both galleries and collectors. Albert Namatjira painting at Simpson's Gap in 1953 Albert Namatjira's Art Works Albert Namatjira painted scenes around Alice ... demanding it share of Namatjira's wealth in the form of income tax. The press made arguments, that the tax was unfair because Namatjira enjoyed none of the benefits of...

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... of these characters are constructed to stand out from the normality of the people of Corrigan. In order to fit in one must portray the characteristics of having power, having European ancestry (Caucasian race), have a passion for sport or being a dominant male. If anyone does not fit into these categories they are shunned or viewed differently in society. During the 1960 ... novels change Charlie's perspective on society, therefore making him challenge the 'normal' attitudes and values. Charlie's superior intellectual skills and his understanding of situations is abnormal to the anti-in...

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... 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 myth of "terra nullius," an empty land. "Terra nullius" means a land without the ordered structure of society that meant 'civilisation' (Mudge 1997 54). It was this doctrine that allowed settlers ... of the pastoral leaseholder. The land rights movement is connected inextricably to the land based nature of Aboriginal spirituality (Mudge 1997 55). The land is fundamental to Aboriginal spirituali...

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... not understand why. 7. Why were the Aborigines irritated about the white settlers? The Aborigines had no problem towards the white settlers but did not understand all their different behaviours and culture they started to question the following; Why did the foreigners walk on aborigine sacred sites and dig up aborigine graves? Why did they boss each other around and beat and ... realised that the white settlers weren't ancestors but were destroying their land, they began to fight back. They killed some white people and even injured the Captain Arthur Phillip. The European settlers react...

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... pleasure in the motion which this Exercise gives." Lieutenant James King, commander of the Discovery, 1779, recorded a two page log on surfing, the first written description of Hawaiian surfing by a European. It was the 1900's when the western world began modifying the traditional boards" turning them into much more convenient pieces of equipment to work with. The boards remained the awkward ... surfing history, but mainly in the last decade, contributing primarily to designs for both short and long boards. Surfing has been more then a sport in Australia it has developed into a culture ...

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... themselves as the Maoris. They were a Polynesian seafaring people who shared a common ancestry with the Tahitians, but as Tasman had learned, nearly 130 years earlier, they were an exceedingly warlike culture (Beaglehole 142). Unable to obtain food or water, Cook pulled out of the harbor that he named Poverty Bay, and began coasting southward, measuring depths and charting the shoreline. Reaching ... of both New Zealand and Australian history. His contributions to the charting of the shores and waterways lead to the eventual settlement and colonization of Australian and New Zealand by E...

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... important issue was defence. The colonies relied on Britain for their defence. Even though each colony had its own little defence force, this wasn't enough to protect in a war situation. European countries were showing an interest in New Guinea and the Pacific Islands and Russian ships were present in the Pacific. It was feared that a stronger, larger defence force was required ... minister, declared " we should be one people and remain one people without the admixture of other races". Racial intolerance was a worldwide phenomenon. The bulk of Australians had a common racial background,...

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... Settlement Act was passed in 1922 where both governments joined to provide funds for the immigration program. Between 1921 and 1924 over 300 000 British immigrants came to Australia. 35000 European immigrants also came to Australia but only the British had a paid passage. The ability to borrow money also increased the economy but Australia ran into increasing debt which had long ... History, Australia, CCH Australia Mason K, (2002), Modern Australia Since 1901, Roseville, McGraw-Hill McArthur K, (1981), Bread and Dripping Days, Hong Kong, Kangaroo Press How and why did Australian societ...

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