... their own culture. But, at the same time, it imposes on all of us on obligation to put Australia's interests first. " Australia is a land of migrants. The first group of migrants came to Australia over 40,000 years ago. This group of people were the Aborigines. In canoes and rafts they travelled across dangerous seas from their homes in Southeast Asia to the North ... of Australia. They favoured the areas around the coast, and along rivers for settlement, then they gradually moved inland across the continent. The Aborigines developed a good understanding of the land, and over a period o...

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... their skin colour. This, ladies and gentlemen, has had a devastating effect on the relationship between the indigenous and non-indigenous population of Australia. Aborigines were isolated more and more from the mainstream society. In the 20th century, Australia's non-indigenous population's unemployment rate has slumped to under 10%, with the indigenous population's unemployment been more than twice as high. As ... achieved today, the damage has been done. I urge the government to continue to encourage increased Aboriginal workforce. Another issue which I find ignominious in the history...

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... optimistic note. Do you agree? The novel is set during a World War. The tension and separation of races during a war seemed evident in Australia. As a multicultural country including Japanese and Aborigine population, conflicting attitudes towards these races had to be imminent. I entirely agree with the above statement ... due to the unequal treatment of the aborigines, tension between the Japanese population and characters such as Hart showing lack of trust over his lover Mitsy With a war against the Japanese was the trigger for racism in Australia. All throughout the novel elements of...

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• Grade Level: High School

... optimistic note. Do you agree? The novel is set during a World War. The tension and separation of races during a war seemed evident in Australia. As a multicultural country including Japanese and Aborigine population, conflicting attitudes towards these races had to be imminent. I entirely agree with the above statement ... due to the unequal treatment of the aborigines, tension between the Japanese population and characters such as Hart showing lack of trust over his lover Mitsy With a war against the Japanese was the trigger for racism in Australia. All throughout the novel elements of...

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• Grade Level: High School

... "Deadly Unna" and "Redfern at Night" both examine the divisions which exist between the black and white communities, inevitably leading to discrimination. The Aborigines in "Deadly Unna" are separate to the whites in many instances in the novel, due to the cultural differences and their position in society. ... the novel is set in recent times on a peninsula in South Australia. Blacky and his family live in the 'the Port' where the whites, or Goonyas, live. Dumby lives out at 'the Point' with the Nungas, the Aborigines. Both communities lead a very separate and different existence. Even...

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... be how Keneally and Schepsi explores the social inequalities and injustices of the Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith in the novel and film, and the immense cultural gap of pre-federation Australia between white and aboriginal society. Keneally sets the novel in 1899, the highpoint of federation. Jimmie Blacksmith is a half-caste aboriginal fighting for acceptance in white society, a native of "Brentwood ... was nothing the constable could baptise himself. The officer only sees Jimmie as an inhumane and respsonds to his wash "why've yer gotter be the cleanest fuckin" darkie in Australia? It's c...

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... players and fans of rival team on ethnicity and it is common to insult to black players.England and Australia can be accepted as racist due to their policies about sport. Maynarda(2009) argues although Aborigines gained great achievement at football and rugby in Australia, their success is suppressed with government policies preventing them to be in 'world game' soccer(pp.39-56 ... ...

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