... of the population with a language background other than English and over 75% identifying with an ancestry other than 'Australian'. (ABS, 2011) This paper will examine the issue of cultural diversity in Australian schools and assess government policy which addresses multiculturalism and its impact on students' educational experience and outcomes. To begin with this paper will outline ... the key points raised by Julie McLeod's article 'Educating society' and assess the extent to which Australian schooling challenges the inequalities associated with ... or religious affiliation...

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... ways, thus having a profound influence on Aboriginal family life. The policy of "assimilation" was officially adopted in 1937; its essence was the concept of "one Australian society" . The ideal of the government policy was to encourage the "absorption of Aboriginals both racially and culturally, into mainstream white society" . The policy of assimilation coupled with the poverty of many ... a double bind. Aboriginal people were supposed to assimilate into the dominant Australian society despite the prejudice and racism, which confronted them. In turn, this "failure" to assimilate and th...

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"The Australian Aborigines: A Portrait of their Society" gives information about the customs, legal system, beliefs and cultures of Aborigines in Australia which is a comprehensive read for all people attempting to write an ... how badly the Aborigines reacted to it. It also talks about the recovery of land by the Aborigines and how the government in power then completely shut down claims by Aborigines. It was only in the 1992 Mabo decision that the Australian High Court recognised that indigenous people had rights to their country before European settlement. (Healey, 1998) The author argues...

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... restrictive regulations on the television media, although today these laws are slowly being relaxed, much to the delight of the media barons. But government regulation still requires at least 50 per cent of Australian television material to have an Australian 'content'. Comparing this figure to figures in S, Cunningham's "Framing Culture", whereby it states countries like Britain, who are required to ... (1992:67) Nowhere is this more evident than in PAY-TV where Australian content is a meager 5.3 per cent, and would be considerably lower if Australian sport was not broadcast. With the ...

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... Within this broad framework, each individual and group is welcome to make a contribution to the common good. The term Australian Multiculturalism summarises the way we address the challenges and opportunities of our cultural diversity. The key statement of Government multicultural policy is Multicultural Australia: United in Diversity (May 2003). It updates the 1999 New Agenda for Multicultural Australia ... policy for 2003-2006 with a specific emphasis on community harmonyAustralian multiculturalism is the philosophy, underlying Government policy and programs, that recognises, accepts, ...

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... in accordance with the relevant cultural expectations and traditions (Hurst 2001, p.74). Traditionally, women have been unequal with men on a variety of dimensions, including positions within government, status, employment and wages, and access to services and opportunities from which men have been able to benefit relatively unimpeded. However, changes in the law combined with progressive ... only. Much more needs to be done to educate and change the stereotypical attitudes toward women so that they can reach their full potential. Government's should continue working toward ensuring that...

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... and connections which Aboriginal children and families require'. (Bridge, Freeburn, 2001). The concept of Aboriginality is the survival, identity, and the cultural diversity of Australian Aborigines. The Australian Aborigines have been on this Australian land for over 40,000 years. The word ˜Indigenous' refers of the Torres Strait Islanders people and Aboriginal people, though seen as the one word ... first step in embracing all Australians, to close the gap having, mutual respect and equal opportunities. Though in 2013 the Aborigines still have only two members in the federal governmen...

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... for understanding how individuals relate to each other within the boundaries of an organization, balancing needed stability with necessary change. As an organization, it encompasses the key dynamics of larger Australian society in a way that can be relatively easily studied, given the small size and clear boundaries of a team compared to the nation as a whole. A football team seems simple given that ... former, is highly functional for many sports teams. Sports clubs must in general balance real differences in power with a cultural emphasis on egalitarianism. Environment Like every othe...

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... other minerals at sites precious to the Aboriginal people. This attitude that the Whites adopted concerning Holy Land is prominent in this cartoon. The introduction of European diseases to the Australian environment killed many Aboriginals. Fifty percent of indigenous people were annihilated in Sydney alone. The Ku-RingGai Aboriginals are an example of this. An extract from the journal of Captain ... . In 1972, Aboriginals established the Tent Embassy on the grass of Parliament House in Canberra in protest. This gained much media attention and worldwide awareness. It caused embarrassment...

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... ongoing survival of Aboriginals within Western society. The Europeans are constantly seen to manipulate the Aboriginals for their own benefits, as white administrators and police implement racist policies through the government, continually treating Aboriginals with contempt. Racism as practised against Aborigines, has been defined as; "Conscious or unconscious belief in the inherent superiority of people whose descent is of ... racism in official ranks as the town wants to be devoid of all things Aboriginal (In its ploy to sway coming elections). Realising he is relatively powerless unde...

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... It is necessary teachers understand that for many Aboriginal students Aboriginal English is their first language (Butcher, 2000; Daly, 2008; Tripcony, 2000). Whilst, learning standard Australian English is crucial to all students' academic development it is important to utilize both languages appropriately in the classroom (Harrison, 2004). Appreciating both languages in the classroom ... Readers are a series of learn-to-read books written in Aboriginal languages, Aboriginal English and Standard English. These readers progress from Aboriginal English to colloquial Standard Australian Engl...

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... shaped around particular styles of fashion, music, language and other individuals with the same or similar interests. "Homies", "goths" and car enthusiasts are examples of youth subcultures, in which many Australian young people are a part of. Subcultures are not a useful way to analyse the positions or experiences of youth in Australia due to a variety of reasons. The negative portrayal by the ... media, stereotypes and government policies can change the way young people are represented in society. However, young people can also be viewed in a positive way as there are many choices for...

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... These were: *Dispossession 1788-1880s - this involved the hand over of land to the white for settlement. *Segregation 1890s-1950s *Assimilation 1930s-1970s - this became an act by the government to remove indigenous people from their native way of life and into a non-indigenous society. This involved the kidnapping of many indigenous children, especially those considered "half-caste", and placing ... health sector only. Therefore, it is required that promotional material be passed around to governments, health as well as other sectors of economic and social issues, voluntary organizatio...

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... indigenous peoples to partake in western rules and culture such as ownership of housing or business. As long as western thinking is ranked higher, as is the case with the Australian governance, and Aboriginal thinking and law are not regarded as more important than western thinking, then this process of two way thinking is perhaps a very important step to working within ... way to share this concept of pattern thinking among all Australians, often ignores natural law and pattern thinking, in favour of 'mere token educational practices of Aboriginality' in the Australian education s...

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... to their lack of empowerment results in their limited perception of belonging. A similar notion is presented in Paul Keating's "Redfern Speech" (1992) which explores the negative interactions between the government on Indigenous Australians. Ultimately, each composer has used a variety of techniques to demonstrate the integral role of interactions in establishing one's sense of belonging. The ability to adapt to ... that brings them together due to their traditions. The last line identifies the family as "inheritors of a key " the metaphor alluding to the family's assimilation and natur...

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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 ... giving an outlook on life that he would rather suffer by going to jail then yield to an authority he does not recognise. When the officials plan to relocate the Government Well Aboriginals, it reveals the racism in white authority, as the town wants to be devoid of all things Aboriginal, for the sole purpose of a politician winning an election. Realising ... of Gr...

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... policy could not withstand the attitudinal changes after World War II, and the growing acknowledgment of Australia's responsibilities as a member of the international community. In 1966 the Liberal-Country Party Government began dismantling the 'White Australia' policy by permitting the immigration of 'distinguished' non-Europeans. The population doubled as non-European immigration, mostly from the Middle East, Asia and Latin America ... did not suggest the necessary loss of any individual's original language and customs but nevertheless, saw their principal value in their utility as a ...

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... convicts who had been exiled from their own homeland as a punishment for breaking the law. Along with the migrants and convicts came soldiers, sailors, government officials and guards. Free migrants were attracted to Australia, as the colony grew larger. Only few people were migrating to Australia, until the gold rush ... came from England, Scotland and Ireland. Many of them paid their own fares to migrate to Australia. When Australia needed workers the government assisted migrants by paying part or all of their fares to travel. After the Second World War the third wave of migrants came...

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... definition of an American. He says, "An American is English or French, or Italian, Irish, German, Spanish, Polish, Russian or Greek. An American may also be African, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Australian, Iranian, Asian, or Arab, or Pakistani, or Afghan (Ferrara, par 3). Americans come from all different descents and backgrounds, originating and living in very different parts of the world. Americans all ... as each of them choose. 2 An American is also free to believe in no religion. For that he will answer only to God, not to the government, or to armed thugs claiming to speak for the ...

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... economics there is a great deal of pressure forcing competing nations to make their media more commercial with advertising aimed at specific viewers, and also forces countries to privatize their once government owned telecommunications industry. The global media, unfortunately, is primarily controlled by a handful of powerful manipulative firms. The six biggest include AOL Time Warner(U.S.), Disney/ABC(U.S.), Vivendi-Universal(French), Bertlessman(German ... ), Viacom(U.S.), and the Australian media giant Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. To give you an idea of how much further these co...

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... ; the book itself is an autobiographical account by the author, Marlo Morgan, who is a white American health practitioner. In this book she chronicles a three month walkabout she undertakes across the Australian continent through the centre with a group of 62 desert Aboriginal people, a tribe she calls the "Real People." In accompanying the tribe she becomes the first white to be allowed in ... • Uses derogatory terms labeling urban Aboriginal people as half-caste, half-breeds etc • That urban Aborigines have never worked in their lives, and they have sold out to Government policies ...

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... cross border social, cultural and technological exchange as the phenomenon of globalization. In addition, globalization promotes free movement and exchange of ideas over vast distances. A young Asian professional may drinks Australian wine from Austrian glassware, listens to Beethoven on a Japanese audio system, surfs the internet to buy Persian rugs from a dealer in New York, watches Hollywood movies funded by foreign capital ... for customs officials or border guards? The world is not under threat of invasion. So, what is the military going to defend in a globalized world? Do the glob...

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