... . 3.0 Nature & Extent Of The Problem 3.1 Aboriginal people were living in Australia for at least 50,000 years before the European Settlers arrived, their entire way of life was perfectly suited to the land in which they lived, and they enjoyed a rich culture. 3.2 The Europeans invaded the country and took over by appointing a Government making new laws and leasing or setting the land ... primitive. The expansion of European occupation created conflict all along the way. The invasion of the land created battles with many being murdered. The population decreased from 353,000-80,000 in 1788...

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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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... 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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... . The migration to Australia happened since centuries ago and still continues until the present. Up until the 1960's, Australia was defined as a White Nation. The dominant national culture was defined in Anglo-Celtic terms and all other cultures were excluded from its self image. There are three main phases in the evolution of Australia's public policies on ... 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 immigrati...

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... as an evocation of pity and sadness and how the Aboriginal language along with their lifestyle has been corrupted by their dependency on European settlers. The contrast between living conditions and legal rights between white and black Australians is also relevant to the construction and dramatic success ... of the play, as it sets up an appalling social hierarchy purely determined by race, culture and skin colour. These contrasts build an awareness of the treatment of Aboriginals in the 1930's and makes Australians evaluate the reasons for ... English and Nyoongah language throughout th...

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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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... as being one of the most multi-cultural countries in the world. It is a blend of traditional British, European and Asian sub-cultures that exists within the country. The combination of cultures can be witnessed in areas such as ... as being of high quality and useful, than the person will feel successful. Furthermore social status and titles are less significant in the Australian culture, as the lower level worker may commonly attract more respect than management. Australians generally don't have a high disposable income, as the economy ... still fairly feeble compared to larger countr...

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... moved from its early immigration of white European settlers to incorporate new waves of immigrant groups. Each one has created a splash, a period of adjustment, but it also has finally found a way to the very interior of Australian society and Australian culture. Once limited to the humble meat pie ... written texts, it is known that migrants are the subject to much criticism. They are criticized due to their beliefs, their unique lifestyles and culture they have brought to Australia from their foreign land. Many of these texts express the same feelings of confusion, expressions of bein...

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... among the most controversial in Australia. Some of the most interesting and difficult of these questions arise in conjunction with traditional Aboriginal culture- (Maddock, 1982) The author gives us an example of how problems with Aboriginal people originated: the fact that many of us do not understand ... their culture and their way of life. It also tells us that it is important to understand the Aboriginal culture when dealing with Aboriginal people so that we would not be offending them in anyway. The book ... explores the Aboriginal culture with a view to bring out its prevailing th...

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... . When the white explorers first came to Australia, they operated under the law of terra nullius. Terra nullius was the European law that applied (incorrectly) to Australia when it was discovered. It is a Latin term for "land without owner" in which European explorers can claim a land for their sovereignty. Australia was claimed under this law because the English deemed it a land without ... was begun by the Gurindji people declaring that they would no longer work for unjust wages. From 1961 the policy of assimilation changed, and there was a larger acceptance of aboriginal culture. The ...

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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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... stages, was most rigorously punished and extirpated from human consciousness." The modernist classic Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, offers a critique of modernity by breaking down the terms in which European thought distinguished itself from the "primitive". Conrad shows that the otherness of Indigenous societies is precisely the otherness of a civilised Eurocentric community itself, that is, "the West's Other is the ... integration, the theft of children, and other violations of human rights that still continue today. Such moral abominations were designed by the "civil" to extermi...

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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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... 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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How is the Dreaming becoming part of Australia's values and beliefs? The Dreaming is a European word that expresses the way in which traditional Australian Aboriginals live. It portrays an everlasting world, created in the far-distant past that includes the present and the future. Mythological ... come from the Dreaming are becoming more important to many Australians. As more and more begin to understand the values and true meanings they may slowly become entrenched in Australian culture. ...

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