Q1. ’Rabbit Proof Fence’ highlights how experiences change our point of view. Discuss. Can you imagine being an Aborigine? Living in the outback? Hunting for food? What would your point of view be if you were brought up that way? Or maybe you were a white person. What would your point of view be then? What would you think of the Aborigines and their way of living and the way they were brought up compared to you? All the different experiences people have such as how we are brought up‚ our beliefs
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realistic. What I believe he means is that instead of looking at theories and things of that nature about how religion started‚ we should look at concepts beyond religion itself. I found that the Australian Aborigines follow closely along this same definition of religion. To the Aborigines‚ the world has always existed‚ meaning everything was always here; they had no creation myths. They had believed the ultimate supreme was associated with the sky and was the source for all power in the universe
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In Australia‚ from 1883 (when the Aborigines Protection Board was established) and‚ unbelievably‚ right up to 1969 (when the Aborigines Welfare Board was abolished) an estimated 1 in 10 of all Aboriginal children were forcibly removed from their families in an effort to ’civilize’ them by assimilation into European society and culture. As most Australians now know‚ successive Government authorities assumed legal guardianship of all Indigenous children and removed approximately 100‚000 part-Aboriginal
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groups who play the game of AFL; the Nungas (Aborigines) who come from the Peninsula and the Goonyas (white people) are Port residents. The game of AFL is the only means through which two groups are brought together and highlights the marginalisation of the Nunga community who‚
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Transportation was a viable avenue for England to rid itself of criminals. Many individuals and complete families where transported‚ first‚ to the American colonies and then to Australia and its surrounding islands of Van Diemen’s Land. Through this type of punishment the United Kingdom hoped to rid itself of variants and to begin colonization of a new colony in a distant land in hopes of further expanding the empire. By expanding the empire through transportation these convicts brought with them
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introducing a new specialization nursing that will provide nursing care in partnership with the concerned community group (Queensland Health‚ 2009) like the Aborigines and the Torres Strait Islanders. This growing specialization is called community health nursing. Community health nursing is crucial in ensuring that the correct approaches to the Aborigines’ and Torres Strait islanders’ community health‚ are applied and are popularly supported by the concerned indigenous groups. It is important that the community
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(but you’ll have to google to check) that these were Section 51 Clause 127‚ which listed Aborigines as animals protected under the Flora and Fauna Act‚ rather than human beings. The other clause referred back to this one -- speaking of rights that were entitled to; "all humans except the Indigenous peoples of the land" -- but I’m not sure what or where it was. State wide voting had been granted for Aborigines in 1961‚ and although it’s a common misconception‚ the right to vote was not a major
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The aborigines believed the Earth’s surface was barren and empty and consisted only of mud and clay. That is until the “ancestral spirit beings rose from beneath the surface or descended from the sky‚ and assumed the forms of animals‚ plants‚ and humans. They
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policies of the state and federal governments have impacted the aboriginal people. The government policies includes; the policy of paternalism‚ Protectionism‚ Assimilation‚ Integration and Self – determination. These policies have impacted the aid of Aborigines due to the fact that the governments thought that the Aboriginals were a species that needed to be protected but instead had the reverse effect. The policy of Paternalism was a policy that regarded the Aboriginals as their children and Australians
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British people learned to adapt and took advantage of the Australian environment. History also shaped Australia. Aboriginal people were native to the region. Although the British took away the Aborigine’s rights when they settled Australia‚ the Aborigines have more rights now. Like most countries‚ modern day Australia was formed by past events. The Outback is the main physical feature in Australia. The Outback is located in the middle of Australia. The Outback is dry and has low plains and plateaus
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