Religion & Belief Systems in Australia post 1945 Question 1: Aboriginal religion is based on land. Land is the heart of Aboriginal Dreaming and provides the assurance needed for the continuation of rituals and ceremonies (king‚ 2010‚ p.213). The effect of Dispossession on Aboriginal spiritualities related to the separation from their land was enormous and overwhelmingly detrimental. The impact of British colonisation resulted in Australia being declared ’terra-nullius’ ’land belonging to no-one’
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How do ongoing Government/Indigenous relationships illustrate history’s relevance to contemporary Australian politics? The current political scene in Australia has the following Indigenous aspects that have been issues for Australians for many years. These are: land rights‚ education‚ employment‚ health and breakdown of culture. These are the main matters of concern politically. ‘So it is like people say‚ “Trust me. I’m from the government.” Well‚ it doesn’t carry any water with our mob’
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“Free speech is not to be regulated. The audience that hissed yesterday may applaud today‚ even for the same performance.” –Michael Douglas Undoubtedly‚ a speaker moulds his/ her speech by the principles of purpose‚ and the audience who are to receive the given speech. More than this however- the responder’s context also shapes the way in which they interpret a speech. Michael Douglas- famed actor and movie director‚ contrasts an audience’s response in his quote‚ to emphasise that a responder’s
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role in how they and their community were represented. The documentary‚ Mabo: Life of an Island Man (1997) directed by Trevor Graham‚ provides a window into the struggles that Eddie Mabo‚ a Torres Strait Islander‚ went through to have his rights to ancestral land recognised by the government. Unfortunately‚ the decision to award Eddie the rights to his ancestral land was not won until after he had passed away. The Mabo Case influenced the portrayal of the land and rights to the land in many films
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term given by the High Court to Indigenous land rights by the Court in Mabo and others v State of Queensland (No.2) [1992] HCA 23. The case required the High Court to consider the legality of the ‘doctrine of terra nullius’ – land belonging to no one. This was the legal concept of that when the first Europeans came to Australia the land was owned by no one and thus was open to settlement. The High Court ruled in favour of Mabo and overturned the concept of ‘terra nullius’. This effectively resulted
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The policies protectionism and paternalism had a major impact on the freedoms and rights of indigenous people. The major impact was the government controlling the aboriginal’s way of life. Protectionism meant that aboriginals were removed from contact with the white Australians‚ and they were required to live in reservations or in missions with restrictions on their movement and their way of life. The other policy paternalism was about white Europeans acting in a fatherly way to the indigenous people
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Strathern‚ Cultural Anthropology: A Contemporary Perspective‚ (3rd edition ed‚ 1998 (1981) - Tamanaha‚ A General Jurisprudence of Law and Society (2001) ch 7 - Twining‚ W‚ ‘A Post-Westphalian Conception of Law’ (2003) 37 Law & Society Review Case Law - Mabo and Others v Queensland (No. 2) [1992] HCA 23; (1992) 175 CLR 1 Other Sources [2]Merry‚ Sally Engle. 1988. “Legal Pluralism.” Law & Society Review 22: 869-896. [4]Roger Keesing and Andrew Strathern‚ Cultural Anthropology: A Contemporary Perspective
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fiction had a significant impact on Australia with the widely known Mabo Case. In May 1982‚ Eddie Mabo and four other plaintiffs of the Murray Islands pursued confirmation of their traditional land rights in the High Court of Australia. Their claim had been that Murray Island (Mer) had been previously inhabited and had been possessed by the Meriam people with their own social and political organisations. After 10 years and the death of Mabo‚ on June 3 1992‚ the High Court ruled that the lands of Australia
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THE ABORIGINAL EXPERIENCE - STRUGGLES FOR RIGHTS AND FREEDOM _"THROUGHOUT THE SECOND HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY MANY ABORIGINAL PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED STRUGGLES FOR RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS."_ The struggle for Aboriginal and Islander Land Rights is the longest-running political conflict in Australia’s history. The issue of Aboriginal land rights in Australia has existed for over 200 years‚ and the process still has some way to go. Why is land so important to Aboriginal people’s history and beliefs
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The Yirralka bark petitions‚ Wave Hill walk-off‚ Mabo Case and the Native Title being introduced all contributed into the development of Aboriginal Australians land rights. The initial struggle for rights began in 1963 (Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies‚ 2016). This
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