Great Britain set out and began to colonize a land called Australia. It has been said that the reason for this expansion was because of an over populated prison system Great Britain. With little to no knowledge on what to expect in this new land, it was unclear the greater consequences of the settlement. The colonization of Australia was seen as an economic and political gain to the Europeans, however it negatively affected those indigenous to the country. This essay will analyse how the European
Indigenous Australians is a term used to identify the earliest inhabitants of Australia, they have been occupying Australia 40,000 years before British settlement. During this time, Indigenous Australians lived their lives through cultivating the land, hunting and fishing. They were able to establish their own culture based on spiritual practises and traditional styles of doing craft (known as the Dreamtime) and similarly creating one of the oldest civilisations present today. However, this culture
INTRODUCTION AND FACTS- In 1770 the British arrived in Australia for the first time and they declared the land as Terra Nullius. This meant that the land of Australia belonged to no one and as a result and by Australian Law, the British could claim it as their own. When the British did arrive, they did not classify the indigenous Australians as people. They thought that the indigenous Australians had different ways of living. For instance, indigenous Australians lived in huts made out of tree bark and
Donovan (2010) states that “Indigenous Australians are 13 times more likely to end up in jail than the rest of the population”. Currently, merely 3% of the total Australian population is Aboriginal and the Torres Strait Islanders. On the other hand, they are greatly overrepresented in the criminal justice system of Australia as more than 28% of the prisoners around Australia are Aboriginal. The incarceration rates are dangerously high for they can cause harm to Australia economically and socially
Many people today take advantage of the land of which we are on today. However, many Australians are un-aware of the historical events which have led Australia to this day. A large part of both Australian and indigenous Australian history is the 1938 Day of Mourning. 26th January 1938, the 150th anniversary of white settlement in Australia, the day Captain Arthur Phillip planted the British flag at Port Jackson (Robert Darlington, 2012). The state premiers had gathered in Sydney, as well as crowds
The non-Indigenous settlement on Australia during the frontier period brought resistance between the Indigenous people and the non-indigenous settlers. Land was claimed for economic purposes by the European settlers spreading throughout Australia from Botany Bay during the late 1700s. Resistance started off low from the indigenous people, with early stages showing non violent cases, such as the refusal of the adoption of the European principles of religion and culture began the early stages of the
The Indigenous Rights and Civil Rights movement were both indirectly connected with each other, the latter significantly affecting upon the Aboriginal Rights in Australia. The Civil Rights movement was a time period in which African-Americans fought for their rights, freedom and equality. Their actions impacted upon Aboriginal activists, triggering change. This essay will explain the ways and aspects in which the Civil Rights movement affected the Indigenous Rights movement. The Civil Rights
Christian communities within Australia have made various attempts towards reconciliation in the past 25 years. Reconciliation is the process in which the mistakes of the past are acknowledged and dealt with in order to establish harmony. The efforts towards reconciliation have allowed for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians to move into the future with a new relationship, demonstrating mutual recognition and respect. Australia being a multicultural society, the combination of ecumenism
Was Australia a workingman’s paradise? Up to 1914 many Australians had come to admit that the country had developed into a working man’s paradise due to conditions for working people had improved so much. People pack then assume a workingman’s paradise to mean a place that has better conditions for only Australians. There are arguments supporting but also opposing this statement. In order to make a final judgement, there are four main key aspects to be discussed. Firstly, the working hours. Secondly
movement such as gaining equal citizenship and the entitlement to vote in federal elections, it is evident that Indigenous Australians are continually experiencing less favorable circumstances compared to non-indigenous Australians resulting in lower life expectancies and lower incomes statistically compared to non-indigenous Australians. Forty years after the referendum non-indigenous Australians are continually faced with social, political, economic, colonisation and industrialisation issues,