the false stereotypical views towards Australian Indigenous people. It is evident that this topic is one to have a vast majority of individuals have strong opinions and valid concerns about, but please have a positive outlook throughout the following words. Be aware that personal opinions and views on this topic are logical and valid but reassess where you stand at the end of the following letter.
Since the European colonisation of Australia in the year of 1788, Indigenous people have been tormented in a world that is seen as unnatural to their existence prior to these changes occurring. Although it is believed that Aboriginal people have lived throughout Australia for up to 60,000 years (Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet, 2017) it is still
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"All Aboriginal people abuse their children" "Aboriginal people are all drunks or consume drugs as a form of daily addiction" "All Aboriginal people abuse their spouse" "All Aboriginal people are uneducated and cannot afford an education" "Aboriginal people get free extras funded by the government such as housing and education prospects" "Aboriginal people are unable to have jobs or a prospect to earn any source of income". "All Aboriginal people do not complete their education" It's been stated that the average proportion of Aboriginal people to have completed year twelve between the ages of 20 and 24 has increased from the years of 2011 and 2016 by more an a third going from 37% in 2011 to 47% in the year of 2016 (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2017). Meaning that the amount of Aboriginal people applying themselves to their education is …show more content…
The ultimate goal was to eradicate all Aboriginal people as a distinct cultural society (Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet, 2017). "Blanket Babies" were covered by nurses with a blanket creating no opportunity for the mother to see their newborn, before he/she was taken. The children were taken and placed into dormitories, non- Indigenous foster homes and or were adopted by non- Indigenous families. Once the child was the age of eighteen they were "released" into society. If a child was caught talking in Aboriginal language they would be punished. No education was offered instead the girls were taught to be servants and boys to be stockmen (Creative Spirits, 2018). In June of 2017, it was established that there was an estimated number of 786,689 Australians identifying as Aboriginal, a number that had increased by 17.4% from the year of 2011 (The Conversation, 2017). It has also been acknowledged that it will take until the year of 2021 for the population figures to recover.
The occurrence of the Stolen Generations has resulted and contributed significantly to the many challenges faced by Australian Indigenous people and still to this day, the Stolen Generations are still continually searching for their parents/ family
Identity is often constructed based on affiliations with particular groups. When one identifies with a group, one mimics the perceived qualities of that group (Swann, Jetten, Gomez, Whitehouse & Bastian, 2012). For Indigenous Australians, they may conform to the above negative stereotypes partly because of how they are represented in the dominant culture. Forrest notes that dominant cultural perspectives bombard Indigenous Australians (Forrest, n.d.). Therefore, prevailing negative stereotypes and conformity with those stereotypes can be attributed to the dominant culture.
Throughout the early 20th century, the Australian public was led to believe that Aboriginal children were disadvantaged in their communities, and that there was a high risk of physical and sexual abuse. Aboriginal children were being removed in order to be exposed to ‘Anglo values’ and ‘work habits’ with a view to them being employed by colonial settlers, and to stop their parents, families and communities from passing on their culture, language and identity
Australia Bureau of Statistics (2012a) suggests that Indigenous Australia make up only 2.5 per cent of total population however sadly represent 26 per cent of the adult population in Australia Prisons. In addition according to the Australia Institute of Criminology (2007) young indigenous Australia in 2007 represented 59 per cent of the youth detention population
After too many years, when the Australian government decided to grant Aboriginal people with fully rights of freedom again in their country, the number of indigenous people in Australia jumped an amazingly 33 per cent from the 1991 to 1996 census. final
Critical factors, highlight why things are as they are and if there are possible alternatives (Germov 2011, p.9). Institutionalized racism is a critical reason for the disadvantages indigenous people face that could be expressed implicitly or explicitly (Larson, 2007). The Indigenous population directly experiencing racism through social and political institutions, is critical and a determining factor for their current state (Larson, 2007). Institutional racism is measured through the socio- economic status of certain minorities (Larson, 2017). Although racism is mostly implicit nowadays, it is still overall evident in the social health and wellbeing of Indigenous Australians today (Jackson 1999).The gap between the health statuses of Indigenous Australians as opposed to non-indigenous people are high (Darren, 2007). There is an estimated gap of 17 years between indigenous and non-indigenous life expectancy in Australia (Darren, 2007). This could be due to the absence of equal public health resources in primarily remote areas (Darren, 2007). There is Lack of Access to safe drinking water, effective sewage systems and healthy housing in indigenous neighborhoods (Darren, 2007). This further impacts Indigenous socially as many of them are subjected to poor living standards due to the inability from the government to provide the
Education is fundamental to growth, the growth of the individual, and the growth of a nation. Anthropologically this can be seen from the earliest of developments of human societies where practices emerge to ensure the passing of accumulated knowledge from one generation to the next. In the centuries since the invasion and colonisation of Australia in 1788, colonist authorities and governments have dominated the making of policies regarding most major aspects of Australian life, including the lives of Indigenous Australians. The enactment of these policies and legislation, whether targeted at society as a whole or directly at education, has had significant and most often negative causal impact on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, resulting in not only poor educational outcomes, but the loss of cultural identity, the development of serious issues in health and wellbeing, and the restriction of growth of Aboriginal communities. Moreover, there has been an ongoing pattern of the adoption of ill-informed policies in Australia, resulting in these poor outcomes and cultural decimation. Aboriginal people have developed a wariness, a mistrust, and even an attitude of avoidance to engage with non-Indigenous officials and those who they associate as their representatives, i.e. personnel working within
Close the life expectancy gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians by 2030: This target is not on track because still, the life expectancy of indigenous people is 10 years less than non-indigenous people (PM&C,
Government policies authorising the removal of Aboriginal children have caused extensive and unrepairable damage to every aspect of Indigenous culture. It could be argued that the emotional turmoil which occurred as a result of this policy, is greater than any physical abused ever faced by the Australian Aboriginal people. The act of child removal would be a scarring experience for parents and children of any race or culture. This policy had a particularly damaging impact on the Indigenous people as their identity is based within a set of strong traditional guides and teachings. These lessons are not recorded, but can only be taught through speaking with elders and learning through a connection to others within the mob, connection to art forms
The National Inquiry into the separation of the children concluded that 'between one-in-three and one-in-ten Indigenous children were forcibly removed from their families and communities in the period from approximately 1910 until 1970' (Wilkie, 1997). It was the 1960s, at the earliest, when the various 'protection' Acts were either abolished or discontinued.
In this essay we will try to provide a brief overview of educational issues of Aboriginal communities in Australia and Victoria and the elements that influence the educational outcomes of young Aboriginal people, such as culture and contemporary challenges. In addition to this, the inclusion of Aboriginal content in the Victorian curriculum and classroom practices will be explored as well as contemporary government policies.
For the last 200 years Indigenous people have been victims of discrimination, prejudice and disadvantage. Poor education, poor living conditions and general poverty are still overwhelming issues for a large percentage of our people and we remain ‘as a group, the most poverty stricken sector of the working class’ in Australia (Cuthoys 1983).
Assimilation policies existed in purpose of allowing the removal of Aboriginal children legal and believed as to be the right thing. The removal policy was managed by the Aborigines Protection Board. The Aborigines Protection Board was a government board established in 1909 with the power to remove children without parental consent and without a court order. These policies were especially detrimental to the Aborigines as a ‘government’ act prevented them with having authority over their own children and having no power in stopping the abducting of their children. Over causing a significant discrimination against the indigenous race, breeding hatred and inequality in Australian society, the implementation of these policies caused immense heartache and anguish for the Aboriginal parents for losing their children, the children of the Stolen Generation experiencing solitude and confusion for majority of their lives and the rest of society,
It is a commonly known issue in Australia that as a minority group, the people of Indigenous Australian ethnicity have always been treated, or at least perceived, differently to those of non-Indigenous disposition. This can be applied to different contexts such as social, economic, education, or in relation to this essay – legal contexts. Generally, Indigenous Australians face issues such as less opportunity for formal education, less access to sufficient income, more health issues, and higher rates of imprisonment (Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service
Instead the boys to be stockmen, girls were trained to be domestic servants,. This plan was part of a scheme by the government called assimilation policy the government forced indigenous australians to live the life as a white Australian, so government workers would come and take the kids from their homes and place them in to white australians home to live. About 100,000 Aborigine children who were taken from their families and adopted into white households as part of the government's program of forced assimilation. On the 26th May 1998, the first National Sorry Day was held. It was one year since the release of 'Bringing Them Home', the report from the
The stolen generation is a term to describe aboriginal children who were forcibly removed from families by federal and state governments and by church missions. The aim of this was to bring aboriginal children up in white families and teach them to reject their original culture, therefore if they continued successfully there would eventually be no indigenous people remaining.