Effects Of Australian Mining Boom On The Aboriginal People

Government initiatives often fail to address other root causes. More than 200 years of dispossession, racism and discrimination have left Indigenous Australians with some of the lowest levels of education, highest levels of unemployment, poorest health and most appalling housing conditions.

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).

Understanding how the historical factors have influenced Indigenous Australians helps operationalise the sociological imagination. The history of Indigenous people is important as many of the disadvantages they endure today is connected to the past. A historical awareness influences individuals to understand how organisations and institutions impact the health and wellbeing of a minority (Germov, 2002).The existence of Indigenous Australians well begins before the European invasion and colonisation of Australia. Aboriginal people were the native land owners, as they have been in Australia for over 60,000 years, prior to the British settlement in 1788.3 (workingwithindigenousaustralians.info, 2017). Indigenous Australians have been living off

In 1976 the Fraser government passed the Aboriginal Land Rights Act. Several state governments passed their own Land Rights Acts, which recognised aboriginal and Torres Strait islander claims to land and guaranteed them royalty payments from mining companies working there. Some laws enforced by the government became challenging for most indigenous people to abide by. Through the analysis of this information we understand the impacts the government and its laws had towards the indigenous society of

Firstly, Aboriginals have been run out of their native lands and what little they have left is constantly being fought over by the Natives, the government and major corporations. Mr. Norman Slotkin, a lawyer for the Union of Ontario Indians, had this to say:

Further, low income, unemployment, racism, lack of education further deteriorate their quality-of-life and well-being (Carson, Dunbar, Chenhall, & Bailie, 2007). Therefore “closing the gap” on indigenous disadvantage is crucial for archive equality in life expectancy, health status, education and employment between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians (Black & Richards, 2009).

The change in legal affairs for the indigenous was a result of the change in rights and freedoms. Throughout the 19th century white settlers moved the Aboriginal people off their land and into reserves. This resulted in Aboriginal people experiencing dispossession, which meant that they didn’t exist. In the early 1970s the Whitlam government began to work on

There are still many social adversities that statistically Aboriginals are more prone to than whites such as domestic violence and substance abuse. The government aims to help out the Aboriginal community with even more benefits than the white Australian receives such as free medical care and legal services, help with housing requirements and many payment options to help those in need. Despite all this being Aboriginals on average have a lower level of employment to non-indigenous Australians and have a lower level of education. This is slightly similar to South Africa following apartheid although to less of an extent, poverty levels being higher and land still being owned by whites. It is very much similar to that of USA where their black community on average is more so in poverty than their white counterpart, although they are given the same rights and opportunities theoretically the social barriers still

To achieve wellbeing of communities and individuals only providing or reallocating of resources in not enough. The government has to strength up the local and regional communities. Without the effective participation of indigenous people the economic strategy is doomed to

The economic wellbeing of the aboriginals was changed due to them being able to be educated, the eventually go to work and sustain a living for themselves and there families. The economic wellbeing of aboriginal people was changed after the Australian constitution changed there views on aboriginals and no longer saw them as flora and fauna, people now could see that aboriginals weren't useless people and could work just like white people and be able to be paid the same amount as them. With the Aboriginals being counted within in the census and being able to now vote, people began to see that they were cable of everything the White people do. Like work, go to school etc. After the referendum Australia had a lot more people working, which meant Australia had an economic boom and we saw Australia begin to grow more and more.

Indigenous Australians have a historical continuity of employment disadvantage when compared to non-indigenous Australians (Eckermann 2005). Historically, Aboriginal employment in Australia was based on an individual contract attempting to legalize colonial exploitation after the nationwide ban on slavery (Eckermann 2005). These contracts allow employers to employ indigenous Australians through the basis

Proportionally, more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups live in poverty than any other group in Australia. Indigenous Australians have moderate access to economic and educational resources with a significant high level of social isolation, particularly in rural and remote locations. In Australia over one million people live in chronic deprivation. Indigenous Australians are among the population; they are more likely to experience severe disadvantages in comparison to non-indigenous Australians. In communities, there are clear disparities encompassing indigenous health, education, housing and employment levels. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people obtain the lowest employment rates in the county. 52.2 per cent of Indigenous Australians between the age of 15 and 64 years were unemployed in 2012-2013, compared with 24.4

However, this neglected to work, and aboriginals continue to practice their culture and speak their language today. Aboriginal people used to live in reserves far from non-aboriginals, but they are starting to move into cities. In fact, more than half of the Aboriginal population live in Canada’s cities. But non-aboriginals tend to dismiss the natives and treat them like second-class citizens, even though they are living on the natives rightful land. Non-aboriginals also mistreat the indigenous at schools. One in three aboriginal students drop out of high school before graduating. But instead of dropping out of school, they rather are being pushed out of school because they feel like they do not belong. People need to learn to accept the aboriginals as equal human beings, this way our society may improve the percentage of homeless aboriginals and create a positive and successful environment for

Many Aboriginal people have lost all they had and have been disadvantaged because of the Indian Act and the theories of

The aboriginals lack an updated education, housing and a technologically developed system. The technological advancements of the aboriginals will be analyzed and the obstacles regarding the change will be discussed and compared to the other provinces of Canada.