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The Secret River by Kate Grenville focuses on the characterisation of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians and social expectations each may have in the 19th Century. Throughout the entirety of the novel Grenville discusses characters and how each adjust to their new environments whether it be the Aborigines or the non–Aboriginal Australians. The novels protagonist William Thornhill is what some may call an idealised individual. He adjusts well considering the circumstances in which he and his

Let me ask you a question. Are you working to live, or living to work? There was a study done, a hospital study on 100 elderly people facing death close to their last breath. They were asked to reflect about their life’s biggest regret. Nearly all of them said they regretted not the things they did but the things they didn’t do. The chances they never took, because they were too scared, too tired, too busy, too broke. Studies show that you will spend 92 120 hours of your life, working. Let me

Residential schools were a place where thousands of Indigenous children would go to learn but instead get abused very badly. Residential schools existed about a hundred years ago. These tragic schools were established because European people wanted the Indigenous people of Canada to be assimilated into Euro-Canadian. The European people thought that their civilization was the greatest human achievement. A lot of residential schools opened within Canada’s provinces. Life at residential schools was

The “drunken Indian” stereotype is a twisted perversion of the sad truth that many Indigenous peoples in Canada, and all over the world, struggle with substance abuse problems and alcoholism, as seen numerous times plaguing the family of the protagonist of In Search of April Raintree, written by author Beatrice Culleton Mosionier. Countless believe alcoholism amongst Indigenous peoples is genetic, that it is in their blood - their nature, but this logic is hackneyed and highly inaccurate. For starters

Prior to white settlement, Australia representations were that of a primitive place whose inhabitants were a nomadic barbarous doomed race. Such imagery was the birthplace of an unconscious bias foundational to the historical contrast that divides Australian society. The volume of this irrational prejudice through the perpetuation of dominant western ideologies includes Indigenous people as treacherous, ignoble and unscrupulous. The riveting Rabbit Proof Fence film released in 2002, directed by Philip

1. Outline the diversity of Indigenous Australian peoples (~250 words) Indigenous Australian peoples are rich in cultural, linguistic, and historical diversity, which highlight the impact of Indigenous communities on civilization and the knowledge traditions that have been passed down from generation to generation. Indigenous Australians have cultural diversity partly due to their inclusion of non-tribal members and crossing of geographical boundaries in nation-states (Rumsey 1993). Rumsey’s point

including, but not limited to; ‘School attendance and retention of Indigenous Australian students’ (Purdie & Buckley, 2010) and ‘Indigenous school attendance: Creating expectations that are ‘really high’ and ‘highly real’.’ (Dreise, Milgate, Perrett, & Meston, 2016). The 2006 Australian census also found an alarming difference in attendance between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students that only grew as the children aged (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2010). The reading however, does not halt at simply

Storytelling is a form of education as it teaches the listener about skills that they would need during their lifespan in a sense it would leave a form of a finger print. Boydens Through Black Spruce and Three Day Road use examples of storytelling to portray the characters struggles so the reader learns about the journey that Aboriginal people had to make to maintain their identity. Telling a story may often leave a mark on the person you may have connected with, and when that connection is made

What is the meaning of life? For some people, it is to live for another person. For others, it is to live for themselves. Personally, I believe that people live to achieve goals that they have set in their lifetime, either if it is short or long term. I joined a gymnastics class when I was eight years old, and enjoyed being there for almost a year. At the beginning, I was in the third grade and to me, every subject was a piece of cake and there were no heaps of homework given from school, so I had

Introduction The Stolen Generations are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who, when they were children, were taken away from their families and communities as the result of past government policies. Children were removed by governments, churches and welfare bodies to be brought-up in institutions, fostered out or adopted by white families. The removal of Aboriginal children took place from the early days of British colonisation in Australia. It broke important cultural, spiritual and family