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    thing as the native title in Australian law. The ‘Aborigines’ as the original landowners of Australia was stripped of power as their identity diminished due to British political power. Brian; (2015) mentions, ‘social control is the sum of sanctions in society by means of which conformity of cultural guidelines are ensured’ (p.57). Overall, unwritten Indigenous laws and customs were identified by the British and claimed

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    Throughout Australian history, Aboriginal people have been displaced and mistreated through the course of time, through the separation from their from kinship groups, land and the stolen generation. This has resulted in the connection to their dreaming lost, misconnection and loss of their sacred sites and traditional food from their land. As a consequence of the stolen generation, many aboriginal children were deprived of their parents, families, spirituality, language from their land and their

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    important part of Australian population. Because Australia is underpopulated due to a low birth rate, negative population growth will have adverse long-term effects on the economy as the population ages and the labor market becomes less competitive. Because of these reasons the Australian government has a policy which encourages immigration. Immigrants might affect Australia in different ways such as economic and environment. Immigrants have significant influence for Australian economic in positive

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    reasons to the passing of the Immigration Restriction Act was because of racism and economic fears. The Immigration Restriction Act was also commonly known as the ‘White Australian Policy’. There is evidence of racism all throughout this time; most being towards the Chinese and Aboriginal cultures. One reason that the immigration act was passed was because many Australians were jealous or worried about the hard work that foreigner workforces were doing. The white Australians were threatened by the fact

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    Aboriginals view on world war one varied from the Australian white society view. The view of the white society of Australia on world war one was that it was an opportunity for Australia to show itself worth to the crown (Great Britain). It also was an opportunity for Australia to know as more than just the agriculture nation (the youtube video). However, the aboriginals saw it as a way to avoid the supervision of their everyday lives. The aboriginals also saw the war as an opportunity to enhance

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    This was called the Immigration Restriction act which is now known as the White Australian Policy (WAP). This changed the race of Australia’s face. In modern day Australia over 22 million people now live in this beautiful Country that has an equal society. Aboriginals And British Settlers The Aboriginals were thought to have arrived in Australia about 40,000

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    Australian Contemporary Theatre-Trail Australian Contemporary Theatre is a form of Theatre which addresses the concerns and aspirations of Australian audiences; with the use of diverse and complex characters Australian Contemporary Theatre is able to connect with the audience making them reflect and challenge identities. This is shown clearly in the texts Ruby Moon written by Matt Cameron and A Beautiful Life written by Michael Futcher and Helen Howard which we have studied throughout topics. The

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    diversity is mostly due to immigration,

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    In 2008, Kevin Rudd stood up and made a speech in regards to the stolen generation of Aboriginal Australian People. He made an apology on behalf of the government for the way in which the Aboriginal People were treated. This speech was, and still is, a very significant event that occurred in Australia’s history. Whilst many Aboriginal People are thankful for the apology on behalf of the white Australians, many still feel mistreated and upset over the issue (M Silby, 2013). The stolen generation refers

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    their food, lifestyle and cultural practices into this land, and have been absorbed into mainstream of Australian culture. Australia society now contains a rich array of cultures represented in the area of art, literature, music, dress, sport and food. This great phenomenon was created by so many people, with such diversity of culture and history, have been absorbed so peacefully into Australian society. The colonial period interpreted the increase of white population in Australia. At this stage

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