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    people are one of few indigenous people left in our world. The Aboriginals live in Australia and have, as many indigenous people/groups, been treated badly for years. However they are being treated better now than before, but as an old group with old traditions it is hard to live in the same world as people who do not live by their culture. First in this article Aboriginal history will be compared to present time, succeeded by/before a description of two issues the indigenous people of Australia has

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    about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education? 3. Indigenous literacies and Aboriginal English Overtime, the quality of education for Aboriginal and Torres trait islanders has seen much improvement, though there is yet a stagnant gap evident within the English language and literacy performances of students coming the Indigenous culture when compared to Australian students. This is supported by Dr Wendy Hanlen who asks “why do Indigenous students born in this country, many of whom speak English

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    respect to Indigenous Australians, their unique culture and contributions. I would also like to show my dedication to acting as an active participant in the reconciliation process through my teaching pedagogy and looking forward to building upon the positive relationships with dignity and respect. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders people are informed this essay contains images, written and reference

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    Introduction: This report is designed to outline and explain the benefits to both indigenous Australians and healthcare workers (specifically Radiographers) of providing culturally competent care. In radiography, like all healthcare settings culturally competent care is essential for patient comfort and experience. To provide culturally competent care one must first understand the history of the Indigenous Australians health and factors that have had an influence on it. Health care workers must be

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    of orality and oral traditions (Bagchi 2012). This essay will firstly discuss the development of print, in particular the revolution of the printing press, and secondly explain the impacts of the print revolution on oral traditions in the indigenous Australian tribes. The medium and meaning theory will be applied and discussed, which will allow for a stronger supporting argument. This is in relation to both medium and meaning theories. The medium theory discusses how a media can be influential in

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    Grant’s ‘The Australian Dream’ and Pauline Hanson’s, “Maiden Speech” it is clear that the truth is juxtaposed with the reality of the present Australia, who is still a country with racism and inequality. Despite two people stating the arguing issue, there are different perceptions of truth of who is the most vulnerable. In which Grant places great significance on the racism rooted in the Australian Dream and Hanson’s stance for non-Indigenous people inequality. Stan Grant, ‘The Australian Dream’ has

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    all parts of Australia, from large urban cities to small country towns, from the remote tropical north of Australia to the fringes remote communities of the central deserts. Indigenous Australians speak a multitude of languages and belong to hundreds of distinct ancestral groups. Therefore the health and welfare of Indigenous people living in large urban cities are different to those that are living in small country towns and again different to those living in the remote tropical north and those in

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    representation of Indigenous Australians within Australia are heavily influences by what is portrayed in today’s Literature. Indigenous Australians get a rather bad wrap in literature, which has produced negative stereotype towards Indigenous Australians as being primitive, uneducated, drunks, violent, lazy and lacking complex laws, society organisation and cultural diversity (Kroff, J. 2017). These stereotypes have derived from historical inaccuracies about Indigenous Australians in literature and

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    brought into question (Hurley v. Clements & Ors (2008). Queensland statistics show that 2,792 Indigenous Australians were arrested for public order offences for the year 2015-2016, compared with 5,991 for non-Indigenous Australians. This is rather alarming given that only four per cent of people aged over ten years old identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander in Queensland (ABS, 2017). The Australian Bureau of Statistics reports the age standardised offender rates per 100,000 for persons over

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    mistreatment of Indigenous Australians. The Aboriginal community of Utopia in central Australia live in third-world conditions and Pilger explores the experiences of Indigenous Australians and what he terms "the denigrating of their humanity" (Pilger. J, 2013). The town, Utopia reveals that Indigenous health has not improved since Pilger’s similar documentary 28 years ago called The Secret Country (1985). This documentary draws on documentary techniques and the power of language to position responders

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