Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have faced disadvantages in various areas, particularly housing. The disadvantages these people face now are the result of policies introduced by the European settlers, then the government. The policies introduced were protection, assimilation, integration and self-determination. It is hard to understand the housing disadvantages faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people if their history is not
George Harvey Strait was born and bred in the Texas cowboy tradition. He came into the world on May 18, 1952 in Poteet, Texas (“Strait Facts”) and was raised in nearby Pearsall, TX on his family's working cattle ranch, a legacy in the family for over 100 years. His childhood was spent working with his father and brother on their farm, and he carried on the ranching tradition by studying agriculture at Texas State University (Dickinson). In 1971, he married his wife, Norma, and shortly after enlisted
George Harvey Strait, is a an American singer, actor, songwriter, and music producer, known as the “King of Country”, of the twentieth century to present. Strait was a vocalist blessed with good looks and a vibrant personality. He is one of the most influential and popular recording artists of all time. George was a 50s baby. He is also known for his neotraditionalist country style, cowboy look , and being one of the first and main country artists to bring country music back to its roots and away
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people are the original inhabitants of Australia, and have lived here for more than 40,000 years, some believe even more, before European settlement, when they were free to enjoy and practice their culture without limitation or judgement. Aboriginal people originally inhabited mainland Australia and the continent's offshore islands. Torres Strait Islanders are named after their original inhabitant, the islands of the Torres Strait, between the tip of Cape
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. This essay will further analyse the impact these past policies had on the Aboriginal and Torres strait Islanders’ families and children’s education and how current policies were put in place to assist indigenous students’ access to education. Further to this an analysis of how teachers can implement these changes in the curriculum and classroom. From the 1800s to the mid-1960s Partington (1998 as cited in Shirley, 2012) described these times as the mission period
waterways. The United Arab Emirates has the Straits of Hormuz, while Panama has the Panama Canal. The Strait of Hormuz is a waterway between the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf. It is bordered by Iran, United Arab Emirates, and Oman Musandam Peninsula. About 20% of all the world’s petroleum passes through the Strait of Hormuz. At its narrowest, it is 21 nautical miles wide. The Strait is used to import and export items into the countries that border the strait, including the United Arab Emirates. The
various effects, both positive and negative that colonisation has had on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Issues of dispossession and culture will be discussed, as well as the ideologies that underpinned these actions. This paper intends to argue that one particular element of colonisation for Indigenous communities in Australia – Christianity – was a more positive force for Torres Strait Islanders than for Aboriginal peoples. According
The Human Rights Watch’s report on Australia states that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make up only 2 percent of the national population yet shocking they make up 28 percent of the adult prison population. According to the same report people with disabilities make up 18 percent of the population but almost 50 percent of the inmate population. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people face many disadvantages which put them far more at risk to end up incarcerated as opposed to their
Overview of Campaign RECOGNISE is predominantly an awareness raising campaign. Its main aim is to motivate the Australian public (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders included) to vote in unison in an upcoming referendum, in order to secure equal rights for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people within the Australian Constitution and to formally ban racial discrimination by the Australian Government (Recognise Campaign 2014, para. 2). To raise awareness, the campaign uses social media
different culture like the aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders be determined by such individual or family? As one who takes care of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals specifically if such a person is not an indigenous person, it is important that he/she has the ability of maintaining and creating cultural safety for the child placed in his/her care.(Williams, 2008). The first step in having a better comprehension of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander matters in order that one could be
have informed interactions between non-indigenous and indigenous peoples will be explored. A comparison will then be formed between the experiences of colonisation for the Aboriginal peoples of Australia and the experiences of colonisation for Torres Strait Islander peoples. In particular, the issue of dispossession from land and/or culture will be analysed, as well as the consequential genocide
effective than others are. One article may be more presentable, and eye catching than the other, however this doesn't mean that it is the better of the two. In this review, the differences between 2 articles; 'The weekly Telegraph' and 'The Straits Times' will be compared and analysed. Both papers are broadsheets and are considered to be 'quality' or 'serious' press. They are pitched towards readers who are in the professional or financial sectors of the community. Service industry staff and
and Torres Strait Islanders Torres Strait Islanders ablished it was established in every State and Territory to provide culturally competent legal assistance services by and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The ATSILS's role and responsibilities changed over time, during 1996 and 1997 there was a review of the service. The report regarding this review was
of the Issue The accessibility and cost of medicines for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander remains a significant factor when it comes to reaching health equality across Australia. The Pharmaceutical Benefits Schedule (PBS) expenditure for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is approximately half that of the non-Indigenous average despite the three times higher level of illness for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population. In July 2010, the Closing The Gap (CTG) PBS co-payment
controversial throughout Australia today. Indigenous Australian land rights however, go deeper than simply owning the land as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have established an innate spiritual connection making them one with the land. The emphasis of this essay is to determine how Indigenous Australian land rights have impacted Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, highlighting land rights regarding the Mabo v. the State of Queensland case and the importance behind today’s teachers understanding
What is Social Justice? Not many people have an understanding of this big issue still facing us today. This is affecting not only Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, but almost everyone in the world. I have chosen this topic because I believe that this issue is needed to teach residents and students how to respect one and other. This is especially important when the matter deals with the issue of background and culture. It would be a perfect world if everywhere people went, they weren’t
wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians has remained at a disadvantage as compared to non-Indigenous Australians for many years now . Whilst greater awareness in recent times has contributed to an improvement to some extent, many long-standing challenges remain. Many policy makers in the recent past have initiated several policies, programs, funding and initiatives to help close the so called gap. One of the most prolific policies in the recent times is the policy known as the National
around us, but we don’t recognise because it doesn’t affect us, but this issue is a concern to Indigenous Australia and also to modern day Catholics in Australia The statistics relating to Indigenous health is inexcusable, life expectancy is at an all time low, higher hospilatisation for avoidable diseases, alerting rates of deaths from diabetes and kidney disease. This issue is bigger than we all think, for example 13% of Indigenous homes
Australians. It provides ways to best support Indigenous Australian students and families and offers resources for teachers, students, families and schools to use to support them in developing their skills and knowledge about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Eddie Koiki Mabo was a successful land rights activist born on Mer (Murray) Island in the Torres Strait in 1936. When he was sixteen, he was exiled from the island and lived in Queensland and the Torres Strait before moving to Townsville with his young family in 1962. In 1982 Mabo and four other islanders took legal action to the High court, claiming ownership of their lands on Murray Island. The case went for over ten years until the lands were ruled as being not ‘terra nullius’ and the Meriam people