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The Effect of Colonization on Aboriginal CultureAboriginals of the Torres strait are the oldest and most heavily colonized culture that have resided on the lands of Australia. The records of colonization have had a major effect on their culture. Due to the underdevelopment and lack of improvement, lack of proper infrastructure, and increasingly westernized ideals, values, and beliefs the children and the young of the community face immense dif...

The Right to Vote for Indigenous Australians in Federal ElectionsThe Indigenous population of Australia has been historically marginalised and has been subjected to a history of social oppression and prejudice. This has been largely attributed to the colonial history of the country and the systematic exclusion of the community due to imposed racial prejudices (Beresford & Omaji, 1998). It is therefore important to assess the participatio...

Aboriginal Cultures and Communities: Effects of ColonizationPrior to colonization, the Aboriginal people lived in tiny family groups linked to larger linguistic groups with specific geographical boundaries. They had elaborate family processes and social interaction norms (Resources et al., 2019). They had roles in education, law, and resource management, customs, language and traditions, and comprehensive knowledge of their surroundings. Their...

City of Casey and its CharacteristicsCity of Casey is the Interface Council. It contains agricultural or localities with low density and urban expansion both. It acts as the bridge between rural Victoria and metropolitan Melbourne. This brings in both rural and urban characteristics (Secada SURe, 2019). City of Casey has a significantly higher population of young adolescents when compared to rest of the Victoria. Use of drugs or substance use ...

Challenges Faced by Indigenous Students in Australian SchoolsThe schools in Australia are basically considered the sites of harm for the aboriginal people, where they get harms in both the means, historically and currently. Although the conceptualized sovereignty of the country is enacted by the Torres Strait Islander people, they need to get the foundations to better understand the concept of education in the system. Numerous examples of the ...

Settled Copyright IssuesExplain the copyright implications regarding the aboriginal flag, and discuss the copyright issues that were resolved as well as any other remaining copyright issues which may possibly arise. Over the past two decades, Australian citizens have made to believe that the aboriginal flag was a unifying symbol to the indigenous populations of Australia in which the court ruled that the flag actually belonged to Harold Tho...

Current Health Status of AboriginalThe population selected to have adverse health outcomes in Australia is the Aboriginals. According to Rheault et al., (2019), the Aboriginal’s health status and health literacy is poor as compared to the general community in Australia. There is a wider health disparity gap that has been in existence for several years. There is, for instance, a seventeen years age gap in life expectations between the non...

Cardiovascular DiseasesThe National Health Priorities Areas of Australia is a combined effort of State and tertiary government and commonwealth that aims to improve the health status of the people of Australia. Cardiovascular disease is one of the priority areas of NHPA. It is the major cause of the deaths in Australia. In this report, case study of David, 53 years old aboriginal Australian male who is diagnosed with hypertension has been disc...

ProfileIn this assignment we are going to discuss about the aboriginal community in Redfern. As per the Census report 2011, in Redfern, there are about 12,035 aboriginal people, which constitute about 2.4% of the population of Redfern (Newworldencyclopedia.org, 2015). Redfern can be identified as a suburb, which is located about 3 km south of the capital of South Wales, Sidney. It is under the control of the local government of Sidney. Th...

Background Information1. The Aboriginal Australians are defined as the set of people who mainly belongs to the Aboriginal race of Australia. The aboriginal people have the high rate of different physical disability and it is near about three times greater than the non-aboriginal Australians is. The aboriginal people have the higher rate of diabetes along with the kidney diseases. After going through the entire Australian continent, it has been...

Justification statementThe venture title is 'Our Language is Important', which depicts the idea of incorporating the indigenous dialect in grounds signs. As expressed by Benjamin Mitchell expressed that:"The protection and revitalisation of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dialects - the first dialects of this country - is the conservation of inestimable fortune, not only for Indigenous people groups, but rather for everybody (Nationa...

Aboriginal Resistance to ColonizationThe postcolonial discourse in Australia had been very diverse and Aboriginal arts in the postcolonial era had gone through critical modes. Art has been used as the precious way for the dialogue process and expressing resistance. Aboriginal society of Australia is the way of maintaining the social, political and religious knowledge. British colonization in Australia began in the year 1788. The British author...

BackgroundAustralia is a land of diverse cultures. Since the time of early colonization in Australia, alcohol is being consumed as a beverage all over the country. Over the last few decades the alcohol consumption in this continent has increased with time. The Aboriginal population and the Torres Strait Islanders staying in Tasmania has always been centre of research for the past few decades due to their linguistically and culturally different...

Themes in My PlaceWritten by Sally Morgan in the year of 1987, the autobiographical novel My Place has emerged to be one of the most recognized novels belonging to the genre of Aboriginal Literature (Morgan and Reynolds 1987). The novel offers a simple tale of the live of the young aboriginal protagonist, who has grown up without adequate knowledge of the past, her family, traditions or the cultural heritage she belongs to. While staying at Pe...

Known Risk Factors for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and LGBT GroupsAboriginal indigenous Australian people are the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals who were descended from human groups present in Australia and other surrounding islands before the British colonization.  The culture of this group have been changed and developed over time. Before 1788, there were only indigenous aboriginal people living in...

Background of the StudyEco-criticism is generally defined as an approach that serves to redefine and scrutinize the relation of literature and the manner in which it defines or treats the surrounding environment (Clark and Douglas). ‘Green Literatures’ has come to the foreground since 1970s (Moore). In literature, eco-criticism is used to decode and analyze the presentation of man in connection with the surrounding environment. The...

Background of Australia’s Racial-based PoliciesAustralia has its history surrounded by racial-based policies and that made the relation between European origin people and that of Indigenous Australians both complex and controversial for unambiguous and straightforward interpretations. Such policies obscured the essence of equality in regard to social welfare and hence creating the disparity which has been perceived for decades in regard ...

Letter to Industry Partner“Yugambeh Museum” is leading project of “Kombumerri Aboriginal Corporation for Culture”. In this report, the event of “Yugambeh museum mobo festival” is taken into consideration. The event helps people to get involved in ticketed and free workshops. This involves crafts and arts for adults and kids. This also includes didgeridoo, throwing boomerangs, cooking with bush foods and many...

DiscussionThe issue to be focused in this paper is the misrepresentation of Aboriginal people in Canadian media and the focus would be on the right of Aboriginal parents to take care of their children. The story in focus here is the decision of an Aboriginal mother to cure her ill daughter through traditional methods and not in a hospital. The story was published in The Star in 2014 with the heading First Nations parents can now doom their sick...

Context and Purpose of the Indigenous VoiceAt the time of recognising call for the Voice in Parliament, it is noted by the committee that growing number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals who are chosen to Federal parliament and State Parliament and local council in current time. It is also noted by them that the series of administrative agencies which are considered to involve with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...

Family Structure and the Stolen GenerationThe Torres Strait Islanders had their presence in one part of the continent. Their community was home to a number of languages and cultures. The arrival of the European settlers brought about a huge change on this tribe. The islanders lost their home, their children and were forced to follow culture that was not their own. This report tries to present the impact that the settlers had on these natives. ...

Assessment of the SituationRacial segregation in the Australian healthcare sector has had a detrimental impact on the Aboriginals and Torres Islanders populace. Recent studies have exposed the factors that prevent this population from accessing high quality care (Thurber, et al., 2018). Various issues have been listed including racism, social dispossession, unemployment, and illiteracy among others. According to Thurber and colleagues (2018)...

Summary and Key Issues - Chronic Overcrowding in Australia's Biggest Ever Indigenous Housing ProgramShelter and housing are some of the most important living conditions which are recognized to be fundamental for health. The benefits of having shelter are associated with various health benefits. The poor housing is associated with less housing availability, the design of the houses, surroundings, the condition of the housing and the constructio...

Knowledge of Pathophysiology of Dementia and BPSDTypically, dementia is a chronic disorder of mental process that is as a result of brain disease or injury, it is characterized by memory disorders, change in personality and reasoning impairment. Majority of people with dementia will always experience Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) at some point during their illness, majorly during the middle or later stages. This arti...

Types of Diabetes and Pathophysiology Place the correct type of diabetes beside the anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology description. Type 1 diabetes Type 2 diabetes Pre diabetes   Gestational diabetes. Gestational Diabetes Causes insulin resistance Placenta produces hormones that can block the action of insulin Higher than normal blood glucose levels first appear during pregnancy. Type 1 diabetes. ...