Essays on Indigenous Australians

Economic inequality Between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians

Introduction Thought the last century, the subject of inequality has come to the fore. It seems that social, economic, racial, ethnic disparity became ubiquitous under the circumstances of economic and technical progress. While some countries take a course of rapid development, others remain behind. It happens not only on the political level but also within the country on the social scale. The emergence of perceptible economic inequality can now be observed in developed countries, and Australia is not an exclusion. Historically, economic inequality strengthened disparities of income and living standards of the individual layers of the population, increased the ...

The Closing the Gap policy is a 2008 arrangement by the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) that aims to develop the living conditions of indigenous people within Australia. It is a policy aiming to reform standards of housing, health, and education among indigenous communities (Australian Government, 2012). As the name itself implies, it aims to “close the gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians in life expectancy, educational achievement and employment opportunities” (Altman, 2009, p. 2). It bears the main objective of removing the problem of indigenous disadvantage by imposing efficient systems of service delivery to indigenous people with adequate funding. ...

Although stress is part of everyday life, research shows that higher levels of stress are prevalent in people, in malfunctioning homes and people with strained relationships. People with physical and psychological health issues also face more pronounced health effects from stress compared to people without such conditions. According to a study done by the Australian Psychological Society (2012), seven in every ten Australians with stress report experiencing some impact on their health with 18% of the participants reporting strong physical impact on their health. In Australia, groups that experience significant health effects from stress include people with chronic illnesses and their ...

Discussion on how on-going Government/ indigenous relationships illustrate history’s relevance to contemporary Australian politics.

Introduction Discussion Colonization, adaptation and resistance, changing government policies and the recognition struggle are some of the issues that have made the contemporary Australian politics the way they are (Hunt, 2013). Ongoing indigenous and government relationships show that the indigenous people are now able to access health facilities, get food, employment, education, land rights and housing. After the World War II many of the indigenous Australians migrated to urban areas in search of employment, health facilities, seeking involvement in justice systems, educational opportunities and sport. The migrating trend was both voluntary and involuntary. Involuntary migration happened when ...

History wars focus on the commitment of the historians and the demands of nationalism. These wars emerge when historians are accused of disloyalty especially when they challenge the national story. In the Australian context, history war presents the experienced conflict over the understanding of the history European settlement in the Australia and the establishment of the modern Australian society (Broome, 2010). The arguments over this issue have particularly focused on the effect of the British colonization of Australia Torres Strait Islanders and Aboriginal Australians. The major protagonists include Geoffrey Blainey, Keith Windschuttle, Carole Ferrier, Anne Clark, Sturt Macintyre and ...

Throughout this class, I have learned many different things about the aborigines and their history. When I began learning more things about them, it was hard to believe how much I did not know. Of course, I was at a relative disadvantage to other students because I am not an Australian native, nor was I born anywhere near Australia. I am an Asian student, studying internationally. Though I am learning more about the world every day, through my studies and through my life experiences, the Australian aborigines were one portion of history that otherwise would have gone unknown to me, ...

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Australian history is coiled around Britain. Up until 1986, the Britain and Australia had constitutional links, sharing a common nationality code. It is, therefore, a matter of great interest how Australia has ignored British Empire’s influence in its involvement in wars during the commemoration of war. This remembrance is done on April 25th every year. Australia’s war history runs back to the year 1788, according the Australian war memorial. For a period of more than 120 years, Australia was a Britain affiliate and a colony. The formation of the federation of Australian colonies, otherwise known as the Common wealth of Australia, ...

Just last year there was an effort to pass a law regarding Australian Aboriginals being recognized as the first inhabitants of Australia. Besides this, their language and dialects are also going to be recognized by abolishing a discriminating law in the country. This letter addresses that issue and talks about how Australian Aboriginals are left out in the work place because of cultural barriers. Although this issue is unspoken, it is very rampant. There are a lot of indigenous people who are being left out in school, the workplace and in the community because of the background. There needs to be more ...

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There has been a renewed interest with the indigenous tourism recently. In Australia, it is one of the most thriving tourism sector and attraction at present. This is because Australia is home to one of the world’s historic living cultures and so, it is well placed to develop this global tourism sector (ONT, 1998, p. 2). Indigenous tourism is a general term formerly used to pertain to “all tourism services or products, managed by either the Indigenous or the non-indigenous entities but focuses on an indigenous motif such as cultural tours, festivals, arts and crafts making, interpretation of indigenous heritage, ...

(City, State) In Australia, various factors have been identified as determinants of health status in any given population. These factors include class, gender, ethnicity or whether one is indigenous or non-indigenous. Understanding the effect of these determinants on health and their interaction poses a great challenge. Gender and ethnicity are some of the complex traits and are very useful since they include social dimension that are necessary in the understanding their impact on health. This paper is aimed at showing how class, gender, indigeneity or ethnicity impact on the health status of people living in Australia. In terms ...

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Introduction There are number of alcohol related issues that are preferably associated with social and disciplinary aspects of society. While conducting analysis it has been significantly analyzed that the use of alcohol has implicate various adverse impacts on family and social life of an individual involve. Australian society avoids hearing the fact that the society is suffering from huge number of alcoholic issues. At the same time there are number of other overseas nations that represents to have serious issues with alcohol. In reference to Australia, it has been examined that in Victoria alcoholic related issues cost more ...

Management of Diabetes Mellitus Type 2

Argumentative essay Management of Diabetes Mellitus Type 2

Introduction

Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common chronic conditions, affecting about 7% of the Australian population (Lamoureux et al., 2012). Many of the lifestyle habits and choices of people today – obesity, sedentary lifestyle, cigarette smoking, and hyperlipidemia, and low-fiber diet – are modifiable risk factors for diabetes (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2013). Environmental and social determinants for diabetes include family history, ethnic background, highly stressful lifestyle, low socio-economic conditions, adverse childhood experiences, and malnutrition in early childhood (Raphael et al., 2010). The management of diabetes includes, apart ...

Question 1: What is the value of cultural awareness and sensitivity training for psychologist? Discuss

Globally, psychologists interact with clients who emanate from a background characterized by diversity in terms of ethnicity, linguistic orientation and cultural establishment. They work in varied environments and under different conditions. Generally, their experiences differ considerably. Their effectiveness is dependent on a host of factors. These range from the skills and knowledge that they have to experience in this particular field of specification. To knowledgeably and acceptably perform their duties, it cannot be disputed that psychologists have to endow themselves with sufficient knowledge and skills. However, of great importance in the current, diverse work environment is their ability to deal with ...

Understanding Learners and their Communities

Over the past few months, I have been thinking about my own cultural diversity and I must say this has shaped my views about the indigenous Australians. One thing that I have leant is that, indigenous communities in Australia keep their cultural diversity alive by passing them from one generation to another. This includes their knowledge, performance, rituals and arts. They also pass their cultures by teaching and speaking languages, guarding their cultural objects, materials, significant sites and sacred places. My views have been shaped by the way the indigenous Australians are very keen in embracing their culture. This ...

The diversity of Indigenous Australians

The indigenous Australians are people who had diverse lifestyles and life opportunities. The diversity of the lifestyles and opportunities of the indigenous Australians can be linked to the multifaceted and varied cultures (Harvey, 2005). Different cultures of the indigenous Australians have survived for a long time because the aboriginal Australians have been able to become accustomed and change over time. Moreover, the lifestyles and opportunities of the Indigenous Australians have been passed from one generation to another whereby the new generations have inherited the lifestyles and opportunities of the older generations given the reason of their birth. Some of the ...

Australian Aboriginal Groups

The Aboriginal groups of Australia have long endured a painful struggle to maintain their ways of life since the arrival of The First Fleet. The Aboriginal (a word meaning first) people of Australia may well be the world’s first people as tools discovered in South Wales in 1971 proved that humans appeared in Australia at least twelve thousand years before similar human artifacts have been found in Europe. It can then be estimated that before the First Fleet arrived in Australia there were 18, 500 generations of Aboriginal people. These people are believed to have evolved into a way of living ...

Australia is a country located in the Southern hemisphere of the Australian continent. It is the world’s sixth largest country. The country was colonized by the Great Britain in the 1788. This began with the arrival of the first fleet from Britain in Botany Bay (Hughes, 1988, p.106).

In 1901, Australia gained its independence and became a federal state (Frankel, 1988). The country was then subdivided into six states that were federated to form the Commonwealth of Australia. The states are New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, and Queensland. Australia has since then had a liberal democratic political ...

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The unemployment rate in Australia among the indigenous Australians is higher than the unemployment rate among the mainstream Australians. There are many reasons for this difference, and many of them have their source in the living conditions and lifestyle of the native Australians, which cannot be described as being anywhere near ideal. The difficult living conditions of native Australians promote socially detrimental behaviours such as alcoholism and child abuse. This paper explores the relationship between child abuse and the higher rates of unemployment among the native Australians. It seeks to identify whether the higher unemployment rates among the native ...