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¶ … Aborigines and the State in Australia," by Jeremy Beckett one is able to gain insight into how the Aborigines were viewed by the Australian society. Jeremy Beckett goes to great lengths to explain how commercialized the whole aborigine society became. Throughout the work, he discusses how "Aboriginality" became a novel concept used to lure tourism, and how all that really remained were a few artifacts in a museum. Jeremy Beckett also delves deeply into the conflicts that took place over land rights in Australia. When attempts were made to appease the Aborigine people, the land for the most part was small and worthless (not conducive of sustaining any crops). This article maintains a neutral view and goes above and beyond to give a vivid depiction of what was going on with the struggle of the Aborigines to get aid in Australia. Through this article, you could also see the political plight of the aborigine. Here was a group of people that fought to be recognized and considered on the same level as others while at the same time attempting to maintain their culture and heritage. The article is best depicted by "It is with these constructions that the Aboriginal people have had to come to terms to survive in a society whose recognition of them has been equivocal and shifting." This is the last sentence of the article, which truly makes a good point from the point of the article. Aboriginal people in a sense had to choose their battles wisely. Not only was it a constant struggle just to be recognized politically it was a struggle to maintain their identity. It is hard to imagine going through everyday of ones life in a constant struggle to be respected, and acknowledged for services and aid that are made more assessable to others. The article does a good job of showing the true plight of the Aborigine, not to mention how difficult it was for them to be identified outside of the main group of characteristics Australians had labeled them. This article shows you how far some people will go for what they believe in and what they want.
Indigenous populations in Republican Rome (ca. 500 BCE -- 31 BCE) Citizenship in colonial era IV Comparison and Contrast The issues citizenship of indigenous populations in the Roman Republic and during the colonial era in Europe provides comprehensive information regarding how the indigenous populations were treated by Europeans. The right to get justice and to self-determine their politico-social life is the main issues that political philosophy is confronted with (Kabeer, 2002). The internationalization
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In addition the Europeans that colonized Australia believed that their culture was superior and the aboriginal culture would somehow disappear in a short period of time. When this did not occur drastic steps were taken to assimilate indigenous people. These steps included taking aboriginal children away from their families to be raised in white society. Certainly this type of violent and reckless interaction led to great fear and panic because
" [Parliament of Australia] The Future Australia's aboriginal population is currently estimated around 4,60,000 roughly constituting 2.3% of the national population. [Australian Government] However, the sad fact is that aborigines have higher rates of alcohol and drug abuse and unemployment. Prime minister Rudd declared a state of emergency in the northern territory following high reports of alcoholism and child sexual abuse among the aboriginal communities. Efforts were also taken to restrict the
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In 1992 there was a problem with the courts and the land disputes that were occurring between the two cultures. In the case of Mabo and Others vs. The State of Queensland and the Commonwealth of Australia, decided in 1992, the Australian High Court ruled that the land tenure rights of the indigenous inhabitants of the Murray Islands in the Torres Strait did not extend seaward beyond the high water