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    Western culture refers to the societal structures and norms that arose from Ancient Greece and spread throughout Europe. This included the ways their governments were run and how their legal systems developed. Australia‚ being a colony of the British Empire was heavily influenced by the concepts and institutions established under English government and law‚ which had a profound impact on how the state‚ especially that of New South Wales‚ and federal legal systems were originated and developed‚ based

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    Native title was not recognised in Australia until 1992 when the High Court in the Mabo decision overturned the doctrine of terra nullius. This led to the legislation of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) and the establishment of the National Native Title Tribunal. Now Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders had the right to make native title claims but this was a very expensive‚ slow and time-consuming process making it ineffective for Indigenous people to regain ownership of their traditional land

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    Week 1: Screening Australianness ‘Newsfront’ (1978) Newsfront (1978) is about the commencement of Australian television. It notions the changing times; the context before the television was a household object. The movie marks the beginning of mass social and political change that was intensified by World War II. With countless men at war‚ Australian women were able to enter and overtake male roles in the workforce. As a result‚ Feminism was strengthening. Along with the Women’s movement into

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    In comparison for Torres Strait Islander peoples‚ due to their circumstances they were able to adapt a lot easier without fear of total annihilation (Donovan‚ 2002). Contact with Europeans had occurred by the 17th century and many trading vessels from various nations frequented the waters of the islands. In 1871 the missionary Rev. Samuel MacFarlane brought Christianity to the islands. Unique in Australian history‚ the daily work of conversion and cultural modelling was carried out by Pacific Islander

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    03/10/2012 Evolution de cette zone pacifique‚ dès origines jusqu’à la 2ème Guerre Mondiale. Pacific region : APEC‚ Asia‚ Australia‚ New Zealand‚ Aborigines‚ surf‚ beaches‚ kangaroos‚ Islands‚ Hawaii (-> Pearl Harbor)‚ biggest ocean in the world. Pacific (zone‚ area) ocean‚ Asia pacific‚ pacific rim countries. Origin of the name ‘Pacific’: 1521 Magellan coined the word‚ he thought the ocean was calm that came as a mistake. Ancient maps: Pacific Ocean/ south sea Bougainville‚ la Perouse‚

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    to possession of their traditional lands in accordance with their customs. The judgement has‚ at long last‚ rejected the "Terra Nullius” bringing Australia in line with remaining common law countries. Eddie Mabo had died of cancer in February 1992 so he was not alive to see the final ruling that would become so historic because it completely overruled the idea of Terra Nullius. Nobody could have predicted the changes it made on Australian land law.

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    and persecution towards these different races. In 1788 the British arrived in Australia in order to set up a new penal colony. Although the Aboriginals had been living on the land for 50‚000 years before the Europeans discovered the land as terra nullius and claimed it as their own. The Chinese arrived in Australia in 1853‚ two years after the discovery of gold. The Chinese flocked to Australia in search of wealth to send back home to their families. Conflicts have occurred between the Aboriginals

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    people and the wider Australian community. The Aboriginals go back 50‚000 years. The British were unable to recognise the rights of the aboriginals and the connection they had with their land. They declared the land they were living on‚ was terra nullius which means the land belonged to nobody. When the colonisation happened by 1920 there was only 60‚00 abogrinal and Torres strait islanders. When the British settlement happened‚ between 1910-1970 the abogrinal children were taken away from their

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    The policies protectionism and paternalism had a major impact on the freedoms and rights of indigenous people. The major impact was the government controlling the aboriginal’s way of life. Protectionism meant that aboriginals were removed from contact with the white Australians‚ and they were required to live in reservations or in missions with restrictions on their movement and their way of life. The other policy paternalism was about white Europeans acting in a fatherly way to the indigenous people

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    Redfern Jarjum College In 1778 captain James Cook discovered Australia claiming ‘Terra Nullius’ meaning land belonging to no one‚ since then Aboriginal Australians the original inhabitants of the land have struggled for land and social rights as well as the freedom from persecution and the capability to be educated. Redfern Jarjum College has opened its doors to 24 Aboriginal children who were unable to thrive in the mainstream education system with a program specially designed to accommodate their

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