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Assignment on Indigenous Australians

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Assignment on Indigenous Australians

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INTRODUCTIONIndigenous Australians are the people and communities of Aboriginal and Torres StraitIslander people living in Australia. Indigenous Australians are perceived as a part of Australoidrace and there are significant differences in social, culture and linguistic customs of indigenouscommunities. Due to difference in skin, culture and language, aboriginal people living inAustralia faced ample of difficulties and racial discriminations. Due to which there populationwithin the country kept on decreasing. Though, government of Australia formulated andimplemented various policies in order to provide protection and preservation to them. In thiscontext, the following essay will focus on the core policies and regulations the government ofAustralia formulated in order to enhance protection and boost up their motivation. The positionof indigenous Australians will be assessed in this assignment and eventually the similarities anddifference evident in goals, position of Indigenous Australians and implied relationship betweenIndigenous Australians and wider Australian society will be assessed in this assignment.MAIN BODYAlmost from the beginning of colonisation, Aboriginal populations were devastated byintroduced diseases and the loss of land and livelihood. Despite the high loss of life andwidespread ill health, little was done to provide medical aid. It was not until 1837 that a policy of“protection” was enacted, after decades of frontier violence. Before 1967, the policies developedby Australian government for Aboriginal and Indigenous people were not efficient. In 1909 to1920, many acts and policies such as NSW Aborigines Act, The Victorian Aborigines Act, TheAborigines Protection Board Act and The Northern Territory Aboriginal Ordinance Act has beenpassed in order to provide protection and basic amenities to community of Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Community. Though these acts and policies were not robust as throughout this erathe prevailing attitude was that Aboriginal peoples were inferior to white races and wouldunavoidably die out. Non indigenous Australians does not treat the Aboriginal communities welland often practice racial discrimination at work place or in society. This degrades the value ofAboriginal communities. Furthermore, the governmental interventions were not adequate in thisperiod as basic amenities such as food, shelter, employment, eduction and health were notadequately provided to people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The Australian referendum of 27 May 1967, called by the Holt Government, approvedtwo amendments to the Australian constitution relating to Indigenous Australians. More than 951
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