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Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander History

   

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Indigenous and TorresStrait Islander History
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TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................2BODY..............................................................................................................................................2CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6
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INTRODUCTIONTorres Strait consists of 274 islands and found mostly in Queensland, Australia. Thepeople of this island have varied identities, culture and history. They are different fromAboriginal people and are treated separate from Australians. Total population of these islands is6,800 who line in this area and 42,000 people live outside of these islands in Queensland. Theculture is different from Australian, Austronesian and Papuan people. They normally trade withthe traders of Paupa New Guinea to fulfil their necessities (Beckett and Keen, 2015). TorresStrait is named after Spanish captain Torres which has sailed through these islands during 1606. The essay is focusing on diverse culture and history of Torres Strait. Further, values oflaw and kinship, racism and discrimination as well as past and present power relations of theseislands are highlighted. Western systems and structures along with their impact on Aboriginaland Torres Strait islander people and their engagement with services are focused. Moreover,impact of racial trauma on individual’s ‘decision-making, communicating, understanding andretaining information is discussed. BODYDiverse culture and history:Diverse culture and history of Torres people always believes in making people happy. They havetraditional languages, beliefs and traditional knowledge. The people of these islands are verymuch concerned for maintaining natural resources. They have given more importance toancestral lands, water and territories. The people of these islands are divided into two maincategories that is Aboriginal and Torres Strait islands people. Aboriginal people are separated onthe basis of their language, culture and traditional country (Carey and et.al., 2017). Further, theyare divided according to saltwater people as they live near coastal region. People which live inforest, desert and freshwater are termed as ecological environment residential.The people will traditionally welcome the ceremonies by giving speeches and performingtraditional dance. Smoking ceremonies are done in the starting of the forum and addressed by themember of n Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community (Australian Indigenous culturalheritage, 2015). The main aim is to welcome the outsiders who specially came for visiting theirland. Further, first speaker also respects all the elder people and traditional custodians. TorresStrait islanders are remarked as primary guardians and discovers of their culture. The1
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