Essay on Australia's History, Culture and Tradition
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Running head: LESSONS WORLD CAN LEARN FROM AUSTRALIAN EXPERIENCELessons world can learn from Australian experienceName of the UniversityName of the StudentAuthor note
1LESSONS WORLD CAN LEARN FROM AUSTRALIAN EXPERIENCEIntroductionAustralia as a nation has had a tempestuous past with the British dethroning theindigenous people and ruling the country at their will. Many incidences from the past show thatAustralia as a nation has struggled to find its collective identity. Australia was initially a havenfor the British prisoners who were skilled in some works and transported due to overcrowding.With time, the free settlers and convicts began to over populate the indigenous Australians andthe country soon turned into a colony of the British. However, unlike other colonized nations,Australian original inhabitants never achieved independence and they had to adjust into the newsystem (Rutland 2015). The essay analyzes Australia’s history, its culture and tradition and the way rest of theworld came to conceptualize it. In addition, the essay also tries to present an analysis of thecultural fusion witnessed in the country. Australia is a nation that inhabits people from differentcultural backgrounds. Once hostile nation, Australia endeavored to transform its image throughvarious policies. What lessons can the world learn from the Australian experience?The Australian historyThe period between 1788 and 1850 documents the arrival of early British settlers whoentered the land down under through sea. The colonization commenced after the first fleetarrived carrying British prisoners at Sidney and New South Wales. The time from then on beganto change for the indigenous people. Known as Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders, theindigenous people condemned the arrival of the British colonizers (McGregor 2016). Theyviewed them as a threat to their culture and way of living. The British colonizers that comprised
2LESSONS WORLD CAN LEARN FROM AUSTRALIAN EXPERIENCEmostly of convicts and free settlers gradually began to unsettle the original inhabitants. TheAboriginal people showed resistance to the British settlers when they viewed that the colonizerswere capturing their farming land and other properties. The resistance however, did not last longas the British managed to crush them through force and strategy. In addition to that, theAboriginal people were also harmed by the infectious diseases imported by the European settlers.Measles, smallpox, influenza, and other diseases spread across the entire Aboriginal populationand destroyed them both physically and morally. The period after 1850 witnessed the gradual dominance of the European settlers and thesurrender of the indigenous people. The Australian democracy developed by the middle of the19th century. In the later period, Australia saw a complete transformation with indigenouspopulation being out of the picture. Fighting wars for the British to facing the Great Depression,Australia went through great turmoil throughout the 19th century. The beginning of the 20thcentury witnessed increased unrest amongst Australians to free themselves from the British rule.In the later years however, Australia achieved full sovereignty when the Australia Act of 1986was passed (Australia.gov.au 2018). The late 20th century also witnessed the resurgence of theAboriginal protest to claim their rightful representation in the constitution. In addition, theAboriginal population witnessed the separation of children from their families owing to theruthless policy of the Australian government. Nonetheless, all these factors contributed to thecreation of a nation that Australia is today but the Aboriginal representation remains a topic ofdebate.
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