Reflective Essay on Treatment of Indigenous Australians

Running Head: Treatment of Indigenous Australians
REFLECTIVE ESSAY ON TREATMENT OF
INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS

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Table of Contents
Introduction:...............................................................................................................................2
Impact of history upon ethical practices of engineering:...........................................................2
Conclusion:................................................................................................................................4
References:.................................................................................................................................5

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Introduction:
Indigenous Australians are considered as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of
Australia.They had descended from the existing group in Australia and surrounding islands
before the British colonization. The aim of this essay is to reflect my view based on the
history of the treatment of indigenous Australians over the last century. The reflection has
been written based on DIEP framework to discuss the impact of this treatment on the ethical
learning practices. I have also discussed the influence of this learning in communicating with
the aboriginals and the representatives of engineers.
Impact of history upon ethical practices of engineering:
The aboriginals were given the liberties, but they were also forced to adopt the culture of the
Non-indigenous people. The people also faced racial discrimination, and they do not get
proper justice for their humiliation. Moreover, the Australian government introduces new
rights which can affect ethical practices. As they are described as racist, the legislations make
it difficult for the Aborigines to reclaim their lands (Fahd &Venkatraman, 2019). They are
considered as the slaves in the past centuries. The neck chains were used for the aboriginal
men while they were marched from their homelands to prisons and the camps. The aboriginal
women were also forced into slavery as the servants. Due to the government interventions
and recently developed policies, any aboriginals were removed from their parents (Lawton,
McDonald, Snelling, Hughes & Cass, 2017). The Australian government tries to wipe out the
culture and rights of the Indigenous Australians and the ill-treatment forces them for
committing suicide, alcohol abuse, domestic abuses and the usage of tobacco. However, they
also do not have access to use public health care facilities.
The history defines the ill-treatment with the indigenous Australians in the community. Based
on the engineering ethics, the engineers need to consider all the public as equal and they
should not be forced to adopt other culture in their community (Adams et al. 2015). I think
the aboriginals were already facing issues regarding racial discrimination. This ill-treatment
already increased the suicidal tendency among them, which can violate the engineering
ethics. Based on engineering ethics, all the persons should be treated equally, and they should
be encouraged without gender biases, race, religion, and ethnicity. However, I understood