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Home, More then just a piece of land Pre Contact
Aboriginals Hunted and Gathered food with spears and nets. Used baskets for carrying food and lived in tribes. Aboriginals were happy. -
Aboriginal huts pre-contact
'Aboriginal housing mostly consisted of simple shelters made from a framework of straight branches then covered with leafy branches or sheets of bark.' -
Dreamtime
'Each tribe has many stories, often with a lesson to be learned or a moral tale' -
Totems
Every aboriginal tribe had its own totem represented by animals or plants. Each totem was like a family emblem. Some totems were animals like dingoes, owls and crocodiles. From the power of the totem the animals or plants were protected within its tribe. -
First fleet arrives - Colli Crew write of the Invasion
First fleet arrives - Colli Crew write of the Invasion -
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The English Invasion
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Nanberry Jackie French
The time for death (p 13.) , infectious diseases, an end of the Aboriginal Australian world. -
Nanberry
This text made me feel guilty of our ancestors coming to Australia as we brought fatal diseases. e.g of words from the text - abuse, rejected, misery, terrified. -
Stolen Generations
Rabbit Proof Fence - A mother beating her head with a rock. Very traumatic experience for the viewer. Various camera positions were used to make the viewer feel sorry for the stolen generations. -
The rabbit proof fence
Quotes from the movie: 'It's the law mord you've got no say in it.' The policeman said this when he took the half cast kids away from their mother. 'Every aborigine born in this state is under my control.' Mr Neville talking about taking the aboriginal kids away. -
From Little things Big things grow
1966 Wave Hill Station strike begins. "From little things big things grow..." was written by Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody...[The beginnings of recognition of Indigenous People's rights.] This song has been the centre of many tv ads over the last decade. -
Wave Hill Strike
The wave hill strike began in 1966 when the aboriginal stockmen walked off their job in an attemp to better their working conditions and gain their traditional land back. This strike lasted for 8 years when finally Wave Hill was given back to the aboriginals. The leader of the strike was Vincent Lingiari and when the land was handed back over to the aboriginals they poured the sand into his hand. -
Flora and Fauna
Aboriginals were no longer counted as flora and fauna but as humans. -
End of stolen generations
The government no longer had a right to take half cast kids away from their parents -
My Island home
The song My Island Home was originally written by Neil Murray for the Warumpi Band. The Warumpi Band recorded the song in 1986 and released it in 1987. Christine Anu released her version a decade later and sang it at the closing ceremony at the Sydney olympic games. -
Kill to Eat
"The Aborigine does not eat the kookaburra" - This shows that the aboriginals respect the kookaburra, " His merry laughter is allowed to go unchecked, for he brings happiness to the tribes. We call him our brother and friend."- This shows that the aboriginals would not harm their family in any way even if it was an animal. These quotes show examples of values and respect -
Yothu Yindi Treaty
The song treaty was written by Yothu Yindi, Paul Kelly and Midnight Oil. The song was written when Bob Hawke said there would be a treaty between Aboriginals and the Australian Government. The song was written to raise public awareness so the government would keep their promise. -
Terra Nullius
Mabo overturns the right that no one owned Australia when the english arrived 'Terra Nullius' -
Kevin Rudd says Sorry
Kevin Rudd made history by apoligising to the aboriginals and the stolen generations. -
Home, More then just a piece of land Contemperary
Housing, plentiful supply of food, clothing, paid jobs, tv, phones, cars, leisure activities.
