This includes occupation of Aboriginal land under the 'Terra Nullius'
principle, assimilation, the stolen generation, and Aboriginal
Australian's health.
Before the arrival of European settlers, Australia was probably inhabited by as many as 500 different tribal groups of Aboriginal peoples.
Aboriginal Australians traditionally owned land on a group or tribal basis according to birthright.
The land was inalienable, that is ownership could not be transferred, because no one really 'owned; the land in the European sense of the word therefore disputes about land did not arise between Aborigines.
Today, in all but a few isolated parts of Australia, only remnants of traditional Aboriginal cultures, social practices and languages remain, and these are still under constant threat from European pressures.
Land Rights Councils were set up and the National Aboriginal Consultative Council gave Aborigines a voice, even if it was an advisory one, n determining government policies.
Some examples are: Land Rights Councils, the 'Tent Embassy' outside Parliament House in Canberra, the Aboriginal voter-registration drive in Western Australia, formation of Aboriginal dance and theatre groups, urban renewal programs by Aboriginal communities, notably in Redfern, Sydney, and the emergence of community groups which aim to improve such things as access to education and revive traditional Aboriginal learning, culture and languages.
In conclusion, the effects of racism by Europeans through assimilation, the stolen generation, Aboriginal Australian health, education and law have not just been horrific and destructive but genocidal as the evidence show above suggests.
Generations of Europeans have attempted to exterminate the Aboriginal Australians or to exclude them from the mainstream of Australian society.
The Aboriginal people have revealed considerable resistance and cohesion and laws introduced by Europeans has helped to create and preserve the present condition of Aborigines, and changes to that condition depend largely on changes to the law and its administration.
Before the arrival of European settlers, Australia was probably inhabited by as many as 500 different tribal groups of Aboriginal peoples.
Aboriginal Australians traditionally owned land on a group or tribal basis according to birthright.
The land was inalienable, that is ownership could not be transferred, because no one really 'owned; the land in the European sense of the word therefore disputes about land did not arise between Aborigines.
Today, in all but a few isolated parts of Australia, only remnants of traditional Aboriginal cultures, social practices and languages remain, and these are still under constant threat from European pressures.
Land Rights Councils were set up and the National Aboriginal Consultative Council gave Aborigines a voice, even if it was an advisory one, n determining government policies.
Some examples are: Land Rights Councils, the 'Tent Embassy' outside Parliament House in Canberra, the Aboriginal voter-registration drive in Western Australia, formation of Aboriginal dance and theatre groups, urban renewal programs by Aboriginal communities, notably in Redfern, Sydney, and the emergence of community groups which aim to improve such things as access to education and revive traditional Aboriginal learning, culture and languages.
In conclusion, the effects of racism by Europeans through assimilation, the stolen generation, Aboriginal Australian health, education and law have not just been horrific and destructive but genocidal as the evidence show above suggests.
Generations of Europeans have attempted to exterminate the Aboriginal Australians or to exclude them from the mainstream of Australian society.
The Aboriginal people have revealed considerable resistance and cohesion and laws introduced by Europeans has helped to create and preserve the present condition of Aborigines, and changes to that condition depend largely on changes to the law and its administration.
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