The non-indigenous people have migrated to Australia to create a main English-speaking country.
Their (indigenous people) population, culture, spirituality and homelands have been under threat ever since even though the developments that the non-indigenous people have not come without a price.
The settlement was established first through conquering the indigenous people they covered that by killing them, taking their children or used as slavery. In the first 100 years of the white settlement the average of how much indigenous people got killed was 20,000 by the colonial forces.
The English king, which was the first British leader, Governor Stirling had put up a law that indigenous people had to be respected and granted with unoccupied lands. But that didn’t happen because they were seen as enemies, everyone despites the royal instruction.
It wasn’t until 1965 that Indigenous people in all states were given the right to vote. Then later on in 1967 a Federal referendum decided to give the Federal Government powers to override unfair laws in any State or Territory.
In the latter half of the 20th century many practices have been made for greater understanding of the indigenous people and their culture. The states and Federal governments continue to introduce measures to support and honor Australia’s first inhabitants.
In our days Indigenous people generally don’t share the standards of living. Many of them live in poverty, only a few of them go towards the acceptable education standards, imprisonment rates are higher for a non-indigenous person and alcohol and drugs are widespread and is damaging the health of communities.
Indigenous people are likely to live in lower standard housing than non-indigenous people, they have lower incomes, shorter lives and more likely to die while in jail.
Practices such as removing children, ignoring indigenous laws and religion have all gone now. Now schools, local governments and Federal politicians and mining companies are all aware that indigenous people have a special culture which needs to be maintained.
Allot of different types of ways have been made to help support the indigenous people and their heritage and culture such as: special health, housing, arts, policing, youth work, education, and tourism.
Allot of effort has being made to resolve past injustices. The whole Australian community has supported events like National Sorry Day which expresses sorrow and regret to Indigenous people.
Bibliography
Internet:
Books:
Post-War Europeans 1940-1975 Australia’s Immigrants- Helen Trepa
