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Oodgeroo' Context and Key Issues Research - Coggle Diagram
Oodgeroo' Context and Key Issues Research
Political
1967 Referendum granted Aboriginal and Torrest Strait Islander people citizenship and the right to vote
2023 Australian Voice Referendum
Advise Australian government on matters relating to Indigenous Australians
Economic
Modern Issues
Unemployment
Housing and Access to Infrastructure
Youth Issues
Criminal justice system
19.3% of Indigenous Australians live in poverty
Cultural
Before Colonisation
Possessed complex and developed cultural systems
Ceremonies
Traditions
Possessed a spiritual connection to the land
Existed in diverse tribal groups and ranges of cultures all throughout Australia
First Nations culture has been existing for more than 60,000 years
Oldest continuing culture in the entire world
After colonisation
Proponents of Western ideologies spread the culture during colonial takeover by assuming that it was superior to the practices of the First Nations people
Social
Before Colonisation
Developed rules for social interactions and kinship systems
Fostered strong communal relationships
Semi-nomadic groups
After Colonisation
Stolen Generation
Aboriginal and Torrest Strait Islander children taken away from their families due to government policies
Broke important cultural, social and spiritual ties
Lead to subsequent intergenerational trauma and damage
History
White settlement began with the arrival of Lieutenant James Cook and Captain Arthur Philip in the year 1788
Land taken over on the basis that "Terra-Nullius", or what Australia was originally called, was inhabitated and possessed by no one