According to Saxton (2004) Australian aboriginal people are culturally and linguistically divers. Historically, they are consider the main inhabit of Australia. Aboriginal people were started living on mainland Australia including Tasmania, New South Wales, northern territory and Queensland. In the late 18th century, about one million aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people lived in Australia. A study has done by Daes (1996) states that Australia indigenous people had spoken by more than 250 languages.
Connections between land and family have been severed since the colonisation of Australian and sugar is now known as the food the “white man” introduced. The restraint of Aboriginal villages into reduced regions and the ever-growing introduction of these different foods has meant that the men have had less opportunity to fish, hunt and have therefor lost their major connections with their land, community and family. The Australian Aborigines now believe that sugar is the main source of their NIDDM and have since termed the illness “sugar diabetes” (Thompson & Gifford 2000, p. 1462). In the Australian Aboriginal population the rate of obtaining NIDDM are five to ten times bigger then that of the rest of Australian. Only 8% of the broader Australian population are being effected where as 35% are in most Aboriginal regions (Shukla 2010, p.60).
In Australia, there are approximately 600 Aboriginal nations/clan groups across the continent which are governed and bound by The Customary Aboriginal law. It is a distinct law from the Australian legal system which has existed for years prior to the western colonisation and the presence of the Australian legal system. The customary Aboriginal law is a system of principles and guidelines which stipulate social norms as well as ways of learning and being for The Aboriginals. It is also an integral part of The Aboriginal existence and continuity as it is formed through a network of connection which originated from The
History Revision Notes Aboriginal Australia Aboriginal Australia The Place - Australia – Latin ‘Australis’ – southern - Chinese & Japanese knew about Australia around 13th century and made maps of North Aus. - There was between 750000 to 300000 people living in Australia before the Europeans - There were over 500 different nations and over 250 separate Aboriginal languages - Most of the population distribution is around the coast (fertile land, temperature, harbours) The indigenous people of Australia - Most names of places were made by the Europeans - Aboriginal – inhabiting in or existing on the land from the earliest times or before arrival of colonists - Migrating Factors (Push
As we can see on this image, Kansas is quite frumpy: Most of the people would vote for Mitt Romney now. And, Kansas is one of the States which still has the death penalty. About Holcomb In Holcomb live about 2‘100 people. The racial makeup of the city in 2000 was 80.80% White, 1.09% African American, 0.89% Native American, 0.30% Asian, 13.28% from other races, and 3.65% from mixed race. The population is very young: in 2000, the average age was 25
By 2008 the rates for females in Australia doubled to 24 (ABS, 2009) and in the USA increased to 67 (BJS, 2009). Indigenous members of Australia are over-represented in the criminal justice system, this is also evident in the USA for the minority groups of black and Hispanic peoples. Indigenous peoples in Australia include those of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent; their rate of incarceration in 1995 was 1764 per 100,000 Indigenous adults (ABS, 1997). In America at the same time black citizens imprisoned was 700 per 100,000 black peoples and 220 for Hispanic peoples (BJS, 1995). In 2008 the Indigenous people’s rate of imprisonment had stayed fairly steady at 1769 (ABS, 2010), while in the USA rates rose significantly for both black peoples, 3119, and the Hispanics rising sharply to 1193 (BJS,
For many indigenous peoples, the natural world is a valued source of food, health, spirituality and identity. Land is both a critical resource that sustains life and a major cause of struggle and even death. Each indigenous culture is distinct and unique. While many peoples may express similar worldviews and a common indigenous identity, their cultures are nonetheless based on different histories, environments, and creative spirits. (www.indigenouspeople.net/) Here in Trinidad indigenous people existed for over 6,000 years before the arrival of Columbus, and numbered at least 40,000 at the time of Spanish settlement in 1592.
The treatment and opportunities varied from group to group, but it was overly difficult for all of them. The Chinese settled in New South Wales and Victoria. New immigrants would have to pay a tax of £10 on arrival they would also have to face abuse and violence and this also includes the minors. 2000 Australians at lambing flat attacked the immigrants, and were told to leave Australia. Most whites had a racist attitude towards them during the 1900’s.
The rainforest contains almost 40000 different plant species. There are also over a million different species of animals from jaguars to monkeys to tarantulas. Spiders and insects alone exist in over 500 000 different species and it is estimated that there are hundreds of thousands of unclassified species still to be discovered. National Geographic means the benefits the Amazon provides are of incalculable worth. It produces 1/3 of the earth’s oxygen and 1/5 of the earth’s fresh water supply by its water cycling.
The concept of familism can be found in sociological literature from the mid 1940’s. The family is a most sacred part of the Mexican-American heritage. In total, they make up 10% of U.S population (31.8 million). The American family, on the other hand, is a traditional family support system consisting of two married individuals providing care for their biological offspring. In American history, the husband usually works and the wife stays at home.