The Aboriginals have been treated wrongly
Many people call the Dreaming the Dreamtime but the Aborigines believe that the dreaming is always happening around us. There was once a land of peace, no corruption or worries. It was a land with balance where no damage was made. There were Aborigines who lived on the land eating only what they needed, caring for the environment by burning forests and grass for better growth and they were nice to each other. We may describe them the humans who have existed in this peaceful way to the latest in time. There were many dialogues and tribes but were allowed to marry with members in other tribes. One tribe didn’t just know one dialogue but at least three others so they could communicate with people in other tribes. They had a region in which a tribe would stay. They took nothing in value except life itself and the other lives and gave nothing in value except for the sharing of food and shelter.
One day in 1606, Dutch explorers discovered Australia. It was a time of shock for the Aborigines. There land was at stake and that they were not sure what these men would do to them. The eastern half of Australia was later claimed by the British in 1770. What the Aboriginals didn’t know is that what their fate would be and how their future would hold.
It is unfair how the aboriginals were treated as they were killed in front of an audience by being tortured. e.g their intestines was cut out and then stretched. How could someone have done that to any human even being corrupt or evil? No one would like it and it doesn’t exist today because for the far extremes and is a humanitarian crisis.
According to primary school textbook they weren’t allowed to go to places with the white race. They weren’t invited to anything but used as cheap labour. It would be common to see Aborigines sitting on streets with dirty or raggedy clothes. We are all the same species. We all have feelings and we all have our differences but this wasn’t something which is what anyone should do.
According to poems made in the time set of this issue, children were being taken away from their parents and forced to go to school. An unjust process was of the children to never return. It was a life or hardness with racism of calling them blacks e.g “You blacks seen any half-caste children”. It was hard for parents. Because of these unjust actions it has come to the point of Aboriginals not being brought up properly. They now take drugs, smoke, rape, vandalise, etc. If this is bad enough the government hasn’t included them in the Constitution and isn’t giving enough support. The parents are just as bad as the children. Two years ago, only one Aboriginal girl in Western Australia made it to University. Anyone can understand that it took a lot of hardship. After all if the parents can’t bring up their own children, then how do they manage themselves?
Many half-caste children were taken away from their parents and were forced by the police to be sent to missionaries in Australia. Many Aboriginals attempted to try to make their children who were born fair skinned to make them dark. Some attempted this when they found shoe polish as they weren’t familiar with these artificial items. When they put it on they told many others but later the black shoe polish peeled off.
It is hard for the Aboriginals to convey their message as they are not very well educated and their future is very oblique.
Many aboriginals weren’t even given enough food. They were starved and many of them had to try to maintain to get food from the forests that remained. If they were treated like that then what makes the early Australians have the rights to not be tortured.
Many aboriginals have suffered diseases and alcohol problems which were introduced by the English on purpose to try and make the aboriginals die out but of course this hasn’t killed about even the numbers of what they wanted to kill.
According the Australian Bureau of Statistics (4102.0 – Australian Social Trends, 2002) there has been a number of aspects in which Aboriginals have died. Have you died in things like this?
Assimilation would be the hardest thing followed by colonization. In the environment they are in it is very unlikely they will ever go back to the past but always be in the ‘nightmare’ mode.
The aboriginals couldn’t franchise but they should’ve been able to. In circumstances like this it really separates the country into two. The Aboriginals don’t know their ancestors or heritage due to the fact that their pictures were seized and children were taken away from them in a young age.
Integration would be the best thing to do in this present time. As this could really be the problem. One thing that many people don’t mention is that Australia was colonised by convicts. The British government had no right to intrude into Aboriginal land and take it over.
Their living conditions are not pleasant with messy environments with rubbish everywhere, abandoned damaged cars and surprisingly for teacher meetings parents don’t attend because they maybe at a pub, etc. Instead the grandparent have to attend the meetings. Now this is a contemporary issue which needs to be addressed.
When you call Australia as our country then what country does the Aboriginals have as they don’t have the sacred lands of their ancestors and their peaceful way of life and most importantly to practice their tradtitional life.
What do you think of Aboriginals? They need a better quality of life and a better future. If it is not taken then the situation can become much worse and maybe unfixable.
We conclude that after reading this exposition we are sure that you are convinced that the Aboriginals have been treated wrongly. We are to integrate them and give support. Their quality of living needs to improve.
Bibliography
1. Apex A, Captain James Cook, (ONLINE), 6.3.08, http://www.apex.net.au/~mhumphry/jamescook.html
2. Yale Y, (ONLINE), (IMAGE), 6.3.08, http://www.yale.edu/gsp/colonial/Aboriginal_Australia_Map.jpg
3. Janesoceania J, (ONLINE), (IMAGE), 6.3.08, http://www.janesoceania.com/australia_europeans/aboriginals_1906.jpg
4. Australian Government- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, (ONLINE), 6.3.08, http://www.dfat.gov.au/aib/history.html
1 Comment(s)
Raahulan and group,
Paragraph 5, it’s a pretty bold statement that appears to have no hard facts to back it up. Where did you get the information from and on what grounds did you agree to write this up?
Mr del Valle