Aboriginal history, from the European point of view, dates back to 40,000 years ago. However, from an Aboriginal point of view, Aboriginal history dates back much more than 40,000 years. Aboriginal people had their own society and they had the power to do anything until a few years after...
For them, there is nothing to celebrate if the Aboriginal people continue to experience discrimination and injustice. They also argued that the current celebration of Australia Day is not reflective of the true history of the Aboriginal people. MAJOR EVENTS Australia Day is an official public ...
This chapter illustrates how Australia Day became a tool for the Australian government to promote its immigration and integration policies in the second half of the twentieth century. The two forms of political memory, civic and cultural memory, that exp
A collection of clips covering Australian history from hundreds of thousands of years ago to the beginning of the 21st Century.
THE Australia Day timeline was compiled by historian Elizabeth Kwan, who wrote a history of Australia Day for the National Australia Day Council. Before 1770 - Aboriginal peoples had been living for more than 40,000 years on the continent we now know as Australia. From the 16th Century Europ...
A Brief History of Australia This is a comprehensive guide to Australia, from the time of Aboriginal settlement through to the modern day. It takes a largely chronological approach and looks at social, cultural, economic and political trends in the country's long hi... BA West,FT Murphy 被...
The national holiday is an opportunity to commemorate Australia's history, its people and its future, but for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, as well as other Australians, the day highlights the cruel history of the indigenous population and the invasion of their land. ...
CANBERRA, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Australia is celebrating this week the 50th anniversary of one of the most significant days in its history -- the 1967 national referendum which gave indigenous Australians the right to vote for the first time. ...
The population history of Aboriginal Australians remains largely uncharacterized. Here we generate high-coverage genomes for 83 Aboriginal Australians (speakers of Pama–Nyungan languages) and 25 Papuans from the New Guinea Highlands. We find that Papuan and Aboriginal Australian ancestors diversified 25–...
The article discusses the roles of Australian Aboriginal women and Asian men in Australia's pearling industry. It is suggested that Aboriginal women were central to the industry, working as enslaved divers, sex workers, and paid shell sorters. Particular focus is given to interracial relationships...