Evidence of this ethnic and linguistic pride can be seen in the preference of many Indigenous Australians for the use of such self-designations as Koori (also spelled Koorie, meaning “person”) rather than the terms “Aborigine” and “Aboriginal,” which were imposed upon them (see ...
Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands, and these peoples' descendants. Indigenous Australians are distinguished as either Aboriginal people or Torres Strait Islanders, who currently together make up about 2.6% of Australia's population. The Tor...
there are not many words that translate as land, whereas we have many words that translate as Country,� Indigenous scholar and artist Brian Martin explains. �So in Country, the non-human has the same importance as the human. Trees are really important to the relationality that we have ...
Relying on the closest thing to the Arctic wolf, three breeds were developed under the stewardship of the indigenous Arctic people from the Siberian plateaus. These breeds are now what we recognize as the Alaskan Malamute, Samoyed, and Siberian Husky. These breeds not only hauled supplies in ...
In some literature, particularly old anthropological and missionary texts, Native Americans are referred to as the Aboriginal peoples of America. In Australia, where the native peoples have long been labeled Aboriginal, the word Indigenous is becoming the preferred term. Another designation that is ...
Besides, many words used every day in the country have different meanings to Australian unlike other English-speaking countries around the world. For example, Crook means ill, game (brave), ring (top performer), shout (round of drinks), tube (can of beer), and globe (light bulb). Every...
We know that Koalas are not bears, but when the Koala was given its scientific name (around the time of European settlement over 200 years ago) few people except Indigenous Australians had ever seen a pouched animal–or marsupial. The scientists who gave the Koala the scientific name we know...
Bell considers the social, cultural and historical significance of language and linguistic work from two perspectives; as a linguist and as a Murri woman. This chapter stresses the importance of language maintenance and revitalization in indigenous communities, especially in cases where languages have be...
Before, during and after the implosion of the Abbott government, commentators have blamed this political failure on a ‘lack of narrative’. The media’s narrative of […]Political Realities, Leadership Change and why Democracy won September 17, 2015 John Lord 15 There are those on the left...
A total of 8 final predictors of missingness resulted from these regressions: child gender, ATSI status (Indigenous vs non-Indigenous), family income (<AUD $1000/wk [low]; AUD $1000–$1999/wk [medium]; >AUD $2000/wk [high]), Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) Index of Relative...