Australia Unit Test Flashcards
Terra Nullius
land belonging to no one
Guerilla Warfare
nontraditional loosely organized fighting using surprise attacks
Protectors of Aborigines
people meant to “educate”, care for, and “protect” Aboriginal peoples
Protection Acts
a legislation meant to regulate and “protect” the lives of Indigenous people
Immigration Restriction Act
aimed to limit non-British immigration to Australia. The Act gave immigration officers the power to make any non-European migrant take a 50-word dictation test
The Aborigines Protection Act 1909
established camps to provide a place for the ‘doomed race to die off’ as Aborigines would ‘inevitably become extinct’
Eugenics
the study of how to arrange reproduction within a human population to increase the occurrence of heritable characteristics regarded as desirable
Aboriginal Australians
a person of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent who identifies as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and is accepted as such by the community in which he [or she] lives
Clan Groups
larger than a family but based on family links through a common ancestry
The Dreaming
explained creation and the nature of the world, the place that every person had in that world and the importance of ritual and tradition
Elders
caretakers and keepers of sacred knowledge that must be passed down through the generations
Great Rainbow Serpent
laid eggs that became the huge round boulders of Karlwe Karlwe (the Devil’s Marbles). The serpent’s slithering and twisting created the rivers and waterholes
The People of the Torres Strait Islands
the second group of Indigenous Australians who live on the islands of the Strait
Mob
an everyday term identifying a group of Aboriginal people associated with a particular place or country
Country
the traditional land to which a person belongs, or the land of their Dreaming
Welcome to Country
an ancient ceremony that recognized the boundaries of clan land which were clearly identified and understood by all clan members and their neighbors
Totems
a special species of plant, insect, bird or animal that is held sacred and expresses the connection between the people and nature.
Half Caste
any person being the offspring of an Aboriginal mother and other than an Aboriginal father
The 1936 Amendment Act
replaced all references to ‘Aboriginal’ and ‘Aborigines’ with the term ‘Native’. All references in the principal Act to ‘half-caste’ or ‘half-castes’ also were struck out
Victorian Aboriginal Protection Act 1869
allowed the removal of Aboriginal people of mixed
descent from Aboriginal Stations or Reserves to force them to assimilate into White Society
Quadroon
a person who was descended from the full blood original inhabitants of Australia or their full blood descendants but who is only one fourth of the original full blood
Blanket Babies
infants who had blankets held over them to be hidden from their mothers
while they were being taken, supposedly to minimize distress, but perhaps also as a way of punishing them
Stolen Generation
the countless number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children who were forcibly removed from their families under government policy and direction
