Indigenous People - Australia Aborigines Flashcards
Aborigine
The indigenous people of Australia - it’s first inhabitants
Terra Nullius
Land belonging to no one
Elder
Key person/leader in an aboriginal community
Dreamtime
The earliest time when ancestral spirit beings created the world
Nomadic
People who move according to seasons from one place to another in search for land, water and grazing land, rather than living in one place
Terra Australis Incognita
Unknown Southern land - how Europeans referred to Australia in the 17th century
Dispossession
The taking away of land from the indigenous people
Stolen Generation
Mixed race/half caste aboriginal children were removed from their families and put into white-run institutions
Breeding out the colour
Deliberate policy to wipe out a race by forcing it’s people to only have children with white people
Assimilation
When a smaller culture loses it’s unique features through becoming absorbed into a larger, more dominant culture
Reserve
Land (often inferior) set aside for Aboriginal communities to live in
Mission Station
A location for missionaries to work with local communities. This commonly consisted of churched, gardens, fields, workrooms, dormitories and schools
Segregation
Allocating different areas for races so that they don’t mix with one another
