Post 1945 & Aboriginal spirituality

Question 1

‘Other Christian’ groups

Answer 1

• Smaller denominations which do not have major numbers

- They are outside of the ‘recognised’ christian denominations

Question 2

White Australian Policy

Answer 2

Government policies that effectively barred people of non-European descent from immigrating to Australia from 1901-1945, with the remnants of the policy abolished in 1973

Question 3

Secular

Answer 3

Not connected with religious or spiritual matters

- Based on the idea that gov and society should be free from religious influence

Question 4

Ecumenism

Answer 4

The principle or aim of promoting unity among the world’s christian churches

Question 5

Sectarianism

Answer 5

Excessive attachment to a particular sect or party, especially in religion

Question 6

Interfaith

Answer 6

relating to or involving different religions or members of different religions

Question 7

Reconciliation

Answer 7

Restoration of friendly relations, actions or making one view or belief compatible with another

Question 8

Terra Nullius

Answer 8

Land belonging to no one

Question 9

Kinship

Answer 9

System that determines how and to who people relate

Question 10

Elders

Answer 10

Someone who has gained recognition as a custodian of knowledge and lore, and who has permission to disclose knowledge and belief

Question 11

Ceremonial life

Answer 11

Rites of passage are for the major changes in life, used for teaching lore and spiritual beliefs

Question 12

Country

Answer 12

The land that one inhabits, deep spiritual connection they have

Question 13

Dreaming

Answer 13

• The belief or understanding of spirituality of Australian Aboriginal people
• Linked to the creation process and spiritual ancestors

Question 14

Protectionism

Answer 14

Protection of a ‘dying race’ - separation from land and family begins

Question 15

Missions

Answer 15

Places run by churches to care for aboriginal children that have been removed from their homes, learn skills that are considered useful, learn english

Question 16

Reserve

Answer 16

Place to live when removed from land, looked after by white authority

Question 17

Assimilation

Answer 17

Living like whites, removal from homes, expectation that they will adopt the majority of culture

Question 18

Metatemporal

Answer 18

About creation, the big picture, ancestors

Question 19

Dispossession

Answer 19

Activity causing the destruction of whole tribes

Question 20

Stolen Generation

Answer 20

The forcible removal of children from their parents over a number of years so that they would be brought up in ‘civilised’ European surroundings

Question 21

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

Answer 21

• General term of different peoples often grouped under the umbrella term of Indigenous Australians
• They are the original/traditional custodians of the land

Question 22

Native Title

Answer 22

The right of Aboriginal peoples to own their traditional lands and water, as recognised by common law

Question 23

Self-determination

Answer 23

An ‘ongoing process of choice’ to ensure that indigenous communities are able to meet their social, cultural and economic needs
- Not about creating a separate Indigenous ‘State’

Question 24

Clan

Answer 24

Fundamental social and political group of people who relate to each other through a common Dreaming ancestors
- Linked by marriage and/or other genetic relations

Question 25

Totem

Answer 25

A spirit being, sacred object, or symbol that acts as the emblem of a group of people, such as a family, lineage, or tribe