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The Effects of Dispossession Flashcards

Discuss the continuing effect of dispossession on Aboriginal spiritualities in relation to: – separation from the land – separation from kinship groups – the Stolen Generations

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1
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European settlement in …. brought … … for ….

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1788
Competing interests
Land

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Protection policy

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Segregation and isolation from European communities, allowing for the taking of land.

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Protection policy stated that the Aboriginal race was not dying, therefore it had to be ….
…, …, and … were established.

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Protected.
Missions
Reserves
Settlements

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Christian missionaries could … and …

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Evangelise
‘Civilise’

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Reserve system put in place by ….

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1911

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Aboriginal lives were … and … by state-run … … or … … boards.

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Controlled
Supervised
Aboriginal Protection
Aborigines Welfare

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What did welfare or protection boards determine for Aboriginal people?

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  • Where they could live and travel
  • Marriage/relationships
  • Where and how children could be raised
  • Jobs and wages
  • Ownership of objects and property
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Aboriginal people were … off their …, depriving them of …, … and ….

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Driven
Land
Independence
Culture
Spirituality

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While some missions … their teachings and practices to suit local … …, others had an … …of destroying … culture.

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Adapted
Cultural traditions
Active policy
Aboriginal

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Significance of the Land

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  • Connects to law, spirituality, people & creation
  • Mother = responsibility to care for it
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Significance of the Land - Example

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“Feel the pain of the shapes of life in Country as pain to the self.”

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Separation from land led to destruction of … and … ties, leading to … between groups.

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Families
Cultural
Animosity (hostility)

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Difference between traditional groups and groups in settlements and missions.

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  • Settlement and mission groups = permanent, assigned by non-Indigenous people
  • Groups no longer able to move geographically
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Dislocation undermined the basis of Aboriginal culture. This led to…

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  • Difficulty maintaining identity & self-esteem
  • Lack of customary law, authority & relationship with land
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Assimilation policy time frame

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Late 1930s-1970s

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Aim of assimilation

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Aboriginal people not of ‘full blood’ to be absorbed into wider population.

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Assimilation led to…

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Loss of identity and culture

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Due to the assimilation policy, the purpose of missions and reserves shifted to become…

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institutions that facilitated the assimilation of mixed-race children into European society.

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Assimilation policy was in place until…

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1972

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What was the assimilation policy replaced by?

A

Policy of self-determination

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Policy of self-determination

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Aboriginal communities deciding the pace and nature of their own future within a diverse Australia as a result of growing Aboriginal activism.

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Separation from kinship groups led to…

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  • Isolation from family, community and support system.
  • Destruction of culture, rituals, ceremonies, language ties and ways to pass on the Dreaming.
  • Loss of identity
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The Stolen Generations

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Forced separation of children of Aboriginal mothers and European fathers. Occurred throughout Australia from the late 1800s, but was government policy from 1950s-1970s.

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How many children were taken in the Stolen Generations?

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As many as 100, 000

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3 forms of separating children from families

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  • Placement in government or church-run institutions
  • Adopting into white families
  • Fostering into white families
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Aim of the Stolen Generations as a government policy

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Absorb ‘half-castes’ into the European community hoping that they would adopt European culture and behaviour.

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The Stolen Generations children lost…

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Identity
Culture
Language
Spirituality
Self-esteem

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Stolen Generations - contemporary examples

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  • Many people today still do not know who their relatives are or have been unable to track them down.
  • Lack of adequate support systems - turn to substance abuse & alcoholism
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Negative legacy of stolen generations

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  • Breaking up families, communities & spirit
  • Identity crisis and transgenerational trauma
  • Language not passed to children, cannot communicate with family
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The Stolen Generations represents a … … effect of … on Aboriginal ….

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Continuous
Detrimental
Dispossession
Spiritualities

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