W2: Cultural respect

Question 1

Importance of Acknowledgment of Country

Answer 1

1) recognises Indigenous people as First Australians
2) promotes awareness of the history and culture
3) acknowledges Indigenous people’s connection to land

Question 2

Info on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

Answer 2

many Aboriginal Nations:250?
Aboriginal Peoples
Torres Strait Islander Peoples
(island north of Queensland)

they are the oldest continuous and surviving cultures in the world

2gether they are called Indigenous -> Indigenous to the land.

Question 3

language

and what it signifies

Answer 3

250 dif languages
only 120 still spoken and many @ risk of being lost.

Signifies:

1) means to communicate
2) sense of identity as its unique to the community

Question 4

Cultural Respect definition

Answer 4

Attitudes and behaviours that promote the recognition, protection and continued advancement of the inherent rights, cultures and traditions of the locals

Question 5

Cultural Respect starter kit

Answer 5

1) Understand the impact of colonisation:
2) acknowledge the lack of sovereignty (even till now)
3) …

Question 6

Culture:

whole-of-life view

Answer 6

Health consist of 
1) physical 
2) social, 
3) emotional and 
4) cultural wellbeing 
of the whole community

Question 7

Current Inequalities faced by Aboriginal people / Indigenous

Answer 7

1) lowest life expectancy:
male: 11 ys
female: 9 ys
below other aus.
~50% of Aboriginal men and >33% of women die before 45.

2) Social

Question 8

factors (interacting) resulting in poor health outcomes

Answer 8

1) colonisation (most impt)

2) Social factors:
income, education and employment

3) health risk factors:
poor living environments, poor nutrition, excessive alcohol consumption, smoking and lack of physical activity.

4) others:
lost of control, lack of social capital and pervasiveness of loss and grief

Question 9

main things that was wrongly done to the ppl:

Invasion and dispossession

Answer 9

1) no consent for the use of the land
1770: Northern Queensland
1788: Sydney

2) saw land as terra nullius - did not recognise the ppl

3) Frontier Wars:
deaths via war diseases and poisoning.
750,000, reduced to 60,000 by 1920

4) Massacres: > 250 betw 1794 to 1930
5) Stolen Generation

Question 10

Stolen gen info

Answer 10

1911: laws gave governments total control over Indigenous Australians’ location to live and be employed and made children of Aboriginal peoples wards of the state

up to 100,000 children were removed between 1814 and 1975

Question 11

experiences causing Intergenerational trauma

Answer 11

1) war
2) death from introduced diseases, poisoning;
3) slavery;
4) forced removal from land;
5) mprisonment (often falsely accused);
6) taken from their families at a young age (abuse of children was often rife);
7) their children taken away

Question 12

Stolen Generations contributed to … …

Answer 12

1) destroyed the kinship system (v. valued)
2) destroyed peoples’ identities and connection with “country”.
3) contributed to the loss of aboriginal cultures, knowledge, and languages