Is the relationship with the natives of Australia good or bad?

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jaynelearningitalian

7 Nov 2020

Country or region Australia

That’s hard to answer - Australia is diverse; Indigenous Australians (‘Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’) are diverse (hundreds of different language groups across Australia.

There is a ‘federal minister for indigenous affairs’ so that tells you something.

There are beloved aboriginal celebrities, successful politicians, academics, sportspeople, entertainers.

If you want to know more you could look at indigenous media eg
-the Koori mail a major indigenous newspaper
- NITV television channel (has YouTube channel I believe)

And you could read mainstream media on some recent topical issues

-‘Change the date’ of Australia Day campaign

-destruction of ancient rock art by Rio Tinto

-‘Australian dream’ movie about footballer Adam Goodes calling out racism in sport

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Chook15

7 Nov 2020

Country or region Australia

@beanbandit there is still a lot of racism and inequality for First Nation people. They have a higher population in gaol/jail, they have inadequate housing, access to education, jobs and medicine. Sacred sites are still being destroyed or desecrated. People are working to make things better...but there is a lack of understanding in the wider community. We not taught First Nation history in schools, only history since British colonisation.

Famous and well educated First Nation people, make the most difference in educating the rest of us, but we are still more accepting of people from other nations, than we are of our own people.

I was only vaguely aware of the problems First Nation people faced, until the Black Lives Matter protests...since then I’ve made more of an effort to try and understand the issues they face.

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beanbandit

8 Nov 2020

Country or region Canada

@jaynelearningitalian@Chook15 Thank you! and I'll definelty look into some of those things. I'm surprised that you dont study their history as here we spend a fair bit of time doing so. Unfortunately however it seems that the First peoples in both our countries face many hardships.

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