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Continuing impact of paternalistic mindset held by Australians towards Aboriginal Australians

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The importance of acknowledgment of country

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The importance of acknowledgment of country

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Protectionism and Assimilationisnm are not ideas of a past time, they are still apart of the colonial story today 

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Protectionism and Assimilationisnm are not ideas of a past time, they are still apart of the colonial story today 

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reality of war / warfares but the lack of commemoration

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reality of war / warfares but the lack of commemoration

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The referendum was good and a big step forward for Aboriginal people in the Australian Government, but it didn't do everything they wanted it to

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The referendum was good and a big step forward for Aboriginal people in the Australian Government, but it didn't do everything they wanted it to

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In future, a greater awareness needs to be given to the contemporary Indigenous condition. The struggle is not over, and the popular understanding that 'Aboriginal people get to many benefits' needs to be debunked once and for all

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Australia’s society still very much separates Aboriginal people from the mainstream

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o   Children were and are still taken away from their families

o   Aboriginal history isn’t taught that much in Australia

o   People are still fighting for Aboriginal rights today

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We need to understand the patterns of the past to resist them from reoccurring in the future

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Importance of Aboriginal self-determination - Aboriginal people making decisions for their own communities, not having, for example, Tony Abott going about making decisions underpinned with a lack of understanding of Aboriginal culture and kinship relationships

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The complexity of obtaining Native Title

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The stolen generation and it's effects today

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The stolen generation and it's effects today

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It is important to tell ALL sides of history.

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- ongoing impacts into present day of historians consciously underplaying violence in Australian history (e.g. Keith windschuttle and history wars) and how this can impact policy decisions made by current governing bodies

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Don't trust everything you read

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Indigenous perspectives

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Many issues for Aboriginal people have still not been solved

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Many issues for Aboriginal people have still not been solved

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Who tells history impacts the perspective which is presented

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-       The importance of oral histories in properly representing Indigenous perspectives

-       The lack of Indigenous perspectives present in modern and historical retellings of Indigenous and Australian histories

-       The difficulties surrounding land rights recognition

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that the taken away of children still goes on

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Aboriginal history which I wouldn't have learned otherwise

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treatment of aboriginal people from first fleet to now

how aboriginal people have fought to get their rights back

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- The silences in history
- misinterpretations
- The ongoing and continual impact of dispossession

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Centre the voices of Aboriginal people in understanding their lived experiences

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The importance of the representation of multiple perspective in history (and also modern media/pop-culture)

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Who is allowed to tell the story of Aboriginal History?

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Who is allowed to tell the story of Aboriginal History?

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-The history that’s widely accepted or shared is not usually the full picture of history

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-I will better acknowledge that all people rightfully deserve land and respect throughout the world

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- Indigenous activism has a rich history that is still alive today, in years past it has not received the attention it deserves
- History is always created, there is no objective history
- Aboriginal voices are crucial in creating tomorrow's Australia, a place where land rights and basic respect is given to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
- The Importance of perspective and context when looking at primary sources

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The most interesting thing I learnt this semester was about the resistance at Corranderrk - since I never had heard about it before

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The most interesting thing I learnt this semester was about the resistance at Corranderrk - since I never had heard about it before

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The relevance of it is that it shows the extent of colonisation and how it greatly affected Aboriginal Culture and People
This will impact me in the future as its now made me question how Australian History is very white - and I question why we don't learn more about Aboriginal History in schools

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- The importance of Aboriginal protest
- Australia belongs to Aboriginal people
- Aboriginal people were not considered citizens in their own land

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-indigenous people deserve respect

-we need to work for aboriginal rights

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-the misinterpretation of indigenous history

-important people within indigenous history

-how we can move forward to grow in relationship with aboriginal communities throughout Australia

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