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First of all thank you so much for writing this blog and introducing readers like me to the Aboriginies since I personally never heard all to much about their culture or history. I really enjoyed how you took certain aspects like the rainbowsnake or the religion as examples to help the reader understand their culture since it made it easier to understand due to your use of pictures and videos.
The historical aspect of how the settlers tried to basically destroy the whole culture and white-washing it is just unbelievable and insane to me especially considering that the government apologized decades after these crimes happened which is way too late in my opinion.
To sum up I really enjoyed reading your blog because it was very informative and well structured.

All the best
Ariane

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Before I read your blog, I had only heard the word "Aborigines" because I have not  dealt with this topic yet. The happier I was  after I  read your blog about the "Aboriginies".
All in all I like your blog for the most part very much. I have enjoyed the pictures and the video. Your blog is very colourful and I have noticed that your backgroundpicture is the flag of the Aboriginies.
Thank you for your blog!
Best regards
Sara

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Ups and Downs of a Culture

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The Culture of the Aborigines is one of the oldest which is getting cared today.
The  native people settled the continent 40.000 until 50.000 years ago.
Today 75% of the 464.000 Aboriginies live in the big citites and are integrated by the whites.

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Their Culture is filled with dances, music and singing and is givin from generation to generation

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One of the most famous phenomens is the Uluru (Ayers Rock). He's the home of the rainbowsnake, on the the most important native form of the aboriginies.
The Aboriginies believes, that the native forms created the current world, like mountains, Rivers and plants and animals.
They left their ghosts which lived in the humans.

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The Rainbowsnake is the guardian of the water. The typical digeridoo got a connection with her, which sounds immitated the vibration of the snake when she created the landscape australiens

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Traditional Didgeridoo Rhythms by Lewis Burns, Aboriginal Australian Artist

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The aboriginies believe a natureligion, called Dreamtime which means the creation of the world. every clan got his own area and has the responsibility to protect them against external influences. They never wrote anything down and every values and standards are passed orally.
Some Arts, like Body painting or Rockpainting got a great importance for hte communication with the ancestors

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With the settlements of the last Continent two cultures collided together. At the end of the 18 century and the first penal camp on Australia, conflicts were given.They fight about 100 years for country and ressources.
As the conflict escalated, the Aboriginies were haunted by the white not only as punishment but also as warning.

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A few missionaries oppose the Aborigines. On the one hand, however, they had to believe in Christianity, and on the other hand, the Missonaries were their guardians and at the same time the australian gouverment let them deport in isolated and fruitless camps.
In 1910 the assimilation policy known as stolen generation was full in progress.
Aborigines Children were taken from their parents and were given in national instituts. They were teached in behavior  like the whites.
Another part of this was free for adoption.

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At 1940 in some states the aborigines had some civil rights, but it was connected with rules:

It wasn't allowed to have contact with other aborigines and they had to live with the white citizen.

They had to give up her culture, so you live as aborigines or as australien

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Only in 1967 the rights were recognized. They were allowed to go to elections, get full paid for jobs and their children could go to school. Furthermore they get social help.

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10 years later this capital was elaborated in public. In 1993 the government created the "native title act". Many territories australiens, half of the northern, were returned back to the aborigines. Two years later in a state investigation,  which was named " bringing them home" decided that they get an excuse fond, support for the meet again her family and a public excuse.
On the public excuse they need to wait 13 years because the current prime minister John howard didnt accept the results of the investigation.

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John Howard restates opposition to indigenous apology

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Many of the whites and blacks were angry about this. His successor, Kevin Rudd, but excused in 2008 and created a politic of freedom

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Sorry, Kevin Rudd's Apology to "The stolen Generation"