Aboriginal Australians
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Australian weddings traditions
IFHAA Perspectives on Australian History Australian Wedding Customs Cathy Dunn A wedding is just one of the many events which families celebrate and also can be both a personal and religious occasion. Other family celebrations include birth, baptism, birthdays and anniversaries, on most of these occasions there is always the cake. There are many wedding traditions and customs…
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How many Aboriginal in Australia?
Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders have fought for Australia, from the Boer War onwards. Change in attitudes Generally, Indigenous Australians have served in ordinary units with the same conditions of service as other members. Many experienced equal treatment for the first time in their lives in the army or other services. However, upon return to civilian life, many also…
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Australian Aboriginal Facts
The Health FAQs provide brief answers to questions about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, with information about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, health problems and common risk factors. The answers are updated regularly as new information becomes available, and will expand to include information about other health conditions and social determinants…
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AUS Country
For many Australians the phrase the lucky country has a particular resonance. Donald Horne s famous words have been used in numerous ways to describe everything that is great about our nation. Portrait of Donald Horne, Woollahra, 1987 Alec Bolton 1926-1996. Image courtesy of the National Library of Australia. The phrase has been used to describe our weather, our lifestyle…
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Australian Aboriginal beliefs
Notwithstanding the diversity of Australian Aboriginal beliefs, all such peoples have had similar concerns and questions about death: What should be done with the body? What happens to the soul? How should people deal with any disrupted social relationships? And how does life itself go on in the face of death? All of these concerns pertain to a cosmological framework known…
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Aboriginal Australians Facts
An ABC Four Corners report into the treatment of youth detainees in the Northern Territory showed images of juvenile detainees being gassed, choked and stripped naked in the Don Dale Juvenile Detention Centre. More than half of children in detention in Australia are Indigenous Indigenous Australians account for less than 3 per cent of Australia s national population, but they…
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Australian Aboriginal communities
Indigenous AffairsHealth and WellbeingLow Aromatic Unleaded Fuel Publication author(s): Peter d’Abbs, Gillian Shaw, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin Publication abstract: This report presents the findings from a study of petrol sniffing prevalence in a sample of 53 Australian Aboriginal communities. The study was commissioned by the Commonwealth Department of the Prime…
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Australian Aboriginal rituals
The exhibitionRituals of Lifeis accessible to visitors to the Vatican Museums, starting from Saturday . Rituals of Life is a journey through the spirituality and culture of the Aboriginal people of Australia through the collection brought together in the Ethnological Museum of the Vatican Museums. Rituals of Life was collated by Fr. Nicola Mapelli, Curator of the Ethnological…
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Australian Aboriginal Tribes
Warning. Australian Stories may contain the names and images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people now deceased. Australian Stories also contain links to sites that may use images of Aboriginal and Islander people now deceased. The key to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander technologies is both their intimate understanding of the natural environment as well as their…
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Customs in Australia
While customs, immigration, and agriculture rules are the same across Australia procedures differ from airport to airport. You may clear on your aircraft, at a fixed base operator (FBO) or within the main terminal depending upon destination. Vehicles may or may not be permitted to pick up planeside. Always check customs requirements for your particular destination with your…
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