Aboriginal Key Concepts
Aboriginal spirituality is determined by the Dreaming, which is expressed through three key aspects.
What is kinship, ceremonial life and obligations to the land/people?
A report developed by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission that assessed the enduring impact of the Stolen Generations.
What is the Bringing Them Home Report (1997)?
The Immigration Restriction Act was formed in 1901 and sought to limit non-European immigration. It formed the basis of the White Australia Policy and was dismantled in this year.
What is 1972?
The Church of Christ, Hillsong and the Paradise Community Church are examples of churches affiliated with this denomination.
What is Pentecostalism?
According to the 2021 Australian Census, this is the fastest growing religious tradition in Australia.
What is Hinduism?
The name given to 45,000-50,000 Aboriginal people who were forcibly removed from their families as children.
What is the Stolen Generation?
Under the ______________ policy, Christian missionaries sought to evangelise, 'civilise' and protect Indigenous peoples from white society.
What is the Protection Policy (1838)?
This institution was formed in 1977 as a union of Methodists, Congregationalists and Presbyterians.
What is the Uniting Church of Australia?
Ecumenism is a movement that promotes unity between Christian churches or denominations. Three examples of ecumenical movements in Australia include ____________________, _________________ and _________________________.
What is the Uniting Church, the NSW Ecumenical Council and the National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA)?
According to the 2021 census, ________% of Australians stated that they hold no religious affiliation.
What is 38.9%?
The 2021 Census found that ATSI people represent _________% of the Australian prison population, whilst only making up 3.8% of the national population.
What is 31.8%?
This government policy deprived Aboriginal people of their property, right, independence and culture by institutionalising them in missions. It had both positive and negative impacts on Aboriginal spirituality.
What is the Reserve System (1911)?
The 1970s saw an influx of Buddhists to Australia as a result of which historical event?
What is the Vietnam War?
The movement of an individual from Orthodox to Progressive Judaism is an example of _______________________.
What is denominational switching?
What is 43.9%
This is a form of Indigenous land right recognised by the High Court of Australia, that needs one to show a continuous and ongoing connection to the land.
What is Native Title?
The Land Rights Movement seeks to protect the rights of Indigenous peoples to the land. The three key events of the LRM are _________________, ___________________ and _________________.
What is the Mabo Decision (1992), the Native Title Act (1993) and the Wik Decision (1996)?
For centuries, Anglicanism was recognised in the Australian census as the dominant religious denomination of the nation, however, it was overtaken by Catholic observance in this year.
What is 1986?
____________ refers to the strict seperation of the state from religious institutions and the understanding the people of different religious beliefs are equal before the law.
What is secularism?
This religious tradition saw a very significant increase in adherence from 0.4% in 2016 to 3.2% in 2021.
What is Judaism?
This term refers to any effort or movement to restore the rights of Aboriginal people to their ancestral lands
What are Land Rights?
In 1909, this official government policy was introduced that gave the Aboriginal Protection Board the legal power to take Aboriginal children from their families.
What is the Aboriginal Protection Act (1909-1969)?
In this year, the process of reconciliation was initiated by the Australian Government with the formation of the Council of Reconciliation in Parliament.
What is 1991?
Together for Humanity and Affinity Intercultural Foundation are both examples of initiatives that seek to facilitate __________________ in multi-faith Australia.
What is interfaith dialogue?
___________% of Australians identified as 'Christian' in the 1947 Census.
What is 87.3%?