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:''This is an article about a class of people as identified and defined within Australian law. For more general information on Aboriginal Australians go to [[Indigenous Australians]].'' |
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{{ethnic group| |
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|group=Australian Aborigines |
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|image= [[Image:Ernie Dingo.jpg|70px]], [[Image:David wirrpanda.jpg|70px]], [[Image:Adam goodes.jpg|70px]] |
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|caption = [[Ernie Dingo]], [[David Wirrpanda]], [[Adam Goodes]] |
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|flag = [[Image:Australian Aboriginal Flag.svg|80px]] |
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|population = 517,000<ref>[http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/mf/4705.0?OpenDocument 4705.0 - Population Distribution, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, 2006], [[Australian Bureau of Statistics]]</ref><br>2.6% of Australia's population |
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|region1 = {{flag|Northern Territory}} |
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|pop1 = 32.5% |
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|region2 = {{flag|Western Australia}} |
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|pop2 = 4.0% |
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|region3 = {{flag|Queensland}} |
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|pop3 = 3.6% |
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|region4 = {{flag|New South Wales}} |
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|pop4 = 2.5% |
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|region5 = {{flag|South Australia}} |
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|pop5 = 2.3% |
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|region6 = {{flag|Victoria}} |
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|pop6 = 1.0% |
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|rels= Mixture of [[Christian]], small numbers of other religions including [[Islam]], and various locally indigenous religions grounded in [[Australian Aboriginal mythology]] |
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|langs=Several hundred [[Indigenous Australian languages]] many not now spoken, [[Australian English]], [[Australian Aboriginal English]], [[Australian Kriol language|Kriol]] |
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|related= ''see'' [[List of Indigenous Australian group names]] |
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}} |
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'''Australian Aborigines''' ({{Audio-IPA|lang=US English|En-us-aborigine.ogg|æbəˈɹɪdʒɪni}}, aka '''Aboriginal Australians''') are a class of peoples who are identified by [[Australia| Australian]] law as being members of a [[Race (classification of human beings)|race]] indigenous to the [[Australia (continent)|Australian continent]]. |
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In the [[High Court of Australia]], Australian Aborigines have been specifically identified as a class of people who share, in common, biological ancestry back to the original occupants of this continent.<ref name="QUT01">[http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinodisp/au/journals/QUTLJJ/2003/7.html?query=Australian%20Aborigine#fn10 Plevitz, Loretta D & Croft, Larry (2003) "Aboriginality Under The Microscope: The Biological Descent Test In Australian Law" ''QUT Law & Justice Journal'' Number 7]<small>Accessed 25 March 2008</small> </ref> |
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[[William Deane| Justice Dean]] of the High Court famously described and defined an Australian Aboriginal person as: |
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''"..a person of Aboriginal descent, albeit mixed, who identifies himself as such and who is recognised by the Aboriginal community as an Aboriginal.."''<ref name="158CLR">Dean, J (1984) Tasmania v Commonwealth. 158 CLR. Page 243.</ref> |
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==From Australian Aborigines== |
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Eve Fesl, an Aboriginal Australian from the [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gabi-Gabi Gabi Gabi people], published in the Aboriginal Law Bulletin describing how she and other Australian Aborigines preferred to be identified: |
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''"The word 'aborigine' refers to an indigenous person of any country. If it is to be used to refer to us as a specific group of people, it should be spelt with a capital 'A', i.e. 'Aborigine'..."''<ref name="Fesi01">[http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinodisp/au/journals/AboriginalLB/1986/39.html?query=Australian%20Aborigine Fesl, Eve (1986) "‘Aborigine’ and ‘Aboriginal’" ''Aboriginal Law Bulletin''. Number 39.] <small> Accessed 25 March 2008 </small> </ref> |
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More recently, [[Lowitja O'Donoghue]] [[Order of Australia|AC]], [[Commander of the British Empire|CBE]], commenting on the prospect of possible amendments to [[Constitution of Australia| Australia's constitution]], is quoted in an article entitled 'Call us Aboriginal' as saying: |
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''"I really can't tell you of a time when 'indigenous' became current, but I personally have an objection to it, and so do many other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.... This has just really crept up on us ... like thieves in the night."'' |
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''"We are very happy with our involvement with indigenous people around the world, on the international forum ... because they're our brothers and sisters...But we do object to it being used here in Australia."''<ref>[http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23629141-12377,00.html Salna, Karlis (2008) "Call us Aboriginal - ATSIC chair". ''The Australian''. 1 May 2008] <small>Accessed 2 May 2008</small></ref> |
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==From Australian academia== |
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Dean of Indigenous Research and Education at [[Charles Darwin University]], Professor MaryAnn Bin-Sallik, has publicly lectured on the ways Australian Aborigines have been categorised and labelled over time:<ref name="CDU">[http://www.cdu.edu.au/newsroom/story.php?nID=2665 Charles Darwin University newsroom (12 May 2008) "First public lecture focuses on racist language"] <small>Accessed 13 May 2008</small></ref> |
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''"Professor Bin-Sallik’s lecture offered a new perspective on the terms “urban” and “traditional” and “of Indigenous descent” as used to define and categorise Aboriginal Australians."'' |
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''“Not only are these categories inappropriate, they serve to divide us,” Professor Bin-Sallik said.'' |
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''“Government’s insistence on categorising us with modern words like ‘urban’, ‘traditional’ and ‘of Aboriginal descent’ are really only replacing old terms ‘half-caste’ and ‘full-blood’ – based on our colouring.”'' |
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''"She called for a replacement of this terminology by the word: Aborigine ... “irrespective of hue”"'' |
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==See also== |
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* [[Australian Aboriginal flag]] |
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* [[Australian referendum, 1967 (Aboriginals)|Australian referendum, 1967]] |
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* [[Indigenous Australians]] |
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* [[Native title]] |
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==References== |
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<references/> |
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{{Ethnic groups in Australia}} |
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{{Indigenous Australians}} |
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[[Category:Indigenous peoples of Australia| ]] |
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[[bs:Aboridžini]] |
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[[bg:Аборигени]] |
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[[ca:Aborígens australians]] |
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[[cs:Austrálci]] |
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[[da:Aboriginer (Australien)]] |
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[[de:Aborigines]] |
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[[es:Aborigen australiano]] |
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[[eo:Aborigenoj de Aŭstralio]] |
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[[eu:Australiako aborigenak]] |
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[[fa:بومیان استرالیا]] |
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[[fr:Aborigènes d'Australie]] |
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[[fy:Aborizjinals]] |
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[[ko:오스트레일리아 토착민]] |
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[[hr:Aboridžini]] |
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[[id:Aborigin]] |
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[[is:Frumbyggjar Ástralíu]] |
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[[it:Aborigeni australiani]] |
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[[he:אבוריג'ינים]] |
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[[lt:Australijos aborigenai]] |
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[[nl:Aborigines (Australië)]] |
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[[ja:アボリジニ]] |
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[[no:Aboriginere]] |
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[[nn:Aboriginar]] |
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[[pl:Aborygeni]] |
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[[pt:Aborígene australiano]] |
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[[ru:Австралийские аборигены]] |
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[[simple:Indigenous Australians]] |
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[[sk:Aborigenec]] |
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[[sl:Avstralski domorodci]] |
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[[sr:Домородачки народи Аустралије]] |
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[[sh:Aboridžini Australije]] |
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[[fi:Australian alkuperäiskansat]] |
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[[sv:Aboriginer]] |
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[[ta:ஆஸ்திரேலியப் பழங்குடிகள்]] |
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[[tr:Aborijinler]] |
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[[uk:Австралійські аборигени]] |
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[[zh:澳洲原住民]] |
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Revision as of 03:40, 27 December 2008
Australian Aborigines need to get out of their ditcch and get a job.