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A 5 page paper in which the author approaches the term “aboriginality” with the contention that the term has been defined not only by the Aboriginal peoples themselves but by those cultures who invaded Australian shores and ultimately came to dominate the land and the people. The problem which is inherent in an English definition of “aboriginality” is that such definitions typically fail to take into account the fact that aboriginal culture, like all cultures, is an ever-evolving phenomena. An equally important problem results in that the definition of the term “aboriginality” tends to continually evolve in accordance with the degree of economic and political pressure the aborigine peoples represent to the dominant culture. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
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refers to the qualities which are a component of being a part of the aboriginal culture, a culture comprised by those peoples who were present in Australia at the time
of the continents first contact with European cultures. Aboriginality encompasses not only such facets of aboriginal culture as race and language but also such facets as dress, housing, foods,
and lifeways in general. "Aboriginality", however, is a term which in itself has been defined not only by the Aboriginal peoples themselves but by those cultures who invaded Australian
shores and ultimately came to dominate the land and the people. That culture, of course, is predominated by peoples of English origin, a development which is attributable to the
British invasion of Australia on 26 January 1788. The problem which is inherent in an English definition of "aboriginality" is that such definitions typically fail to take into account
the fact that aboriginal culture, like all cultures, is an ever-evolving phenomena. n equally important problem results in that the definition of the term "aboriginality" tends to continually evolve
in accordance with the degree of economic and political pressure the aborigine peoples represent to those in charge. Our societal construct of "aboriginality"
most often goes hand-in-hand with our construct of "indigenous". There are no hard and fast rules, however, of just what it is to be an aborigine or what it
means to be indigenous to an area. Indeed, these rules are changing on practically a daily basis. Some even contest the true meaning and purpose of terms such
as "aboriginal" and "indigenous". Authors such as Dakuvula (1992) (in his examination of Fijian society), for example, contend that such terms are only a construct of colonialist politics and
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