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2. Glossary TermsQuiz

3. What is the shortened term for the High Court case, Mabo and Others v. the State of Queensland? Mabo

4. What name means the headquarters for those who represent their nation within a foreign country? Embassy

5. What is the name of the proposed treaty to recognise indigenous peoples as the owners of Australia, announced by the Hawke government? Makarrata

6. What government policy applied to indigenous people came before integration? Assimilation

7. What policy, meaning the joining of two or more things to make a whole, was used to allow Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal cultures to co-exist and followed the assimilation policy? Integration

8. What is the name of a site of importance for indigenous peoples’ cultural beliefs? Sacred site

9. What is the legal right to land based on recognition of indigenous peoples’ traditional and spiritual ownership? Native title

10. The bringing of cooperation and harmony to two opposing groups is known as what? Reconciliation

11. For a group to control and choose its destiny and development would be to have what? Self determination

12. What was the name given to indigenous children taken away from their family? Stolen Generation

13. A written document approved by two groups with regard to friendship, military alliance, a trading relationship or some other factor, is known as what? A treaty

14. What is the definition of indigenous people who claim to occupy or used to occupy land? Land rights.

15. What word means the task of making up for some misfortune or wrongdoing? Compensation

16. What is the Latin term for ‘land belonging to no-one’? Terra nullius

17. What is the word used to refer to the ’first peoples’ of a particular country? indigenous

18. Aboriginal Deaths in CustodyQuiz Questions

19. When did the government first become concerned with the high proportion of aboriginal people in custody? 1960s

20. What does RCIADIC stand for? Royal Commission of Inquiry into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.

21. Which state had the greatest number of Aboriginal people in custody in 1986? Western Australia

22. In what year did the RCIADIC release its report? 1991

23. What did the RCIADIC report find in relation to the percentage of Aborigines who dies in custody? That the same percentage of Aboriginal people died in police custody as non aboriginal people.

24. What did the RCIADIC inquiry reveal? That the police and the legal system generally failed to cater for the cultural differences of Aboriginal Australians

25. How many times more likely were indigenous people to be jailed than other Australians? 29 times

26. How many times more likely were Aboriginal people to be picked up by police than non Aboriginal people? 20 times

27. Were Aboriginal people more or less likely to receive bail compared to non aboriginal people? Less

28. How many recommendations did the RCIADIC make? 339

29. What did the 1996 survey into Aboriginal deaths in custody reveal? That in NSW Aboriginal deaths in custody had doubled since the RCIADIC report.

30. What did RCIADIC recommendations focus on? Suggestions for improving relationships between Aboriginal Australians and the police force.

31. When did the Aboriginal Legal Service exist? 1971-97

32. What is mandatory sentencing? It was a system in the Northern Territory which automatically gave jail sentences for a third offence of the same type, even minor offences. Aborigines were the most likely to be imprisoned, for various reasons.

33. A young Aborigine in the northern territory was found guilty of stealing a towel. What sentence did he receive, what year and why. 1991, mandatory imprisonment, because he was found guilty for the third time.

34. From May 1989 to January 1994 how many deaths in custody were there throughout Australia? 55

35. Were Aboriginal people more or less likely to be called up for jury duty than non aboriginals? Less

36. In the RCIADIC report, what was the reason for high proportions of Aboriginal people going to jail? For minor (less serious) offences.

37. What state had the lowest number of Aboriginal people imprisoned per 10 000 population in 1986? Tasmania

38. A Vicious Cycle of Disadvantage Quiz Questions

39. Before 1788, approximately how many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders were there in Australia? At least 315 000, possibly up to a million

40. Why did the indigenous population decline after European ‘settlement? Disease, war and being dispossessed of land

41. What did the Australian Medical Association say was the cause of Aboriginal poverty and disease? Dispossession of their land

42. Governments moved Aboriginal people from traditional lands to make way for European settlers. Why was this such a problem? Aborigines had been semi-nomadic before this time, and did not have enough food, water or other resources where they were forced to live. They were also forced to live altogether, permanently. Health & hygiene suffered.

43. At the end of the 20th Century (1999/2000) how many Aborigines were there in Australia? About 315 000

44. What health problems do Aborigines still face? Smoking, drug and alcohol abuse, poor nutrition, lack of exercise, diabetes, blindness, some cancers, heart disease, high blood pressure

45. Describe the life expectancy for Australia’s indigenous people Life expectancy is 15-20 years below non-indigenous Australians, their babies are 4 times more likely to die in early childhood, girls and boys aged 15 are at least 3 times more likely to die before the age of 24.

46. What was one of the worst health problems faced by the indigenous community? Blindness, caused by preventable disease.

47. What was popular among the indigenous youth of northern and central Australia, and which causes fitting, fainting, and long term problems such as brain damage, heart failure and death? Petrol sniffing

48. In 1971 what did the local indigenous community in Redfern establish? The first Aboriginal Medical Service

49. Why have attempts (especially early on) to improve Aboriginal health not really worked? Insensitivity to cultural difference, inadequate funding, problems with poor housing, poor financial resources of indigenous people, lack of self-determination

50. In 1989, what did the Commonwealth government establish to administer most Commonwealth-funded programs for indigenous people? Aborigines and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC)