Religion - SOR II - Year 12 - Religion in Australia Post 1945 & Religion and Non-Religion: Media Sources

Acknowledging Country: a modern history
The custom of Welcome to Country and Acknowledgement to Country is said to have been practiced in Aboriginal communities long before the British invasion. But what shaped the revival of acknowledgment in recent times? Continue reading...
 

Land rights and native title aren't the same — and the two systems could spark Indigenous conflict
Aboriginal land entitlements are about more than repossession of property. Land entitlements are about erecting crosses on long abandoned graves, caring for country, reinstating fire to manage land, removing weeds and feral animals, building community facilities and economies. Being on country. But in New South Wales, where two distinct land entitlement systems overlap, land entitlements also represent a ticking timebomb for intra-community conflict...continue reading...

“Our story is in the land”: Why the Indigenous sense of belonging unsettles white Australia
In Australia, the sense of belonging, home and place enjoyed by the non-Indigenous subject - the coloniser or migrant - is based on the dispossession of the original owners of the land and the denial of our rights under international customary law. It is a sense of belonging derived from ownership as understood within the logic of capital; and it mobilises the legend of the pioneer - “the battler” - in its self-legitimisation.
Against this stands the Indigenous sense of belonging, home and place in its incommensurable difference....continue reading...

A dream of belonging: for Indigenous Australians, the fabled ‘outback’ is home
Aboriginal people have the skills, refined over thousands of years, to care for this fragile, fire-prone ancient continent....continue reading...

‘I only know one god – and that’s me’: non-believers on the meaning of life
Religion may once have been the opium of the people, but in large swaths of the world the masses have kicked the habit. In countries once dominated by churches characterised by patriarchy, ritual and hierarchy, the pews have emptied and people have found other sources of solace, spirituality and morality...continue reading...