Religion in Australia Post-1945

Practice flashcards covering Contemporary Aboriginal Spiritualities, Kinship, Dispossession, the Land Rights Movement, and the Post-1945 Australian Religious Landscape based on lecture notes.

According to Ngiyaampaa tradition, which ancestral spirit created the waterholes and streams in the land?

Weowie the water serpent.

In Ngiyaampaa country, where does Weowie the water serpent reside?

Mount Minora.

Which location in NSW features dreaming tracks of the Rainbow Serpent associated with watercourses?

Boobera Lagoon.

What are the two moieties of the Yolnu People?

Dhuwa and Yirritja.

What is the spiritual totem of the Wiradjuri people?

The Goanna.

How does Lynette Riley describe the primary strength of the Aboriginal kinship system?

"You’ve got all these other mothers and fathers to support and teach you. That’s the strength of the system"

What is the function of Skin Names in Aboriginal society?

A sequential system indicating a person's bloodline, how generations are linked, and how they should interact with each other.

According to Dennis Foley, what is the core relationship between Aboriginal people and the land?

"The Land is our mother and we are of the land; we do not own the land rather the land owns us. The land is our food, our culture, our spirit, and our identity"

Due to the impacts of dispossession, how much lower is the life expectancy for Indigenous Australians compared to the national average?

20 years under the national average.

How many children are estimated to have been forcibly removed during the Stolen Generations?

100,000 children.

Which specific recommendation in the Bringing Them Home Report advocated for an annual national 'Sorry Day'?

Recommendation 7a.

Which policy established in 1901 exerted pressure to remove mixed Aboriginal people from kinship groups?

Policy of Assimilation.

Who led the group of Meriam people from the Eastern Torres Strait in filing the 1982 High Court land rights case?

Eddie Mabo.

On what specific date did the High Court rule in favour of Mabo and the Mer people?

3rd of June 1992.

What British legal doctrine meaning land belonging to no one was overturned by the Mabo decision?

Terra nullius.

Which piece of legislation was passed in 1993 to create a legal framework for native title land claims?

The Native Title Act 1993 (Cth).

What was the core outcome of the Wik decision on the 23rd of December 1996?

It recognised that Native Title and pastoral leases could coexist, but Native Title claims yield to pastoralists in disputes.

Which 1998 legislation abolished Native Title claimants' right to negotiate with the government, replacing it with a requirement to only be consulted?

The Native Title Amendment Act.

What two Christian ecumenical organisations in Australia are highlighted for promoting unity and joint social initiatives?

The National Council of Churches and the NSW Ecumenical Council.

What is meant by describing the Dreaming as metatemporal?

It is inextricably connected to the past, present, and future, relaying the past while explaining the events of today.