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1、AustraliaPartOneTheLandandthePeopleoftheDreamingTheLand1.ThenaturalenvironmentofAustraliaThecontinentofAustralialiesbetweenequatorialSouthEastAsiaandtheAntarctic.Itisthelargestislandintheworld,andisalsothesmallest,flattestanddriestcontinentintheworld.2.Thedistinctivefeaturesoftheland:theGreatDi

2、vidingRangeandtheHreatBarrierReef.3.Thedistivctiveanimalsoftheland:theplatypus(鸭嘴兽),thekangaroo,thekoala,thewombat(毛鼻袋熊)II.ThePeoples1.ThePeoplesoftheDreamingbelongtoover500differentgroupsornationswithdifferentlanguagesandculturesbuttheywereboundtogetherbytheirbeliefintheDreaming.2.The“Dreamtim

3、e”ismostoftenusedtorefertothe“timebeforetime”,or“thetimeofthecreationofallthings”,while“Dreaming”referstoanindividual’sorgroup’ssetofbeliefsorspirituality.3.Itisbasedonthecentralprinciplethatpeoplewholiveonthecontinenthavespecialresponsibilitiestotheland---thatthelandownsthemandthattheyholditin

4、trustasthehomeoftheircreator.III.TheImpactofColonization1.TheconceptofTerraNullius:thetermisfromLatin,whichmeansalandthatisownedbynoone.TheBritishdeclaredtheAustraliancontinentTerraNulliustojustifytheirinvasionoftheindigenouspeople’sland2.Theimpactofcolonizationontheindigenouspeopletheindigenou

5、speopleweredispossessedofthelandtheyhadlivedonfortensofthousandsofyears;theywerekilledinviolentskirmishesandmassacres;theycontractedthediseasesbroughtbythewhitesettlersandasaresult,theirpopulationfelldrastically.IV.Thepoliciesofsegregation,exclusionandassimilation1.Bythemid-1800sthegovernmentof

6、violencechangedtopoliciesofsegregationandexclusion.2.Bythebeginningofthe20thcenturythepolicyofprotectionhadbeenreplacedbythepolicyofassimilation.Itwasfoundedonthebeliefthatthewhiteculturewasprogressiveandsuperiorwhiletheindigenousculturewasinferior.3.Thedoublelossoftraditionalcultureandexclusio

7、nfrommainstreamAustraliansocietyandcultureledtoAboriginalpeoplebeinglabelledaslazy,stupidanddrunkenanddirty.PartTwoReligioninAustraliaTodayTheDreaming:TheDreamingmeansthatpeopledonotowntheland–thelandownsthepeoplewhohaveresponsibi