Essay About Mabo

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“The more you know, the less you need.” The attitude from White Australians towards Indigenous Australians was extremely unfriendly, and due to the fact that Aboriginal Australians had knowledge about things the European settlers believed did not matter they treated as if they were uneducated nuisances. The aboriginal people believed that the land they had lived on for generations belonged to them; however the White Australians came and took the land. This also means that the Europeans took what the Indigenous people valued most, and that was their land. Authors and directors convey different attitudes, values and beliefs in different ways, however it still has the same impact. When the Europeans first colonized Australia their attitude towards the Indigenous Australians was hostile. In the film Mabo by Rachel Perkins the main character Edie Mabo fights for the equal rights, however the lawyers believe that Eddie is more like the White …show more content…

Rachel Perkins, director of the film Mabo, highlighted the fact that Aboriginal Australians value their land. In this film Edie Mabo says “We've been farming this land since before you set foot on it, passed down from father to son, how can we not own it,” during this time the background speeds up and becomes more dramatic as he becomes more angry. This is because the director is trying to convey the message that the Aboriginal people are passionate about their land and how they believe it is one of the most important things to them. Also in the poem We are Going, written by Oodegeroo Noonuccal, one of the lines are is “We belong here, we are of the old ways”. This line is used to show that the Aboriginal Australians have lived in Australia for many generations, and also that they belong on that land, not the White Australians who colonized it. Both of these quotes convey the Aboriginal Australians value, which is

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