Indigenous Australians definition

Indigenous Australians means people who are of Aboriginal or Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Islander descent; identify as being of Aboriginal or Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Islander origin; and are accepted as such in the communities in which they live or have lived.

Examples of Indigenous Australians in a sentence

  • Lester-Irabinna Rigney (1997), a Ngarrindjeri man from South Australia, coined the term ‘Indigenist’ research, a methodology “which attempts to support the personal, community, cultural and political struggles of Indigenous Australians to carve out a way of being for ourselves in Australia which there is healing from the past oppressions and cultural freedom in the future” (p.

  • In setting out Indigenist research, Rigney drew heavily on critical, emancipatory/liberationist epistemologies, such as feminism and anti- colonialism, Rigney (1997) states that, ultimately, Indigenist research is “research by Indigenous Australians whose primary informants are Indigenous Australians and whose goals are to serve and inform the Indigenous struggle for self-determination” (p.

  • To enable political integrity and facilitate Indigenous Australians to set their own political agenda for liberation.

  • Suicide rates are more than twice as high in young Indigenous Australians compared to non-Indigenous Australians.

  • I am saying that Indigenist research is research by Indigenous Australians which takes the research into the heart of the Indigenous struggle.

  • Generational impacts of perceived genetic disorders or conditions will further disadvantage this already highly vulnerable population, and further discourage Indigenous Australians from having the preventive care for which so many barriers already exist.

  • The significant impact of having no legislated environment to manage life insurance risk rating for the general population has far more acute consequence for Indigenous Australians.

  • The debate around the Voice to Parliament during the lead up to the October 2023 Referendum saw a well-publicised rise in abuse, threats, and harassment of Indigenous Australians.

  • To facilitate resistance and emancipate Indigenous Australians for the healing from the past oppressions and cultural freedom in the future.

  • In 2017–2021, the age-specific rate of suicide deaths was 3.1 times higher in Indigenous Australians aged 0–24 and 2.9 times higher in those aged 25–44, than non-Indigenous Australians.