Aboriginal Spirituality - After European settlement and the Westernisation of Australia the indigenous people of Australia lost and suffered greatly, especially in regards of their land and spirituality.
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Year 12 Studies of Religion- 2unit Research Task, Aboriginal Spirituality Elise Reed After European settlement and the Westernisation of Australia the indigenous people of Australia lost and suffered greatly, especially in regards of their land and spirituality. These losses are now being recognised, thus the beginning of the mass amount of Land Rights claims being lodged by the Aboriginal people to regain their land and sacred sites lost during colonisation. One such claim includes the Kenbi, Cox Peninsula, Land Claim number 37, beginning its lengthy process on 20th March 1979. The claim investigated the Aboriginal spiritual affiliation with the land, the dreaming stories associated with this area, the Western development of the area and the politics involved in the claim. The purpose of the inquiry was to discover the group with primary spirituality responsibility and the traditional Aboriginal owners, a group of Aboriginals who have a common spiritual affiliation with the land and are...


