Thesis: Similarly to Canada the aboriginal population in Australia has been negatively affected by colonization and is struggling to keep up and adapt to the modern Australia/world. And they are trying very hard to reassert their independence and their culture.

This first image shows to aboriginal men holding two large cases of beer. This photo is used as a symbol of the substance abuse and social problems like being arrested that many aboriginals face. This image also shows many similarities to the aboriginals in Canada. As we know many aboriginals in Canada are struggling with substance abuse and are losing touch with their culture because of it. This also really demonstrates the amount of struggle that Aboriginals are having adapting to the modern world and their surroundings like in Canada.

This image shows an aboriginal woman who is homeless and has no money or job. This picture is used as a symbol to show the struggle that many aboriginal people are going threw trying to find an income in the modern world and get their life together. Unfortunately many of them have not been able to adapt to the modern world and are not receiving any help.  This is similar to the situation in Canada with the native canadians because although you don’t see so many homeless natives in Canada because of the reserves many are still struggling to keep up with the modern world and adapt the their changing surroundings.

This image is of Uluru a symbol of the land that the aboriginals had taken away from them and now are fighting to get back. This is a picture of Uluru the spot that many aboriginal clans used as a place to stay. When colonization originally came to australia this land was taken from them and they have only recently been able to get it back along with lots of other huge portions of land in the centre of Australia. This is very comparable to the native situation in Canada because when colonization came to Canada lots of the land was taken from the native canadians and now only recently have they been given it back.

This photo is of a residential school in Australia. In residential schools in Australia very similar things were going on to the ones in Canada. For example they were trying to take away their religion and culture from them and they were trying to make them christian and as European as possible. They were also doing things like beating them and raping them and sometimes murdering them. This is very comparable to the residential schools in Canada because in Canada they were trying to take away the religion and culture of the native canadians alongside sexual abuse and assaulting them.  This shows that there are many similarities to the natives in Canada and have many of the same issues.

In summation these photos have proved that similarly to Canada, the aboriginal population in Australia has been negatively affected by colonization and is struggling to keep up and adapt to the modern Australia/world. And they are trying very hard to reassert their independence and their culture.