"Rabbit-Proof Fence" as an example of how Australian Aborigines were treated by the British colonial power

Benjamin Roßkopf

ISBN 10: 3656820961 / ISBN 13: 9783656820963

Published by GRIN Verlag, 2014

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"Rabbit-Proof Fence" as an example of how Australian Aborigines were treated by the British colonial power | Benjamin Roßkopf | Taschenbuch | 32 S. | Englisch | 2014 | GRIN Verlag | EAN 9783656820963 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: GRIN Publishing GmbH, Waltherstr. 23, 80337 München, info[at]grin[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

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• Title: "Rabbit-Proof Fence" as an example of how Australian Aborigines were treated by the British colonial power
• Publisher: GRIN Verlag
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3656820961
• ISBN 13: 9783656820963
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 210W x 148H x 3D millimeters 210 millimeters width by 148 millimeters height by 3 millimeters depth
• Weight: 62 grams
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Synopsis

Pre-University Paper from the year 2009 in the subject English - Miscellaneous, grade: 13 Punkte, , language: English, abstract: During the years 1910 and 1970 up to 100,000 Aboriginal children were taken forcibly from their families by police or welfare officers, because of a Federal and State Government edict. The main motive was to 'assimilate' Aboriginal children into European society over one or two generations by denying and destroying their Aboriginality. This issue is also discussed in the novel "Rabbit-Proof Fence" by Doris Pilkington, which tells a story about three girls who were also uprooted from their community and taken to a state settlement about 1,500 miles away from their home. In this reality-based story the girls escaped from their internment camp and tried to run back home by following the rabbit-proof fence. My term paper is divided into four chapters. In the first one a short outline of British colonisation in Australia and its impacts on the Aborigines will be given. The second chapter is about the mentioned book and its author and the third part of this term paper analyses some extracts from Doris Pilkington's novel and proves their verity with historical documents until it finally comes to its conclusion in the last chapter which tells us something about the current situation of the Aborigines and the reactions of the Australian government.

About the Author

Benjamin Roßkopf, geb. 1988 in Wertingen, ist Doktorand und Rechtsanwalt. Nach Ausbildung zum Bankkaufmann und einem sechsmonatigem Auslandsaufenthalt in Australien legte er sein Abitur ab und begann im Anschluss daran das Studium der Rechtswissenschaften an der Universität Augsburg mit Schwerpunkt im Bio-, Medizin- und Gesundheitsrecht. Während seines Studiums leitete er als Operation Manager des FC Augsburg das gesamte Bezahlsystem in der WWK-Arena in Augsburg. Im Anschluss an sein Studium schloss Herr Roßkopf seinen juristischen Vorbereitungsdienst mit Schwerpunkt im Steuerrecht ab und vertiefte seine juristischen Kenntnisse mit einer Weiterbildung im Sportrecht und einem Masterstudiengang im Wirtschaftsrecht. Heute koordiniert er das Examinatorium der Juristischen Fakultät der Universität Augsburg und arbeitet als Steuerassistent und Rechtsanwalt in einer Augsburger Steuerkanzlei.