#Moreton Island

[elinerlina2]

The Shipwrecks of Moreton Island, Australia

This ship were deliberately sunk near the coast to from a breakwall for small boats

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[cpahlow]

Had to share this @weheartit

Moreton Island

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[cumbo]

Easter 2022

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[fidjiefidjie]

"...Tous les phares habitent un feu une lumière qui tourne à bout de lieu..."

Jacques Moulin/ Escorter la mer

Gif it up d'après "Cape Moreton Island Lighthouse"

#gif animé #gifitup #phare #lighthouse #cape moreton island #quotes #jacques moulin #escorter la mer #océan #mer #fidjie fidjie

[dailyoverview]

The Tangalooma Wrecks is a shipwreck site on the western side of Moreton Island in South East Queensland, Australia. It consists of 15 vessels that were deliberately sunk in 1963 to form a breakwall for small boats. In addition to providing safe harbor, the wrecks also created a popular dive and snorkel site, attracting a variety of marine life such as wobbegongs, trevally, yellowtail, and other tropical fish.

-27.162833°, 153.368361°

Source imagery: Nearmap

[delicatuscii-wasbella102]

Moreton Island, Queensland Australia

#unknown photographer

[elliewilliams93]

July 2023

Since I'm still semi unemployed, it would have been rude not to take another trip! This time with friends to Brisbane!

We spent 4 days in the beautiful sunshine.

The first day we explored Moreton Island where we were able to kayak, snorkel and walk the white sand beaches. We saw lots of fish and a dolphin!

The second day we visited Australia zoo with the hope to see Robert Irwin. My housemate from uni, Caroline joined us with her daughter which was lovely to be able to catch up.

The third day, we went to my favourite place Noosa. We had a leisurely Brunch, took a beautiful walk along the regional park coastal track, shopped and went for a dip!

On the last day, we played tourist in brisbane centre, walked around, caught the free city ferry up and down the river, before flying out.

I forgot how much I love exploring Australia!

[makesh7thappen]

Conciousness is the new sexy Kindness the new beautiful Inner Peace the new success @van.trouble . . . #lifeinparadise #livingonearth #palmtreesandsunshine #palmtrees🌴 #🌴☀️ #moreton #islandliving🌴 #symmetrical #creativephotos #dayoffwellspent #camerastroll #lebenaufdemland #inselleben #palme #waseinleben #geniessedenmoment #sonnenschein☀️ #conciousness #kindnessquotes #innerpeacequotes (at Moreton Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq5HnViPjIa/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#lifeinparadise #livingonearth #palmtreesandsunshine #palmtrees🌴 #🌴☀️ #moreton #islandliving🌴 #symmetrical #creativephotos #dayoffwellspent #camerastroll #lebenaufdemland #inselleben #palme #waseinleben #geniessedenmoment #sonnenschein☀️ #conciousness #kindnessquotes #innerpeacequotes

[yamchaas]

One Sunday morning as I went walking

By Brisbane waters I chanced to stray

I heard a convict his fate bewailing

As on the sunny river bank I lay I am a native from Erin's island

But banished now from my native shore

They stole me from my aged parents

And from the maiden I do adore

I've been a prisoner at Port Macquarie

At Norfolk Island and Emu Plains

At Castle Hill and at cursed Toongabbie

At all these settlements I've been in chains

But of all places of condemnation

And penal stations in New South Wales

To Moreton Bay I have found no equal

Excessive tyranny each day prevails

For three long years I was beastly treated

And heavy irons on my legs I wore

My back from flogging was lacerated

And oft times painted with my crimson gore And many a man from downright starvation

Lies mouldering now underneath the clay

And Captain Logan he had us mangled

All at the triangles of Moreton Bay

Like the Egyptians and ancient Hebrews

We were oppressed under Logan's yoke

Till a native black lying there in ambush

Did deal this tyrant his mortal stroke

My fellow prisoners be exhilarated

That all such monsters such a death may find

im so confused

#njdwsanjd #TO THE DRAGON BALL BLOG??

[marksonbilly]

Sunset on Moreton Island off the Queensland coast in Australia.

[ladylore97]

It's great to hear your vacation is going well! Any highlights from your trip?

Aw, thanks so much for asking! Tumblr did not let me share photos over mobile, so I had to wait until I got back to answer. The whole trip was amazing, though! My sister and I hopped from Sydney to Brisbane to Cairns, and had some amazing, unforgettable experiences! We learned about Aboriginal culture - the first settlers who occupied Australia before white colonists invaded and pulled the same shit they historically have in countless other countries where they attempt cultural genocide (also why are Americans not taught about this in our schools?? I'll rant more about this in a separate post). We toured the Sydney Opera House and botanical gardens, I got hilariously drunk and threw up in the Sydney Harbor, I held a koala, fed and hung out with kangaroos, I swam in the Great Barrier Reef, went sand-boarding on Moreton Island, canoed around a shipyard and hand-fed whole schools of fish, saw some beautiful, clear beaches, and explored the Daintree Rainforest - the oldest rainforest in the entire world, and the birthplace of thousands of the world's plant species! :o Dinosaurs ate from these trees!

Here’s a few pics now that I'm back on computer!

#personal #not fandom related #australia #brisbane #Sydney #Cairns #I didn't want to leave #It was magical and I loved every second #easily top 3 of my favorite countries I've visited

[tristandavies]

Mulgumpin/Moreton Island, July 2022

[softravels]

Moreton Island..(I'd rather be 20 in the SEVENTIES than 70 in the TWENTIES.)

Moreton Island..(I’d rather be 20 in the SEVENTIES than 70 in the TWENTIES.)

‘Back to the Sixties’- – was held at a resort on Moreton Island approximately 70 km from Brisbane in Queensland-about 1 hour and 15 minutes by ferry from the Holt St Wharf. This was a trip organised by an over 60’s Travel group- with a back to the ‘Sixties’ theme. After months of continuous rain- we were not expecting fabulous sunny weather. The week earlier, Blues on Broadbeach had been rained…

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[presenteeterno]

Moreton island 2019

[scotianostra]

While the days of the Empire gave us many Scots that are vilified not all sought to exploit or terrorise the Indigenous people.

Explorer, grazier and friend of Aboriginals, Tom Petrie was born in  Edinburgh January 31st 1831.

Thomas Petrie arrived with his parents at Sydney in the Stirling Castle in October 1831 and moved with them to Moreton Bay in 1837. his father, Andrew, e was one of the Scottish mechanics brought to Sydney in 1831 by John Dunmore Lang as the nucleus of a new force of free workers

Educated by a convict clerk, he was allowed to mix freely with Aboriginal children. He learnt to speak the Brisbane tribal dialect (Turrabul) and was encouraged to share in all their activities. At 14 he was taken on the triennial walkabout to the feast at the Bunya Range. Accepted by the Aboriginals as a friend, he was in constant demand as a messenger or companion for exploration expeditions.

During journeys with his father he gathered a knowledge of surveying and bushcraft and an intimate acquaintance with the Brisbane district and its settlers. Petrie married Elizabeth Campbell in 1859 and shortly after the marriage, Petrie sought the advice of a local Aboriginal elder named Dalaipi for a good place to start a cattle station. Dalaipi’s son, Dal-ngang showed him their ancestral land at Mandin (North Pine River) and offered it to Petrie. Dal-ngang expressed indignation when told this land had already been acquired by the Griffens as part of the Whiteside station. Petrie, after consulting with Mrs Griffen bought a ten square mile section of the property in the Pine Creek district and named it Murrumba, an Aboriginal word meaning “good place”. Aboriginals helped him to clear his land and build his farm buildings.

When the Douglas ministry opened Queensland`s first Aboriginal reserve on Bribie Island in 1877, Petrie became its chief adviser and overseer. The experiment was terminated next year by Palmer largely because Petrie`s report on Aboriginal attitudes and activities was not encouraging. He played little part in politics but was a foundation member of both the Caboolture and Redcliffe divisional boards and for years returning officer for Moreton electorate. 

Thomas Petrie died on August 26th 1910, the same year the name of the North Pine district was changed to Petrie in his honour and the next year a free-stone monument was erected in the township.

While Thomas Petrie may have only spent his very early years in Scotland, I would think the ethos instilled in him by his parents no doubt put him in good stead for the good man he became. 

#Scotland #scottish #scots-australian #australia #history #immigrants

[yashvipatel1004]

Indigenous Australian Cultures and Languages: Erasure and Revitalisation

Figure 1: (Simpson, 2023)

In 1788, Australia was a proud land bosting to over 700 indigenous languages spoken across the vast land (Bow, 2019). Supporting data and evidence indicate that dominance of cultural roots and interconnection of the indigenous communities created a strong cohesion and cultural identity that recognised a diverse portfolio of the indigenous communities. However, this would later change with the arrival of the first settlers, and the subsequent following years of activities, cultural erosion, and linguistic alterations that have shrunken once the might Aboriginal communities to a hand full of languages and cultural practices conducted across Australia (Bradford, 2020). Despite the measures put in place, the cultural identity, and linguistic aspects of their indigenous communities continues to decline each time. However, the biggest question that begs to be answered is how did we reach to this stage? And how has the colonial regime, and the current civilisation has encroached disrupting the culture, ways, and linguistic connection of the indigenous communities.

What is the relationship between culture and its language?

There is a strong intertwined relationship between culture and language when assessing the role each plays in shaping the cultural values and beliefs of a community. According to Hunter, et al., (2021), language defines our cultural beliefs and practices, linking us into our identity. The aboriginal and Torrens strait islander people have used language and one of the defining tools of the identity. Additionally, this concept has widely defined their cultural practice and linked their identity to the external world. However, the erosion of their culture has slowly influenced their custom practices, which denies the rapid decline in the numbers of indigenous spoken dialects.

What is the impact of colonisation on the Indigenous language?

Figure 2: (Simpson , 2023)

Colonisation has had its mark on the entire indigenous Australian population for generations (Inequality 2022). Ranging from the stolen generation to the modern society, colonisation runs within the indigenous Australian population. As a result, this has affected the way the indigenous Australian societies communicate, interact, and promote their sense of culture. The Indigenous communities have been widely fractured by colonisation and the subsequent policies that followed, which directly affected the indigenous population for generations.

Colonisation has left its mark on the aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people. According to Tsunoda, (2021), the 2016 census, 13 traditional indigenous populations still incorporate their routine traditional languages, with children being among the speaking members of the community. Consequently, colonisation has manifested itself under these circumstances, as the introduction of schools and English being a primary language of choice has widely eroded the language and culture of the indigenous communities (Moreton-Robinson, 2020). The fraction of the indigenous populations embracing their language include Djambarrpuyngu, Pitjantjatjara, Warlpiri, Tiwi, and Murrinh-Patha. Colonisation has widely influenced most of the Aboriginal and Torrens strait islander people slowly eroding their cultural attachment and replacing it with a civilised cultural approach that has widely threated the existence of these communities and their dialects (Vaughan, & Loakes, 2020.).

According to Gapany, et al., (2022), modernity has widely affected the way culture and language in the indigenous context is shared from one generation to the other. Schooling has widely affected the way indigenous people share their knowledge, concepts, and traditions that are embedded in culture. While critiques argue that civilisation has transformed many communities and society, it is clear that these changes have had their toll in the erosion of the aboriginal’s culture and language. However, with greater precision and observation to cultural boundaries, preserving of the indigenous cultural backgrounds can help protect the endangered cultures.

What is the role of culture in supporting the indigenous language in Australia?

Culture has played a pivotal role in supporting and protecting the identity of the Aboriginal communities. By establishing schools that promote and continue to teach Aboriginal communities without distorting their heritage is considered one of the effective methods to enhancing and promoting cultural diversity.

Culture fosters a sense of belonging, and identity, which helps in promoting a sense of identity for the aboriginals and Torres Strait islander people. Cultural celebration connects the people with their ancestral roots. Additionally, cultural preservation and conservation is a key tool in promoting and growing indigenous languages. By employing culturally sensitive learning process to the indigenous people, it is clear that it enhances linguistic growth and cultural diversity.

How is the Australian Government supporting the survival of the indigenous?

The Australian government has been impactful in preserving the Aboriginal and Torrens strait islander people culture with a greater focus on ensuring that not only their dialects and culture are preserved, but also their lineage continues. According to Bourke et al., (2022), the stolen generation is one of the prime examples of modern way of cultural erosion that happened in Australia, which affected hundreds of indigenous family’s children. As Vaughan, and Loakes, (2020), further asserts, one in every four aboriginal children’s families were forcefully abducted from their families between 1910 and 1970, which was motivated by the need for assimilation mixed-race children within the white society.

The Australian government has taken several measures to ensure survival of the indigenous societies continues to thrive. According to Verbunt, et al., (2021), the Australian government has incorporated the closing the gap initiative, which aims at enhancing the lives of the indigenous people. The Australian government has remained devoted in numerous areas that help close the gap and provide equality of services to the Aboriginals. On the same token, the Australian government has been keen in enforcing policies that focus on protecting aboriginal children from being adopted as a way of cultural erosion. Therefore, this approach has been successful in preserving the culture and linguistics of the indigenous people and ensuring their existence across generations.

Conclusion

Colonialism has already made its mark in eroding and affecting the cultural diversity of the aboriginal community across Australia. Systemic oppression and lack of recognition of the aboriginal has widely threatened the existence of this endangered society. Nevertheless, there is a need to effectively recognise the efforts of the government and recognition of the indigenous’ culture and diversity. The Australian government has made efforts to recognize and promote cultural diversity that promotes inclusivity.

References

Bourke, S. C., Chapman, J., Jones, R., Brinckley, M. M., Thurber, K. A., Calabria, B., ... & Lovett, R. (2022). Developing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural indicators: an overview from Mayi Kuwayu, the national study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander wellbeing. International Journal for Equity in Health, 21(1), 109.

Bow, C. (2019) The state of Australia’s indigenous languages – and how we can help people speak them more often, The Conversation. Available at: https://theconversation.com/the-state-of-australias-indigenous-languages-and-how-we-can-help-people-speak-them-more-often-109662.

Bradford, C., 2020. The stolen generations of Australia: Narratives of loss and survival. International Research in Children's Literature, 13(2), pp.242-258.

Foley, G., 2020. The Australian labor party and the native title act. In Sovereign subjects (pp. 118-139). Routledge.

Gapany, D., Murukun, M., Goveas, J., Dhurrkay, J., Burarrwanga, V., & Page, J. (2022). Empowering aboriginal families as their children’s first teachers of cultural knowledge, languages and identity at Galiwin’ku FaFT Playgroup. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 47(1), 20-31.

Hunter, S. A., Skouteris, H., & Morris, H. (2021). A conceptual model of protective factors within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture that build strength. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 52(8-9), 726-751.

Inequality (2022) For Australia’s Aboriginals, indigenous language is health, World Economic Forum. Available at: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/07/for-australia-s-indigenous-communities-preserving-their-languages-is-a-matter-of-life-and-death/

Moreton-Robinson, A., 2020. I still call Australia home: Indigenous belonging and place in a white postcolonizing society. In Uprootings/regroundings (pp. 23-40). Routledge.

Simpson, J.H. (2023) The state of Australia’s indigenous languages – and how we can help people speak them more often, The Conversation. Available at: https://theconversation.com/the-state-of-australias-indigenous-languages-and-how-we-can-help-people-speak-them-more-often-109662

Tsunoda, T., 2021. Australian Aboriginal Languages: Their Decline and Revitalisation. In Indigenous Language Acquisition, Maintenance, and Loss and Current Language Policies (pp. 67-102). IGI Global.

Vaughan, J. and Loakes, D., 2020. Language contact and Australian languages. The handbook of language contact, pp.717-740.

Verbunt, E., Luke, J., Paradies, Y., Bamblett, M., Salamone, C., Jones, A., & Kelaher, M. (2021). Cultural determinants of health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people–a narrative overview of reviews. International Journal for Equity in Health, 20, 1-9.

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