Exercises

Questions p.133
1. It’s very important because it’s a way to keep their culture so everyone of the Wadeye community feels united.

2. The difference between the white suburbs and the people of the Northern territory is big. The people in the white suburbs live a good wealthy life while the people of the Northern territory live very poor. They are too many people in one house and many children don’t go to school and a lot are unemployed. The people in the Wadeye community also have cultural differences.

3. Because they live too many people in one house and they have no medical care.

A p.134
Wadeye has a population of 2 700, comprising 24 clans and seven tribes. The ethnic mix is a reminder of the thirties when missionaries persuaded indigenous groups to live together. Visitors arrived by air. The flight is over a wild and exceptionally beautiful country. On arrival, they encounter a settlement resembles a shantytown. Unquestionably, there is high unemployment. In addition, residents suffer overcrowding and poor hygiene. Through lack of minimally nutritional food, some children are visibly malnourished. Considering the inadequate health care center, it is little wonder that doctors and nurses can do very little to help. It’s clear that this entire situation is the result of decades of neglect and hence unsurprising that pressure groups are urging politicians to improve living conditions for Australia’s native population.


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Assailed- Angripa

Patriarchal figure- patriarkalisk figur

Indigenous- Infödd

Leprosy- Spetälska

Persuaded- Övertyga

Permitted- Tillåten

Niceties- Noggranhet

Reveal- Avslöja

Rife- Vanligt

Lethargic- Energilös

Squalor- Smuts

Endemic- Endemisk

Sepsis- Blodförgiftning

Proscribed- Förbjuden

Nephritis- Nefrit (njurinflammation)

Malnourished- Undernärd

Interpreter- Översättare

Surplus- Överskott

Deficit- Underskott

Neglect- Försummade

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