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WELCOME TO OUR 'EQUALITY AND DIFFERENCE' WIKI           TASK: Update and develop a comprehensive wiki on our HSC unit. The content is to be developed by you for you with your HSC study notes in mind. The Wiki will allow you to create, communicate and develop your understanding of each of the areas of investigation. You will be required to log on, update, edit and link all your resources as a common source for our class. LIBBY      ===== INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS  ·   Indigenous Australians have experienced significent disadvantage since the first recorded contact with europeans in 1606, as the dutch landed on Australia, shots were fired and one Indigenous man,was abducted and taken back to Holland as an exhibition oddity.  ·   This pattern of prejudice and inequality has seemingly continued until present times, a report into Australia’s health in 1994 revealed that: 1.  Aborginals are 3 times more likely to die of childhood diseases than non-aboriginals. 2.  Likely to die 15-20yrs earlier than other Australians 3.  If male,Aboriginal Australians are 7.3 times more likely to die from respitory infections than non-indigenous Australian males. 4.  The unemployment rate for indigenolus Australians are 4 times higher than non-indigenous Australians 5.  Indigenous australians are 14 times more likely to end up in prison  ·   Indigenous Australians throughout various government policies have most definantley not been treated equally. It was not until the 1967 referendum that Aborginal Australians were recognised as Australian citizens, rather then part of the natural fauna of Australia. What higher inequality is there than not recognising a racial groups humanity and place within societal life.