European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Australia s aborigines Little cause to celebrate today s crossword by Richard Bill associated Pressa though they have lived in Australia Lor Al least 40,000 years the aborigines ate not Likely id play a major role in Nel year s celebrations marking the nation s 200th anniversary As a British convict settlement. For one thing they number Only about half whal they Wei when the while men came in 17bb, for another said Fay Nelson of the department of aboriginal a lairs in Alice Springs they Nave Little cause to celebrate. European occupation of Australia has devastated the aboriginal people and choir culture Fay an aborigine said in an interview. The aborigines Are exiles in heir own  even though the government has Sel aside land for them a kit o aboriginal people too their land was simply stolen Iron them she said. She added that while most aborigines will find Little to All act them in the 1988 celebrations inevitably there will be some who say. Of at least let s see what we can gel out of it " 01 the $ 130 million i he Bicentennial is expected to Cost. $1 6 million has been set aside for aboriginal events ii has been estimated thai before colonization aborigines spoke about �60 Dis Mcl languages Wilh numerous dialects most of those Are close to extinction and Wall Over 50 Nave become sex inc i anthropologists say today s 160.000, aborigines account for 1 percent of Australia s 16 million population or Hall Ifie res Lima led total when Australia was colonized. Anthropologists say Australia s indigenous natives have to Fon Gisl continuous culture in the world but choir tools Are lost in the legend the dreamlike As aborigines refer to their earliest beginnings. British colonisation brought disease that wiped out thousands of aborigines. Others were hunted la animals for sport according to historical records. Some people say the Outlook is so grim Lor aborigines thai even the Boomerang their traditional Hunhing weapon will soon be a collector s item. Their Colluro is dying out said Roy Frost who travels countrywide buying aboriginal artefacts for his store in Alice Springs the Stull i m Selling now won t be available in two  Australia today in one of the world s most multiracial societies Wilh More than 20 percent of the population made up of people born elsewhere but aborigines remain economically and socially disadvantaged despite millions of dollars each year in government Grants. In 1986, Lunding to aboriginal communities located $1�q million on lop of $216 million for projects started by the Depar Lenl of aboriginal affairs a 1981 census found 60 percent of aborigines were Fob Lessin con rail to a a National unemployment Rale of b percent their earning capacity was shown to be Hall the National family average of about $8,000 while 2.5 per Ecol had completed higher education against the 16 percent National total. Life expectancy according to Ifie health commission of Mew  Wales slate also is Low. From Biily. An aborigine can expect to live to 52, or 20 years less than an australian of european descent.  there Are 160,000 Sybor Ignea in Australia. A changing diet coupled Wilh desperate alcoholism were found to be major actors for ill health and Short life spans the health commission said. Among the Young sniffing gasoline is becoming a major social problem. In recent months some 200 children have been treated in Alice Springs for detoxification from breathing fumes from cans of gasoline stung around heir necks. The Federal government is pouring Money into abort mat communities for education and Olfier programs by few aborigines manage to join the Mains team of modern Australia. The country s first aboriginal judge for example was appointed just last year. However aborigines have done Well with land rights they own 12 34 percent of Australia 363.063 Square Miles about the size of Texas and new Mexico combined. Ii has caused a while backlash particularly in the Northern territory where aborigines accounting Tor 24 percent of the 150,000 population own 37 percent of the land and have claims pending to 14 percent More. We have two Laws in this country one for the aborigines and one for while australians complained the Northern territory s Deputy minister Barry Coulter the Northern territory which does t have statehood Cavers one sixth of the continent and is Rich in precious meals minerals Oil and Gas a. Who Cerf Soce \ oct i some. 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