"An
Aborigine is a person of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island descent
who identifies and is accepted as such by the community with which
he or she is associated." A person is only an Aborigine if they
are accepted by an Aboriginal group and recognized as an Aborigine.
This transcends physical characteristics such as appearance, background
and location. It should be mentioned that terms like "half caste",
"part Aboriginal" or "full blood" are unacceptable, as they may
be insulting to Aborigines.
(Education Department, 1988:14-15) |
Aboriginal
people have asked us to recommend the following use of words:
- Aborigine
as singular noun
- Aborigines
as plural noun
- Aboriginal
as the adjective
In
practice it is preferred that terms like Aboriginal people
rather then Aborigines be used, and Aboriginal artefacts instead
of arts and crafts of the Aborigines.
(Education Department of SA, 1988, p15)
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