Yet around built skyscrapers, and full of life on the reservations all subject to the way as it was hundreds of years ago.
The “other” entrance to the territory of the tribe yolngu is strictly prohibited, you can get there only by special invitation. A rare chance fell to the Reuters photographer David gray.
He went to the Peninsula of Arnhem land, located in the North of Australia between the Timorese and Araratskiy seas and the Gulf of Carpentaria. Today it is the largest reservation in the world, there are about 16,000 aboriginal people throughout the country, there are about 200 000.
According to historians, aborigines arrived in Australia about 40 000 — 60 000 years ago after a long journey through Africa and Asia. Here they hunted and lived a nomadic life, while on the continent, not the white men came with their rules. Translated from the Latin for “aborigines” (ab origine) — those who were here from the beginning.
Yet around built skyscrapers, and full of life on the reservations all subject to the way as it was hundreds of years ago. Although more recently, aboriginal life was very hard: until the mid 60-ies of XX century the government tried to forcibly assimilate them. The authorities took away children from their mothers and gave them the education in special institutions or white families, where they often abused. Indigenous people did not actually classed as people, since they “did not possess the higher consciousness”. Aggravated the situation and the fact that the people of the tribes often died from disease and starvation, as well as in conflicts with whites. Only in 2008, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd during his speech in Parliament openly apologized for their actions earlier with the indigenous population of the continent. Today is the last — the heroes of our photo project.
