Indigenous Australians, like those races indigenous to other colonized lands, were rarely taken seriously by those who colonized Australia.
As with similar situations in many other countries, they still aren't taken sufficiently seriously to ensure anywhere near a quality of life and opportunity equal to that of non-indigenous citizens.
when I went to central australia, the aboriginals didn't want photos taken of them or their sacred places. so, no.
It means not intended to be taken seriously; said in jest.
No.
Alfred Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift not taken seriously
dispossession is where lands/house were taken away from people. in the sense of talking about history this would relate with the government taking the land away from the aboriginals. so the aboriginals were dispossessed of there land.
Undervalued.
Confucius was taken seriously. His ideas became a religion!
A scientific theory should be taken seriously if it can correctly describe a phenomenon and their is sufficient evidence that it describes the phenomenon accurately.
trivial
something not to be taken literally or seriously
in my opinion droughts are often taken less seriously because the factor of the disaster is water which is a renewable and easily supplied resource . tornados and hurricanes are taken more seriously because its impossible to prevent it from happening unlike droughts which are preventable.