2. AUSTRALIAN AVATAR Laid back Honesty Mateship Spirit Fighters Humanitarianism Enthusiastic Humour Spiritual athletic Friendship Aboriginal intellectual Ambitious Reliable Serious Immunisation Traits

3.  Gender – Male  D.O.B – 04/01/96  Age – 12 years old  Height: 4’’11’’  Weight: 75KG  Location – Bankstown Sydney NSW  Background – Aboriginal  Education – Secondary School, Year 7  School – Bankstown Boys  Employment – Factory Work with his father  SES- Middle Lower Class  Health – Excellent.

4. Mother – Coorah Numi  Age – 47  D.O.B -02/05/1963  Background – born in South Australia and moved to NSW with Narrah after marriage in 1983 to begin a family.  Employment – None  Hobbies – Cooking, cleaning and caring for the children. Brother – Adoni Tucker  Age – 10  D.O.B – 04/08/1999  Background – Born in NSW and was brought up with learning the culture and values of his heritage.  Education – Home School  Hobbies - Playing games such as : Spearing the Disc and Spin Ball Father – Narrah Tucker  Age – 49  D.O.B – 29/11/1959  Background – Lived in South Australia and moved to NSW with Coorah after marriage to find a job and begin a family.  Employment – Factory Work  Hobbies - Teaching young children about history and his culture. Sister – Arora Tucker  Age – 7  D.O.B –22/07/1996  Background – Born in NSW and is being brought up to learn house hold chores and the values of bringing up a family.  Education – Home School  Hobbies - Cooking and reading

5. Aboriginal (Benjamin Tucker)Australian Life Expectancy : 59.4 (males)Life Expectancy : 76.6 (males) % of the total population : 2.2%- Percentage of health as 'fair/poor' rose from 17.5% to 23.3% Percentage of health as fair/poor = 4.8% Income for Indigenous persons was $364 per week Non-Indigenous persons $585 per week. Labour force participation- Inner Regional = 52.0 Non-Indigenous Labour force participation – Inner Regional = 59.9 Highest level of schooling completed Year 12 = 10.7 Highest level of schooling completed year 12 = 15.3 Households with Indigenous person(s) renting = 63.5 Households with Indigenous person(s) renting = 26.6 Rate of children the subject of substantiations in NSW = 27.1 Non-Indigenous rate of children the subject of substantiations in NSW = 5.2 Statistical Data

6. Chronosystem Exosystem Mesosystem Microsystem Benjamin Tucker Family School Peers Family School Church CommunityGovernment Global Society Laws Culture Macrosystem Employment School Health Care

7. Microsystems FamilySchoolPeersNeighbours

8. The microsystem encompasses the relationships and interactions a child has with her immediate surroundings Setting in which an individual lives Ben Tucker and his family are under- serviced and that greater investment is needed to ensure "access to appropriate and responsive care, to drive good practice, quality improvement, and the achievement of better outcomes. Family, Peers, School, Neighborhood Family – Farther, mother and his brother and sister Peers – Many work mates and school friends School – Bankstown Boys, Year 7 Neighbourhood – Dangerous and hostile

9. Family Experiences School Experiences School Church Family Peers

10. -Relations between Microsystems, connections between contexts Family Experiences to School Experiences School experiences to church Ben experiences family parental rejection which has impacted his learning at school. In areas such as listen and learning, discipline and following class room rules. Certain Peer influence has caused family turmoil in ways such as each family has different cultures and values. Which can be different from other families Ben’s school experiences is to learn and develop social skills and to enable him to form a relationship with fellow students. Church gives culture, values and beliefs to life and how Ben will perceive the world through guidance and support of his family. Bens religious beliefs are strongly influenced by the guidance and support of fellow peers and teachers.

11. Community Mass Media Health Agencies Exosystem

12. Experiences in a social setting in which an individual does not have an active role but which nevertheless influence experience in an immediate context. Government Governmental agencies fund parks, libraries that create microsystem environments. This provides Ben with beneficial support in social events and education resources. Community The national “Sorry Day” is an example of how the community has apologised for past and how society is heading towards a better future. This will nevertheless affect Bens future by bearing towards an improved and better accepting nation. Coorah and Narrah’s job experiences will affect bens family life which, in turn, will affect Ben his brother and sisters travel requirements, job stress and amount of pay

13. Macrosystem Laws Cultural Values Status

14. Attitudes/ideologies of the culture in which individuals live Status -Statistics articulate Ben Tucker will live 17.2 years lessa than most Australians due to his social and cultural background. -Bens status in Australia is lower class. Unemployment rates are high and health services are low. Ben’s education will be strongly affected by resources, income and his learning environment. Cultural Values -Ben’s cultural landscapes comprise one’s country in which are included sites, stories, preferred hunting and gathering places, the spirits of the land, and the natural resources. Bens core spiritual belief is oneness with the land and everything that lives on it. Laws -Due to the diversity of Aboriginal people in Australia and the secret nature of certain aspects of customary law it is impossible to comprehensively identify all traditional offences, punishments and dispute resolution methods employed by Aboriginal people.

15. Internal External Shape and Body Structure Health Facilities Financial Support Physiological Structure

16. Ben Tucker The patterning of environmental events and transitions over the life course; effects created by time or critical periods in development -Elements within this system can be either external, such as the timing of a parent’s death, or internal, such as the physiological changes that occur with the aging of a child. -External elements that have influence Ben are better access to health facilities and better financial support for housing and education. -Internal elements such as shape and body structure will become visible as Ben ages. Ben will experience internal change throughout time.