Australia Australia‚ the continent down under‚ filled with kangaroos‚ koala bears‚ and many more unique creatures. I always wanted to go to Australia‚ but never knew much about it‚ like the history behind it‚ and what there really is to do. So I decided to research it and talk to people that are familiar with it. I started my search off by looking in an encyclopedia called Encyclopedia International and looked up Australia. The encyclopedia was written back in 1970 but things have changed
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alliances between countries are common‚ with Australia being in many forums and agreements. One such forum is the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation‚ or APEC for short‚ which promotes and supports free trade policy in the Asia-Pacific region. It was established in 1989 to combat the interdependence of Asia-Pacific economies‚ and it has 21 members from the Pacific Rim economies. Both Australia and United States are active
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relates to the amount of babies born a year‚ in Australia per year there is about 300‚000 babies born each and every year. Deaths is exactly what it says‚ how many people die each and every year about 150‚000 people each and every year. Hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi So already without any one entering or leaving the country Australia has a growth of around 150‚000 people. Along with natural increase there are other factors within Australia which are growing Australia’s population including
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incognita 1 or «the unknown souther land» – Australia. Nowdays when people speak of Australia they can mean three things: 1) Australia as a continent; 2) Australia as an island and 3) Australia as an indenendent country. Australia is the world’s largest island and its smallest continent. Asia is the continent nearest to Australia in the north. The icy shorts of Australia lie to the south. New Zealand is to the east. To the west of Australia stretches the vast Inddian Ocean. In the east
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The British Colonisation of Australia Timeline: The Aboriginal Australian species originated from Africa approximately 200‚000 years ago and migrated to Asia 70‚000 years ago then continued to Australia 50‚000 years ago. Before 1788 only the Indigenous people of Australia - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders‚ populated Australia. In 1788 Aboriginal people inhabited the whole of Australia and Torres Strait Islanders lived on the islands between Australian and Papua New Guinea
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Subject: Effective Writing (EL1010) Topic: “Captain James Cook discovered Australia”. Discuss Grade Awarded: Distinction Lecturer’s Comments: A thoughtful‚ well-structured essay. The introduction is perhaps a little long in comparison with the overall length of the essay. (Note: This sample is provided in the exact form it was submitted and corrections and comments made in the text by the lecturer are not included. A Reference List was submitted by the student but this has not been included
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inequality to particular ethnic groups. For example‚ in Australia‚ since European people arrived there in 1788‚ they have discriminated against indigenous people‚ Aborigines (Kuhn‚ 1998: 30). The European invaders drove most of Aboriginal people out of the mainland‚ and furthermore‚ they took a lot of indigenous children from their families and forced them to work at white farms or stations. They did not even consider Aboriginal people the citizen of Australia until 1967‚ and this continued in some states
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Summary of Australian History from 1788: 1788- Arrival of first white settlers in Australia on the assumption that Australia was “terra-nullius” (empty land) -1970s term the land was claimed to belong to the Crown (Queen of Britain) Aborigines were included in British law -British colony: British government & laws transferred to Australian soil -population: mostly British -dominant church: Anglican -convictism: affected our view of ourselves as part of the British Empire -Development of Australian
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Reconciliation began in 1939 on Australia day where the Indigenous people called a Day of Mourning which was a call for recognition. The process of Reconciliation has also had an impact on Australia as a whole. Effective changes in Australia have been witnessed since 1945 as greater awareness and compassion to Aboriginal Spiritual Perspectives has influenced the development of an ecological awareness in the spirituality of other Australians. As European settlement spread across Australia in the late 1780s
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‘Structural inequality refers to the unequal distribution of power‚ wealth and social status between individuals and groups in any society’ and evidence of structural inequality has been apparent throughout modern Australian history between the Indigenous and non-Indigenous (Holmes‚ Hughes & Julian 2015‚ p.42). If the Australian society is to learn from past mistakes strategies need to be applied to make significate changes with the help of statistics. Statistics have provided integral information
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