have influenced the nature and identity of Australian society. The aspects of changing demographic characteristics affecting Australia’s nature and identity include multiculturalism; the ’ageing population’; decreasing fertility rates; the changing indigenous population and the changing population density of Australia. Australia has one of the lowest population densities in the world‚ with population spread occurring around particular areas of the Australian coastline. Australia is one of the world’s
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Question: Compare and contrast the ways in which the ‘natural environment’ influences the understanding of human beings as persons among Australian Aboriginal peoples and Balinese peoples. The natural environment is a key influence in cosmogonic and cosmologic conceptions of human beings as persons among Australian Aboriginal people and to a lesser extent Balinese people. Meyers (1987[1973]) asserts that personhood is socially generated and defined by culture; the conception of personhood in a
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of troops to fight for Britain during the First World War between 1914 and 1918. Thousands lost their lives at Gallipoli‚ on the Turkish coast and many more in France. Both Australian victories and losses on World War I battlefields contribute significantly to Australia’s national identity. By war’s end‚ over 60‚000 Australians had died during the conflict and 160‚000 were wounded‚ a high proportion of the 330‚000 who had fought overseas. [1] By the time the Second World War came around Britain’s
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Barry Chapman Bishop was born on January 13‚ 1932 to Robert Wilson Bishop‚ a sociologist who was to become a dean at the University of Cincinnati‚ and Helen Rebecca Bishop. He was fascinated by climbing from an early age‚ spending his summers with the YMCA in Colorado and joining the Colorado Mountain Club at age nine or ten. Under the tutelage of the club’s members‚ many of whom were also members of the 10th Mountain Division‚ Bishop quickly learned mountaineering skills and was guiding expeditions
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Racial discriminatory views of Indigenous Australians are often the product of an individual’s upbringing. How might teachers’ challenge their own beliefs as well as provide opportunities for their students to think critically about this issue? In your answer discuss how recent events have increased the focus on disadvantage in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population‚ and how this has impacted on pedagogical and whole school interventions. The notion that people are a product of their
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Year Eleven English 2B Write an essay discussing the representation of any one of the following in an Australian film you have studied this term‚ cultural identity. “Beneath hill 60” Sacrifice‚ larrikinism and mate ship are traits possessed by Australians‚ which have helped shape who we are as a nation. The movie “Beneath Hill 60”‚ explores the notion of cultural identities through the use of media conventions‚ which prompts the viewer to respond with agreement and respect. Positions the
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television‚ magazines and a large number of newspapers. The group operates all around the world. You have been assigned to the Australian newspaper operations to assist them in understanding where their industry is heading in terms of their market’s use of the Internet and other technology issues or challenges. You have met with the CEO of Carringbush’s Australian newspaper operations who has briefed you on how they operate in Australia‚ what he thinks the major challenges are etc. Your
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less prominent role since the emergence of television but increasingly due to the Internet and the nature of the medium – notably its convenience and accessibility. This study provides insight into how print remains the preferred medium amongst the Australian consumers‚ however citizen journalism‚ online advertising‚ and web 2.0 has challenged readership of printed news‚ and recommendations developed in order to increase The Australian’s readership and overall profit. 1.1 INTRODUCTION The broadsheet
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A Report on Adam’s Excellence The lead in our pencil by Phillip Adams Phillip Adam’s opinionative article informs the readers of “The Weekend Australian” about the upcoming Australian elections in September‚ 2013‚ pleading for them to have a somewhat positive outlook on compulsory voting. He also uses many different techniques in the article in order to make it convincing and effective. In the first sentence he uses an analogy “What have the Romans ever done for us?...” to refer to the accomplishments
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style/tone‚ values challenged‚ techniques and the impact on a certain cartoon. The cartoon that will be discussed is “Australia Too Crowded” which is created by a famous cartoonist Nicholson and published by a well known News Paper “The Australian”. Peter Nicholson is an Australian political cartoonist‚ caricaturist and a sculptor. The subject of “Australia Too Crowded” is very simple. It consists of a police officer and of what looks to be an Arab family. The issue is that the family have come to Australia
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