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    The Australian Wine Industry

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    attractiveness as an investment opportunity Limitations of the analysis & implications of these limitations for 17 - 18 any investment decision Appendix A: References 19 Background & Issues The Mcguigan interest in the Australian Wine Industry goes back four generations. Owner Patrick McGuigan the first of four generations to enter the wine industry was a dairy farmer by trade. Percy McGuigan ’s career was spent at Penfolds. Prior to retirement in 1968 Percy purchased

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    Summary Pride and Prjudice

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    ide and ------------------------------------------------- Characters in Pride and Prejudice Mrs. Bennet – The mother of the five Bennet daughters and an avid matchmaker‚ she is often described and acts vulgar‚ embarrassing her daughters and disinteresting suitors and their families. She is often very quick to push them towards potential husbands and acts with minimal intelligence on certain matters‚ relying instinct instead. Mr. Bennet – Largely quiet and witty with his replies‚ Mr. Bennet is

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    What Effect has Stereotypical Contradictions had on Developing the Australian Identity? Jarrod Melmeth (c3202088) The University of Newcastle Tutor’s Name: Jennifer Saunders Due Date: 12 October‚ 2014 Word Count: Table of Contents Abstract 2 Introduction……………………………………………………………………………... 4 3 The Typical Aussie……………………………………………………………………… 5 3.1 The Rugged Bushman………………………………………………………………. 5 3.2 The Alcoholic……………………………………………………………………….. 5 4 The Landscape…………………………………………………………………………

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    What is it about ’the bush’ that is so special to Australians? The bush has an iconic status in Australian life and features strongly in any debate about national identity‚ especially as expressed in Australian literature‚ painting‚ popular music‚ films and foods. The bush was something that was uniquely Australian and very different to the European landscapes familiar to many new immigrants. The bush was revered as a source of national ideals by the likes of Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson. Romanticising

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    “Welcome to Australia.” Her voice rung with the familial tongue of our home land. The short woman‚ who stood with a small group‚ extended her arms towards us as we walked from the arrival gates. Men in suits with stone white faces shook my mother and father’s anxious hands. With heavy accents‚ in broken attempts‚ the men greeted my brother and I in the language of our home. Our responses were meek and fragmented as our nervous clouded our tired minds. A flash of light and quick smiles were formed

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    Perley Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is a complex novel mixing romance with comedy with an unprecedented quality of realism. Austen’s techniques require the reader to pay close attention and to actively interpret what it is they are reading unlike other light novels which you can passively work your way through. Pride and Prejudice is centrally concerned with the ideals and necessities of marriage in the early nineteenth century. Austen used a variety of features to make the novel Pride and Prejudice

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    “Why do Aboriginal people have an unbroken and ongoing connection with the City of Sydney”. Discuss this statement in relation to an ‘Aboriginal Sydney’ event/exhibition/artifact. The city of Sydney is home to the largest Aboriginal population‚ which have maintained a living‚ continuous‚ day-to-day connection with the place for over 60‚000 years. While the European invasion aimed to destroy any remains of this race‚ their strong spiritual presence remains unbroken. A major reason for the ongoing

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    "Australian Rules" essay

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    Australian rules is set in a small rural town‚ where the relationships between the white townspeople and the Aboriginal people on the mission are complex‚ conflicted and marred by deeply entrenched racism. The local football team in many ways serves to represent the town‚ it reflects the conflicted relationship between the white people and the Aboriginal people- we begin to understand this as the film unfolds. Other themes inherent in the film are themes of family‚ love‚ loyalty and violence-

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    Pride: the Tragic Flaw

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    being proud of one ’s work‚ pride is looked upon as quite the opposite in Beowulf. In Seamus Heaney ’s translation‚ pride is depicted as an unfortunate‚ often fatal‚ flaw which will eventually lead to tragedy or the untimely demise of the character cursed with this trait. Many of the main characters display this affliction‚ several examples being Hrothgar‚ whose pride leads to the deaths of his people‚ Beowulf‚ whose pride leads to his demise‚ and even Wiglaf‚ whose pride foreshadows tragedy in his

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    Role Of Pride In Antigone

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    In Sophocles’ Antigone‚ Creon seems to be the most sensible tragic fault‚ with his pride and power along with going against all laws of the gods lead up to reasons he is the tragic hero. Creon terrorized anyone who had done anything peaceful for Polynices burial. Creon’s says‚ “Polyneices I say‚ is to have no burial: no man is to touch him or say the least prayer for him; he shall on the plain‚ unburied”(I 39-40). After he states this he says anyone who does so will be locked away and punished. Antigone

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