An apocryphal legend holds that the inspiration for "The Cask of Amontillado" came from a story Poe had heard at Castle Island (South Boston)‚ Massachusetts‚ when he was a private there in 1827. According to this legend‚ while stationed at Castle Island in 1827 he saw a monument to Lieutenant Robert Massie. Massie had been killed in a sword duel on Christmas Day 1817 by Lieutenant Gustavus Drane‚ following a dispute during a card game. According to the legend‚ other soldiers then took revenge on
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1. Australian English (AusE‚ AuE‚ AusEng‚ en-AU) is the name given to the group of dialects spoken in Australia that form a major variety of the English language. Australian English began to diverge from British English soon after the foundation of the Colony of New South Wales in 1788. The history of Australian English starts with kangaroo (1770) and Captain James Cook’s glossary of local words used in negotiations with the Endeavour River tribes. The language was pidgin. 2. Жулдыз Varieties
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IMPROVING AUSTRALIA’S LAW AND JUSTICE FRAMEWORK A discussion paper to explore the scope for reforming Australian contract law 2012 © Commonwealth of Australia 2012 All material presented in this publication is provided under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/deed.en) licence. For the avoidance of doubt‚ this means this licence only applies to material as set out in this document.
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Essay The Australian landscape stills exerts a power over contemporary art due to the fact the Australian land is so different to other landscapes in the world. Some of the different distinctive qualities of the Australian landscape that motivate artists are its harsh light‚ baren‚ dry lands and then the beautiful coastlines. Many artists have been drawn to the Australian landscape due to its intreging landscape. Artists such as John Olsen and Elisabeth Cummings are both drawn to painting the
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assumed to have occurred first in Australia over 50‚000 years ago when the ancestors of Indigenous Australians arrived through the islands of the Malay Archipelago and New Guinea. Furthermore‚ Department
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The Prisoners’ peril Tom Stewart Australian prisoners of war during World War 2 and their horrible ordeal revealed. First of September 1939 the world was about to change again as the Second World War commenced ironically and tragically‚ the events which occurred at the end of WWI were destined to trigger WWII especially when the Treaty of Versailles was put into place. Not everyone was happy with the treaty. Adolf Hitler invaded Poland on 1st September 1939‚ triggering the WWII. Japan then
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Australian Visions Strictly ballroom by Baz Luhrman is a specular film that conveys many Australian Visions from beginning to end. It is a story of an individual‚ who wants to do his own steps‚ failing his partner. Fran an ugly duckling of a beginner class offers Scott partnership. Fran persistence and ideas convince Scott to dance their own steps on the Pan-Pacific championship displaying multiculturalism and breaking competitions under conformity. The composer has used many techniques like camera
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The treatment of Australian POW’s‚ particularly under the Japanese‚ in WW2 was horrifying‚ and is considered one of the greatest war atrocities Australia has ever seen. This essay will showcase the ___ treatment of POW’s in Changi‚ Singapore‚ and along the construction of the Burma –Thailand railway line as well as mentioning the experiences of those in Europe and the experience of POW civilians and nurses. All those who interred during WWII faced harsh conditions‚ and their experiences has significantly
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Australia has a population close to 22‚400‚000 people of which one in four people come from a culturally diverse and linguistic background (Dept of Immigration and Citizenship‚ 2009). This essay will explore the social issues of immigration in Australian society especially in relation to refugees. It will give an overview of the history of immigration in Australia. It will then go on to explore refugees and discuss the perceptions of refugees‚ settlement issues of refugees and then go on to look
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