When does an immigrant become an Australian? Becoming an Australian citizen means you call Australia home with all the privileges and responsibilities of a person who was born here. Australian citizenship is a privilege that offers enormous rewards. By becoming an Australian citizen‚ you are joining a unique national community. Becoming an Australian citizen means that you are making an ongoing commitment to Australia and all that this country stands for. It is also the beginning of your formal
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How is sport used by the author/director to explore important themes or issues? Deadly Unna? a novel by Philip Gwynne and Australian Rules‚ a film adaptation of the novel‚ directed by Paul Goldman are both set in an Australian town‚ focusing on two different locations – the Port‚ inhabited by white people‚ and the Point where the Aboriginal people live. Both texts follow the progress of a hopeless football team coming together to play in the grand final. The novel explores the enlightenment of the
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Iconic Australian Images. Sydney Nolan and Russell Drysdale by Julie Perri. CSU‚ ART215. Australia’s national and cultural icons range from natural landmarks to man-made wonders. They are instantly recognisable‚ have special significance and are uniquely Australian. (1) Two Australian artist’s that created cultural iconic images through their artworks‚ were Sydney Nolan and Russell Drysdale. During the 1940s cultural‚ social changes and the Second World War influenced them to depict issues in
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discusses the on-going debate surrounding Indigenous Australians land rights claims from the mid-1980s onwards. He then goes on to discuss that the law surrounding land always adhered to the principles of Governor Bourke’s’ Proclamation‚ until the landmark decision handed down in the Mabo case. However‚ he concludes that in regard to political climate little else has been done in the advancement of land rights’ legislation in regard to the Indigenous Australian population. He also provides a comparison between
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In the critical response poem “The New True Anthem”‚ 1988‚ Kevin Gilbert challenges the Australian public about our patriotism or lack thereof. With this poem Kevin Gilbert acknowledges the fact that there is not just one single opinion of what has happened to the beautiful land that was once home to many native Aboriginal tribes all over the country. Australia’s sense of pride and admiration that is declared by Dorothea Mackellar in “My Country” is challenged and questioned by Kevin Gilbert. The
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AUSTRALIAN ASSIMILATION AND THE IMPACT ON ABORIGINAL HEALTH: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS Australia and its Indigenous Society: Australia is one of the world’s most culturally diverse societies and it is commonly assumed that the country offers free and fair opportunities to all its inhabitants. However‚ on close observation it is clearly evident that the country’s indigenous population is at a social and economic disadvantage when compared to their non-indigenous counterparts and as a consequence the present
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ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS OF VOICE IN HABITUAL PHONATION AND ADHARA SHRUTHI IN CARNATIC CLASSICAL SINGERS The term singing has been defined simply as producing musical tones by means of the voice (Vennard‚ 1962). Although definition appears to be fairly simple‚ the act of singing is much more involved and requires a variety of phonatory‚ articulatory and resonatory adjustments. Singing differs from speaking‚ quantitatively and qualitatively on some parameters like rhythm and melodic qualities (Luchsinger
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Study of Australian Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Education. Caroline Marguerite Baker Student‚ Swinburne University of Technology‚ Australia INTRODUCTION Australia has a prominent discontinuity between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous life expectancy‚ educational achievement and employment opportunities. (Coag.gov.au. 2014) There is a pressing need for an Australian Indigenous Education Reform. This need for reform is especially necessary in remote and northern‚ socially disadvantaged Australian communities
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The Australian Government’s assimilation policy was a policy of absorbing Aboriginal people into white society through the process of removing children from their families. The idea of this policy was to breed out and abolish the aboriginal society and to assimilate them into the white community. The impact that this policy had on the indigenous Australians was very negative as many children were forcibly taken from their families. One way the assimilation policy impacted the aboriginals was by
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Essay Health outcomes of Aboriginal Australians are a major focus in healthcare system. There is a huge burden of illness within Indigenous communities in comparison with Australia’s non-Indigenous counterparts. It could be explained in part by the process of colonization and past government policies that continually threaten the health outcomes of Indigenous communities. However‚ contemporary governments now claim to be implementing strategies and plans addressing past wrongs in the healthcare
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