AN EARTHQUAKE IN AUSTRALIA Australia has a relatively low rate of seismicity due to its location towards the centre of the Indo-Australian Tectonic Plate. Earthquake activity is much higher around the margins of the Indo-Australian Plate‚ for example In places such as Indonesia‚ Papua New Guinea and New Zealand. Nevertheless‚ many historic earthquakes have Occurred in Australia and Geosciences Australia’s database (QUAKES) contains information on tens of thousands Of historic earthquakes in the
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"Focusing on the viticulture industry in Australia‚ discuss the possible impacts of climate change on that sector or a portion of a sector‚ particularly addressing any relevant adaptation and mitigation measures. Are there any lessons that can be learned from comparisons between your chosen country and others experiencing similar issues?” The widely acknowledged increasing of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is set to drastically change the world’s climate in the coming years. The impacts will
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Multicultural Australia: Australia’s Immigration History and Current Political Debate Ryan Besgrove Word Count: 1‚491 MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY INTRODUCTION People have always come to Australia through immigration. Whether it be 45‚000 years ago via nomadic boats (Broome‚ 1994) or through the efforts of the British Empire to expand their Anglican empire (Ferguson‚ 2003). As a result modern Australia is a composite of many varying cultures and ethnicities. It is often said that Australia is a multicultural
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exploration. Afghani people first came to Australia during the 1860s. These people were known as “cameleers”. They travelled to Australia with “travelling papers” which they obtained while working in British India. The Afghan Cameleers operated in most areas of transportation‚ mining and the supply of required items to farms‚ communities and towns. A small amount of these settled in Victoria in 1901‚ while others settled along the Port of South Australia. The aim throughout this essay is to argue
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group of convicts were transported to Australia. Convicts are the people who found guilty of crime. All the convicts were transported Australia by ship and fleets. After the first fleet arrived to Australia‚ there were a lot of fleets arrived to Australia as well. Consequently‚ The Australia’s government were kept for each convict and up till the mid-1800s they recorded names‚ date and place of trial and sentence. The convicts were transported to all over Australia such as New South Wales‚ Queensland
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A Story of Australia Australia is a country known for its surf beaches‚ koalas‚ and kangaroos‚ the Great Barrier Reef‚ iconic laid back lifestyles and much more. But how did this unique country and continent down under begin‚ and become what it is today? Aboriginals themselves have existed in Australia on the land for an estimated 60‚000 years. Recently‚ their diverse and complex history as truly been discovered. Dispersed throughout Australia‚ there were 600 tribes spread out‚ all living off the
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Synopsis Australia is known as a multicultural country. It is because there are lots of people from different country‚ racial and ethnics settled in Australia. They called themselves Australian and make Australia as their home. Although nowadays most people can easily accept the others from different races‚ racism still exists in Australia. Immigrants and Indigenous were the group of people being discriminated and excluded from the society in the past. Their human rights have been neglected. The
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Demographics of Australia Demographics are the quantifiable figures of a given population. Demographics are also used to recognize the study of quantifiable subsets contained by a specified population which illustrate that population at a particular point in time. Australia’s estimated population in year 2013 is projected to be 22‚917‚910. In June 2012‚ the estimated resident population of Australia was 22‚ 683‚600 people. This reflects an increase of 359‚600 people since June 2011 and 87‚100 people
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Market study: Lubricants November 2012 Summary The Lubricating Oil Market in Australia 3 Introduction 3 The Packaging of Retail Lubricating Oil 3 Major actors in the sector 4 The Lubricating Oil Market in Australia Introduction The consumption of lubricating oil in Australia totalled 458 megalitres (ML) in 2009/10. The major users are industrial and mining companies‚ primary producers‚ transport companies and the automotive industry. These commercial users account for approximately
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society to nations or societies whose populations have become increasingly multi-ethnic as a result of immigration. Australia is one such diverse society that has seen 7 million immigrants from over 150 nations
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