Shark Island Shark Island is a small island located in Sydney Harbour‚ Australia. It lies between the Harbour Bridge and the harbour entrance‚ offshore of the suburbs of Vaucluse‚ Point Piper and Rose Bay. The Island‚ at 1.25 hectares‚ is said to have resembled a shark and the shallow waters around it presented a constant danger to shipping. This is how it got its name. Physical Environment of Shark Island Weather & Climate The weather on Shark Island that day varied a lot. It was overcast
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Similar to the United States and the United Kingdom‚ Australia has two major political parties. The two parties consist of the Liberal party and the Labor party‚ which are the biggest among all the other parties. The next in line of the Australian political parties is the Greens‚ which is significantly smaller than the Liberal or Labor parties. People with the Liberal party are in favor of more of a capitalist society. Currently Australia is under the control of the Liberal party led by Malcolm Turnbull
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Describe and account for attitudes towards Jewish migration to Australia in the 1930s (distinguishing between political and public attitudes). Did Australian policy towards Jewish refugees change significantly during and after war from what had prevailed in the 1930s? How would you explain the policy continuity or change? Throughout the 20th Century‚ the policy adopted by Australia towards Jewish migration can best be described as one of restriction and limitation. Australian political and public
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the period since 1945 Migration laws in Australia have been updated and changed notably post World War II. These changes have affected Australia’s political scene and economical value immensely since the 1940s and continue to have an effect today. The Australian population heavily fluctuated in the 1940s‚ taking citizens in at a capacity that was entirely new for Australia. Migration laws today have changed a considerable amount since then‚ with Australia ever evolving and adapting to the foreseeable
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English Assignment planning: Introduction: Do you believe that Australia needs a new flag? My thoughts exactly‚ Australia is an independent country‚ and the Union Jack doesn’t depict that. Ever since the creation and reveal of the Australian National flag in 1901‚ the Union Jack is featured on every Australian symbol. This confusing representation of England’s dominance over Australia abolishes Australia’s independent nature and should be removed from our flag. Therefore‚ I propose a new Flag design
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Religion & Belief Systems in Australia post 1945 Question 1: Aboriginal religion is based on land. Land is the heart of Aboriginal Dreaming and provides the assurance needed for the continuation of rituals and ceremonies (king‚ 2010‚ p.213). The effect of Dispossession on Aboriginal spiritualities related to the separation from their land was enormous and overwhelmingly detrimental. The impact of British colonisation resulted in Australia being declared ’terra-nullius’ ’land belonging to no-one’
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Throughout its history Australia has had to rely on foreign savings to finance its development as did America until the World War I. This savings inflow showed up as a current account deficit that averaged 2.5 per cent of GDP. The 1980s monetary explosion under Keating saw this average leap to about 4.5 per cent. The soothing argument was that this sudden rise only meant that more foreign savings are being invested in Australia. That most of the foreign debt was incurred by the private sector
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Essay question: What social issue has been significant in Australia in the last twelve months? What social structures are at play in this issue? Number of Pages: 5 Word count: 1816 For a number of years same sex marriage has been the topic of debate for many reasons and throughout many groups of individuals. In the past 12 months the topic of same sex marriage in Australia has become even more significant especially with more and more countries around the world legalising same sex marriage
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Challenges faced by leadership in Catholic schools in achieving its purpose The final section of this paper will explore some of the challenges that are facing leadership in Catholic schools in Australia with regards to achieving the previously mentioned purpose. Whilst Rossiter acknowledges that “Even a ‘good’ education in Catholic identity will not guarantee that young people will develop and retain an active Catholic religious identity” (2013 p.21)‚ educators in Catholic schools have a responsibility
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War One was a war that affected Australia‚ its culture and history in ways that are still prevalent in today’s society. The hardships that the war placed on the country and its people helped to allow Australia to adapt and change to manage these issues in the best way possible for the continuation of Australia’s prosperity and cultural growth. However this also brings up the question as to whether or not World War One did not actually help bring the people of Australia together‚ but instead divided
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