National Identity * National identity is derived from: * History and tradition – a recognition of the past and how it impacts today (speech writers use evidence from history to give their piece ‘textual integrity’) * a perceived sense of belonging * shared values * a sense of national pride * All speeches examine what makes an’ Australian National Identity’ National Identity >> Purpose >> Keating and Dean * Aimed to create a national identity based on
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Humans and the natural worldA.D. Hope * Australia Les Murray * The quality of sprawl * Bat’s Ultrasound * Inside Ayers Rock * The Dream Of Wearing Shorts ForeverMark O’Connor * Turtles Hatching * A Queenslander Remembers the Twentieth Century * Rainbow Lorikeets * The Beginning * Moon Over Mindil Beach‚ N.T. Bruce Dawe * Search and Destroy * Advice to an Interplanetary VisitorHenry Kendall * BellbirdsMidnight Oil * Kosciusko * Blue Sky
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What it means to be Australian. Personally‚ being an Australian to me means celebrating freedom and the diverse number of people. Being Australian means having to explore and experience the blue beaches‚ hot summer days‚ cold winter nights and the footy seasons. Australia means wearing shirts‚ shorts and thongs. Having family gatherings and barbecues‚ having the opportunity to vote which makes us a democratic country. The thing about Australia is you don’t have to be born an Aussie to consider yourself
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An Australian Icon An Australian Icon is defined as “an image or symbolic representation‚ which often holds great significance and importance to the Australian culture.” Every country has icons that represent their culture and values; Nelson Mandela is an example of a South African icon but also an icon of the world‚ who represented statesmanship‚ courage‚ freedom and equality against apartheid. Australia also has many significant icons such as the Sydney Opera House‚ Uluru‚ vegemite‚ Ned Kelly
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Cummeragunja walk off‚ International pressure against Australia‚ and the 1967 referendum. It was not until the late 1930’s and 1940’s that really caused the Aboriginal rights movement to really surge with the combination of international pressure on the Australian government grouped with Aboriginal political activism during this time period. In order to get an understanding of the progress of Aboriginal Rights from the 1920’s all the way to the 1967 Referendum we must look at the Aboriginal Rights before
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norm nowadays. From education to electricity‚ services have taken over everything. The Australian Roundtable Services defined services as a source for delivering any intellectual content or an experience. It may also include some kind of help‚ care or utility or even some information. But the main point is that the major part of that activity will be intangible and thus‚ cannot be touched or felt. It does not reside in any physical object. What are Services? The Australia Bureau of Statistics
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forgotten all of the economic and political lessons of the past 20 years? Take the American experience of the Reagan Government‚ they used surpluses to cut marginal tax rates‚ which is the most economically productive use of tax surpluses. Moreover‚ financing Social Security privatization‚ and tax reform‚ as much of the rest of the world is now doing‚ would enhance the long-term growth potential of the Australian economy substantially more than retiring Government Bonds. This country is on the brink
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b. Legendary tales of the Australian aborigines c. 6. David Unaipon was a well-known Indigenous Australian of the Ngarrindjeri people‚ a preacher ‚ inventor and writer . Unaipon’s contribution to Australian society helped to break many Indigenous Australian stereotypes.
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The Australian postal service In the 1950s‚ Australia’s postal needs were serviced by the PMG (Post Master General). The PMG was responsible for telegraph and home telephone operations‚ as well as postal services. In 1954‚ the PMG began offering the Teleprinter Exchange‚ or Telex‚ to the public. The telex was an electric typewriter that delivered typed messages along telegraph lines. This new technology was a great convenience‚ especially to businesses which no longer had to rely on the slower
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Appreciating Australian Dollar Essay Discuss the impacts on the Australian economy of a sustained appreciation of the $A The Australian economy can fluctuate due to many factors‚ but exchange rates in particular can have great influences on the economy. Over the last two decades the dollar has been appreciating at a sustainable rate‚ because demand of the $A is increasing and supply of $A is decreasing‚ which has seen such effects as a worsening of the CAD‚ reduction in GDP along with a few
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