How did television impact on Australian society? Television was first introduced to the Australian society in 1956. Television changed the way Australians spent their leisure time - people began staying at home‚ rather than going out to the cinema or other venues. Television exposed Australians to American culture on a larger scale than ever before. Throughout the 50s television portrayed an idealized version of reality‚ displaying thin‚ beautiful woman and charming‚ well-trimmed men. The influence
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The Impact of Sport in Australian People’s Lives today As Australian society became more commercialised and globalised‚ so did our sport. From an amateur‚ locally-based pastime‚ sport in Australia gradually evolved into a professional‚ highly lucrative industry with international scope. The development of sport in Australia also reflects the gradual movement of our culture away from its British roots‚ towards a more Americanised‚ yet distinctly Australian cultural hybrid. While sports like cricket
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National Aboriginal and Islander Heath Organisation‚ which states that Health is a multidimensional concept‚ which embraces all aspects of living and stresses the importance that Aboriginal people place on being in harmony with the environment as well as survival (1982). This embraces the idea that health is achieved through implementing all aspects of living‚ including biological‚ physical‚ environmental‚ cultural‚ spiritual and politicoeconomic factors of living (National Aboriginal and Islander
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From at least 60‚000 B.C.‚ Australia was inhabited entirely by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with traditional‚ social and land rights. To the Aborigines the land was everything to them and is closely linked to their Dreaming stories. Dreaming is the belief system which explains how the ancestral beings moved across the land and created life and significant geographic features. In consideration‚ the Indigenous Australians are a people with a close relationship with the land‚ and through
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IMPACT OF GFC ON AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR As United States of America and other European countries faced recession there were few developing Asian countries such as China and India which were least affected. China and India recorded 9.7 and 10% GDP growth respectively from 2006. Australia has abundant natural resources such as Iron ore‚ coal‚ Uranium etc. As these two hugely populated large economies which also consume huge resources was the main factor which helped Australia in surviving GFC (IMF 2009)
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earth to Indigenous Australians‚ the source of all creation‚ yielding all the necessities of life- food‚ clothing and shelter dated back since over 40‚000 years ago when Aborigines first came to Australia. In present period‚ Indigenous still are spiritually linked to the land rights of this country‚ which will be further discussed and analysed throughout this ethnographic report. 2. Aboriginal Spirituality Indigenous Spirituality is recognized and defined as the core of Aboriginal being‚ it is the
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Aboriginal Cooking Methods The traditional ways to cook for aboriginals used to involve roasting their food on hot coals‚ baking in the ashes & steaming in ground ovens. But today theses things have changed & the aboriginals have easier ways to cook using ’technology’ from today. They have adapted to make the process easier by boiling & barbequing. Roasting; When cooking meat‚ this was the basic technique‚ which was almost always used. They cooked most meat‚ fish & small turtles. To make sure
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Important impact of FDI on Australian economy Jes Hongs Abstract Australia has traditionally relied on inward FDI to meet the shortfall between domestic saving and the level of domestic investment. Inward FDI also continues to play a significant role in making Australian industry internationally competitive‚ and thereby contributing to export growth. Over the past 15 years Australian outward FDI stocks have grown more strongly than inward FDI stocks. Outward FDI enables Australian firms to
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ANTH1150 - THE ABORIGINAL PEOPLE OF AUSTRALIA The Aboriginal people of Australia have been an ostracized ethnic group throughout their native land since being discovered by the English Captain James Cook on April 23 1770‚ which marked a dramatic turning point for the last significant land mass to be colonized by European settlers. The development of the Aborigines class status‚ welfare and rights have gradually evolved to a somewhat humane level over the past four decades‚ significant government
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Aboriginal Culture Australian Aboriginal culture includes a number of practices and ceremonies centered on a belief in the Dreamtime. Reverence for the land and oral traditions are emphasised. Language groupings and tribal divisions exhibit a range of individual cultures. Australian Aboriginal art has existed for thousands of years and ranges from ancient rock art to modern watercolour landscapes. Aboriginal music has developed a number of unique instruments. Contemporary Australian aboriginal
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