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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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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Bangladeshis‚ totaling $11 billion in FY10‚ accounted for almost 12% of GDP. Scenario of migrant workers in Bangladesh is given below throw a chart. [pic] Economic Contribution of Migrant workers in Bangladesh Remittance is the life line of Bangladesh economy. Some 4.5m nonresident Bangladeshis are working abroad‚ and sending home hard earned foreign currencies. It is believed that the actual number of Bangladeshi migrants‚ both legal and illegal‚ would be close to 7.5 million. In the first 10 months of
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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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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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DESTEP ANALYSIS: Australia Demographic Environment Australia is one of the biggest countries of the world: It has a total area of 7‚686‚850 square kilometers. There live about 22‚015‚576 people‚ a percentage 67‚70 % of them is between 15 to 64 years old‚ the age which is important for our product Coebergh since it is an alcholic product that can only be consumed by people over 18 years. There are more men (7‚469‚092) than women (7‚266‚143) at this age which is very important to know since our
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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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A national day is a day which has significant importance to a nation and is celebrated throughout the nation. These days are usually associated with the nationhood of a nation‚ the day it became a new state or territory. However‚ Australia Day is celebrated on January 26‚ marking the day that Captain Arthur Philips landed in Sydney in 1788. When Captain Philips and 11 convict ships landed in Sydney they immediately started taking over land that was already inhibited by Indigenous people. Forcing
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History and current situation of migrant workers Migrant workers came into existence during the process of China’s industrialization and urbanization‚ as well as its reform and opening-up. There are three main developmental periods of policies regarding migrant workers: from free migration to strict control‚ from leaving their farmland but not the hometown to leaving both their farmland and hometown‚ and from negative controls to positive guidance. In the initial period after the People’s
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