How significant were the Freedom Rides and the Tent Embassy and what has been the long term impact on reconciliation in Australia? Rights for Aborigines were very limited compared to those for immigrated Australians until very recently. A number of events in the 20th century helped bring more rights to Aborigines. Two of these events were the Freedom Rides of 1965 and the Tent Embassy‚ first seen in 1972. The Freedom Rides of 1965 took place in New South Wales from the 12th to the 26th of February
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under Tony Blair‚ power has been devolved from Westminster to Scotland‚ Wales as well as Northern Ireland. Devolved government was created in both Scotland and Wales after majority referenda in the respective countries; however the majority in Wales was notably miniscule. A year later‚ the Scottish Parliament‚ the Welsh Assembly were set up and after the Good Friday Agreement also in the year 1998‚ a Northern Ireland Assembly was actualised. Although there were plans for England to become devolved
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possibly young children. Area’s Affected by Cane Toads In 1935 Australia’s first cane toads were released in areas around Cairns‚ Gordonvale and Innisfail in northern Queensland. More toads were freed around Ingham‚ Ayr‚ Mackay and Bundaberg. Cane toads have spread rapidly through southern Queensland‚ New South Wales and up into Northern Territory. They have even been recently spotted along the border of Western Australia. (Refer back to figure 1)There are now numbers over 200 million in population
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interactions and inevitable clash of cultural difference. British-Irish relations over the past three hundred years have been troubled‚ both the communities have been filled with tensions caused by religion in Northern Ireland and Britain’s unfair rule of Northern Ireland. The division between Northern and Southern Ireland dates back to the 16th century. The conflict started because
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discussing the situation in the Kimberleys‚ found that co-wives were generally “on excellent terms‚” and that women welcomed the additional help that came with a polygynous union (2003:154). Meggitt’s description of polygyny among the Walbiri of the Northern Territory emphasized the intergenerational transfers that occurred between co-wives‚ who often differed significantly in age (1962:112). The elder cowife was expected to help train the younger in matters of child care‚ foraging‚ food preparation
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painter of the region because quite a few were able to distinguish themselves from the generic‚ and thus developed their ow individual ways of presenting their ideas. The Annunciation is one of the most popular biblical scenes depicted in the early northern renaissance painting community. By focusing on this one particular scene‚ as painted by artists considered to be great at their craft in the Flemish region‚ either by birth or by employment‚ it is possible to note the individual style of each‚ and
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For well over a century‚ there has been political turmoil throughout the Irish isle stemming from the British occupation of Northern Ireland. With this occupation goes a tradition of armed resistance to the British military and other political installations. This tradition generally only found effective expression when large sections of the Irish people‚ faced with the British government’s denial of the legitimate demand for Irish independence‚ exercised the right to use armed struggle (Coogan 10)
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The average national rate at which young people are placed in custody in Australia is 31 in every 100‚000. The rate at which young people are placed in custody in NSW is 38 in every 100‚000. This compares with 56 in Western Australia‚ 99 in the Northern Territory and 9 in Victoria where greater emphasis is placed on diversionary and preventative programs. Several broad observations and trends in Australian juvenile justice can be identified at the national level. Over the last ten years‚ there
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the turning point in the Northern Ireland conflict. It marked the point where IRA gained the support of the catholic community allowing them to continue their fight against the british. The Irish saw the attack as an unjust massacre against their people and incited fear and hatred in the Irish people. This anger and fear turned the conflict from mostly peaceful to violent ending all peaceful negotiations. The Bloody Sunday Massacre was responsible for extending the Northern Ireland Conflict because
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Gazimagusa‚ North Cyprus Nepotism‚ cronyism and favoritism are unprofessional practices giving preferential treatment to relatives and friends in employment. For this study a survey was carried out with 576 respondents working in the banking industry in northern Cyprus. An analysis was then conducted to assess the impact of these practices on job stress‚ job satisfaction‚ and intention to quit behavior of employees‚ as well as word of mouth comments in their workplaces. Results of this study show that nepotism
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