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
Premium
Racism affects everybody. This is shown in the movie ‘Australia’‚ how everyone can be affected by racism. Many different ways of racism towards people in the movie ‘Australia’. A few of the main characters that are affected in the movie is Nullah‚ The Drover‚ Lady Ashley. The people that are being most affected in the movie would have to be the indigenous‚ that’s because the time the movie was set in‚ was when the white australia policy was happening‚ so pretty much every Australian was being racist
Premium Indigenous Australians Australia
concerning Australian national identity. Australia needs to alter its national identity and fast‚ so as to enable all inhabitants of Australia to feel at home with their identity. Currently‚ Australian national identity still entails an anti-authoritarian‚ patriarchal‚ predominantly white model that was instigated during the colonial times. This model includes the dominant representations of mates‚ bush‚ and beer – thus silencing the indigenous roots of Australia‚ women and the different ethnicities
Premium Australia
cohesion? Why?” There are many countries that celebrate multiculturalism in today’s society‚ yet none have the diversity of what Australia holds. Since banning the “white Australia” policy in the 1970’s‚ we have become one of the most culturally varied countries on the planet. Though despite the many ethnicities in this society and the abolishment of the “white Australia” policy‚ a great divide has still been created between sub-cultures. Many political figures have control over the thoughts
Premium Australia Culture Sociology
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
Premium Indigenous Australians
------------------------------------------------- Text - Chapter 6.2 Migrants: The Struggle for Acceptance p.307 The changing patterns of migration p.308 ‘Populate or perish’ p.309 The new Australians Before World War II * 1901: Immigration Restriction Act - White Australia Policy * Most migrants to Australia were from England‚ Scotland and Ireland * During the Great Depression‚ migration slow significantly After World War II * Continuity: migration encouraged from Britain - £10 Poms. Throughout the second half of the 20th Century
Premium Australia Immigration World War II
anything‚ Factrs effecting economic activities : Australia has lots of minerals because its very old and evolved by itself. Millennium of time for minerals to develop‚ not exploiyed to much by humans. Farming; southeast water for irrigation better climate for farming‚ Much cheaper to manufacture with china‚ compared to doing it in Australia Various impacts on colonial history: British colonized Australia‚ captain cook found Australia‚ sent all prisoners there‚ to help develop the country
Premium Pacific Ocean Australia New South Wales
Cosmetics shouldn’t be tested on animals. * Our furry little friends get to try out the newest cosmetic finds before they reach the counters of stores. Poor innocent creatures suffer for our vanity. Beauty shouldn’t be linked to pain. Change slide * Companies instead of using non-animal tests‚ choose to use animal tests because their results can be manipulated. * Since the 1960s‚ animal testing has been a routine step in getting shampoos‚ lipsticks‚ mascaras‚ hand lotions and many
Premium Cosmetics Animal testing Skin
Cosmetic testing on animals The first test was designed in the 1920’s and it was developed to test the toxicity of certain products. Testing cosmetics on animals in the United States is very common. About a thousand mice‚ guinea pigs‚ rats and rabbits undergo pain or die each year. Animal testing is different in some circumstances. Animal testing involves the inability to consent. It involves pain‚ suffering‚ and discomfort under certain situations. Researchers aren’t fully able to block out the
Premium Animal testing Animal rights Testing cosmetics on animals
The Fight to Legalise Euthanasia in Australia Euthanasia is defined by the Oxford Dictionary (Oxford University Press‚ 2013) as “the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma.” The word euthanasia originates from the Greek words‚ “eu” meaning good‚ and “thantos” meaning death‚ however the topic of this type of “good death” has become highly debatable in Australia. Sometimes referred to as “assisted suicide” and “mercy killing‚” euthanasia
Premium Death Euthanasia Medicine