Ever want to know about the land down under? The home of the oldest living culture‚ the Great Barrier Reef‚ Vegemite‚ and the famous rock band‚ AC/DC. I’m talking about Australia. Australia is a really fascinating place. It is a mysterious place that has a young history. Only 12 years younger than America‚ Australia has been founded in 1788 on January 26th. This great country’s roots lead to imported British convicts that came to the country long ago. It is a young country but an old continent. Australia
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The potential impacts of climate change on Queensland come under three main factors‚ health‚ environment and economics. HEALTH Effects such as the Mosquito-borne dengue fever and increasing heatwaves pose a threat to Queensland under the health factor. The future distribution of mosquito’s carrying dengue fever will be determined by climate change‚ it is expected that the disease will expand further south extending to New South Wales and even the Northern Territory. Climate change will also impact
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becomes clear that there should be more than two of the seven general capabilities encompassed within this unit (Maxwell‚ Burke‚ & Salton‚ 2016b). Additionally‚ this “embedded general capabilities” (QCAA‚ 2012‚ p. 5) approach is supported by the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (2012). In accordance to the content descriptors from the Australian Curriculum: History (ACARA‚ 2016a) that have been used within this unit‚ the general capabilities: “numeracy‚ information and communication
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The Stolen Generations (also known as Stolen children) were the children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent who were removed from their families by the Australian Federal and State government agencies and church missions‚ under acts of their respective parliaments. The removals occurred in the period between approximately 1909[1] and 1969‚[2][3] although in some places children were still being taken until the 1970s.[4][5][6] Documentary evidence‚ such as newspaper articles
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What are some of the key issues teachers need to consider for working successfully with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students? Introduction Teaching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students requires a number of strategies and ideas which the teacher needs to keep in mind at all times. Teaching Aboriginal students requires sensitivity for their needs and knowledge about Aboriginal cultural conventions. An example of being wary of their needs is understanding the lack of eye contact
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Cronulla Beach is a popular tourist attraction and attracts many beachgoers from all over Sydney. It is located on a southern Sydney peninsular‚ surrounded by Botany Bay to the north‚ Bate Bay to the east‚ Port Hacking to the south‚ and Gunnamatta Bay to the west. On the 14th of March 2011‚ year 10 went to Cronulla Beach to investigate how people use and interact with the coastal environment. We investigated three main things and they were: * What impacts local residents and businesses have
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The evocity I have chosen to move in to and start a family over the next 5 years was Bathurst. The Bathurst Regional Council is located 200km west of Sydney which is not too far‚ allowing me to have close access to the city from time to time and with a population of 40‚209 people‚ Bathurst is not a very population-dense city which is preferred by me for the growth of a new family. The cost of living in Bathurst is ridiculously cheap compared to Sydney. A full-brick house with 2 bedrooms is about
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Aboriginal people can expect to live up to twenty years less than non-Indigenous Australians. Indigenous life expectancy is so low because Aboriginal health standards in Australia are now so bad that 45% of Aboriginal men and 34% of women die before the age of 45. 71% die before they reach the age of 65. Australian Aboriginal people’s life expectancy is by far the worst. They die 20 years before the average non-Indigenous Australian dies.The average life expectancy of Australian Aboriginal people
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Persuasive Speech Almost twenty five percent of Australian residents were born outside of Australia. Then why do we proudly show this absurd flag that only represents our connections and history with Britain? A flag is a symbolic representation of its nation and people. We need a flag that can better reflect the values of the twenty first century Australia. I have created a new Australian flag that acknowledges all of its people and that reflects its status as a fully independent country but is still
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Native title was not recognised in Australia until 1992 when the High Court in the Mabo decision overturned the doctrine of terra nullius. This led to the legislation of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) and the establishment of the National Native Title Tribunal. Now Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders had the right to make native title claims but this was a very expensive‚ slow and time-consuming process making it ineffective for Indigenous people to regain ownership of their traditional land
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