livestock over vast areas made a traditional Aboriginal lifestyle less viable‚ but also provided a ready alternative supply of fresh meat for those prepared to risk taking advantage of it. As large sheep and cattle stations came to dominate outback Australia‚ Aboriginal men‚ women and children became a significant source of labour‚ usually on a voluntary basis but sometimes under conditions that amounted to virtual slavery. For European workers‚ life in the outback was harsh‚ dangerous and ill paid.
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Obesity in Australia health stage 2 By Alison Marchant Within Australia obesity is a serious issue‚ which is growing increasingly difficult to control. 3 out of 4 people in Australia are considered at least overweight. One of the main causes of obesity in Australia is fast food. The amount of processed‚ chemically added‚ sugar filled food that is being sold in shops over the country is alarming. With Growing fast food companies that provide quick and easy meals are the reason that not only America
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allows those who choose to call Australia home the right to practise and share in their cultural traditions and languages within the law and free from discrimination. Australia is a multicultural nation. In all‚ since 1945‚ seven million people have migrated to Australia. Today‚ one in four of Australia’s 23 million people were born overseas‚ 44 per cent were born overseas or have a parent who was and four million speak a language other than English. Australia is and will remain a multicultural
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To what extent is it accurate to claim that Australians are committed to a ‘fair go’ and that they belong to a classless society? Since Australia opened its doors to the rest of the world it has been widely regarded as a land of ‘golden opportunity’ well endowed in resources with a small population; it appeared to be an escape from the rigid aristocratic ruling of European nations (Furze‚ 2008: 349). For such a long time many Australians have been reluctant to recognise that social classes do
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Drought in Australia Definition: A drought is a prolonged‚ abnormally dry period when there is not enough water for users’ normal needs. Drought is not simply low rainfall; if it was‚ much of inland Australia would be in almost perpetual drought. Because people use water in so many different ways‚ there is no universal definition of drought. Drought occurs because rains are unreliable and in some years the ITCZ (Inner Tropical Convergence Zone = area of rainfall) may not move so far north.
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Weakness The downturn in the international financial crisis has compounded Australia’s tourism industry. Relevant departments recently predicted that Australia will be reduced by inbound tourists this year‚ more than 4% the past 20 years Australian tourism industry is facing the most severe blow. Australian Bureau of Statistics data released ‚2007-2008 Australian tourism contribution to gross domestic product was 3.6%‚ while this proportion was 4.7% previously. Therefore‚ the tourism industry
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Racism in Australia Racism exists in Australia. This is a statement that most‚ if not all of you in this room believe is obvious. It is definitely indicated in this Report. However‚ it is not a truth that is readily acceptable by all Australians. As part of the consultations for the National Anti-Racism Strategy‚ which was launched in August this year‚ I heard from many Australians about their experience of racism. How did racism make people feel? This is what some recounted: It creates
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History Essay: Australia on Communism How did Australian governments deal with the perceived threat of communism after 1950‚ both at home and abroad? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Communism was spreading during the 1950s. It seemed as though it had spread from the USSR to China and was still advancing‚ causing the Australian government to become fearful of communism eventually reaching Australia and the threat of communism existing within
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From the inner city to the outer suburbs‚ statistics tell us that there are several hundreds of people sleeping on the streets‚ in cars or who are simply homeless. And that is just in Melbourne alone. People are having difficulty all over Australia‚ and all over the world‚ with the majority not knowing where there next meal will come from. Brad Ellis‚ coordinator of project 614 (a Salvation Army bus that gives homeless a place to sleep) says that the main homeless youth in Melbourne are children
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By definition‚ colonialism is the establishment of a colony in one territory by a political power from another territory. This could mean the expansion or the exploitation of the colony‚ as this has occurred primarily between the colonists and the indigenous peoples. The expansion of land was taken often from one that was both technologically inferior and unable to mount any sort of significant organized and armed resistance. Colonizers are convinced of their own superiority and their ordained mandate
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