Australian icons Flag of Australia Adopted • 3 September 1901 • The flag includes the Southern Cross‚ Union Flag (The Union Jack) and Commonwealth Star. The Commonwealth Star (also known as the Federation Star‚ the Seven Point Star‚ or the Star of Federation) is a seven-pointed star symbolising the Federation of Australia which came into force on 1 January 1901. Coat of arms of Australia Adopted • 19 September 1912 • Granted by King George V; an earlier design was granted by King Edward VII
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Australia day In the beautiful country Australia‚ lives a culture where is almost forgotten. A lot of us Europeans actually don’t know. Isn’t it the British who lives in Australia? Which culture is almost forgotten? If you see back in the past 200 years‚ you would know that the British people actually did. There was a culture before the British arrived and clamed Australia as a British land. Now days we call them Australians Aborigines‚ but they are the real people of the country. It is the Aborigines
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Nowadays‚ Australia is the most attractive‚ exotic and vibrant tourism destination. Thousands of tourists explore the wonder attractions and experience an extreme climate in Australia. This essay will contrast the Australia’s weather and natural features with a different fascinating continent such as South America. Firstly‚ the Australia’s weather shares similar conditions with South America. “ Australia experiences temperate weather for most of the year but the climate can vary due to the size
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Australia as a global citizen: Historically Australia and its political leaders have known their role in the global community being a part of many organizations designed to make the world a better place‚ and uphold the rights of humanity. Australia has been an integral part of the formation of the UN‚ and is one its most active members. The United Nations is an international organization with over 190 member states‚ its goal to avoid the recurrence of violent conflicts; to affirm fundamental human
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FTA’s allow Australia to trade more freely with other countries‚ e.g. a bilateral free trade agreement allows two countries to trade freely with limited tariffs. FTA’s will help Australia do more than just trade with other countries in goods. FTA’s allow trade in things like services‚ goods‚ etc... FTA’s will also encourage tourism and thus cultural exchanges between the countries involved in the FTA. By allowing Australia to trade more freely with other countries FTA’s will help boost Australia’s
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populous country‚ with a population of over 1.35 billion. China is the fourth largest country in the world behind Russia‚ Canada‚ and the United States. Australia is a continent and a country in the Southern Hemisphere‚ lying to the south of Southeast Asia‚ which divides the Indian and South Pacific Oceans. The population of Australia is 23 million. In 2009 China surpassed Japan to become Australia’s largest export market‚ the Australian and Chinese economies are strongly complementary
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After WW2‚ Australia felt that the population was too small to defend itself in case of another event. It also felt that Australia needed an economic boost and an increase in the population was the way to do so. In a speech to parliament in 1944‚ Immigration Minister Arthur Calwell expresses the need for migrants; “…Only by filling this land can we establish a title to hold it” (House of Representatives‚ Debates‚ 1944‚ vol. HR177‚ p.935). The Chifley Labor government’s aim in the late 1940s was
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outset of federation‚ Australia immediately constructed what has been termed the ‘White Australia Policy’. This consisted of attempts to keep Australia’s image to the rest of the world as a white European society‚ devoid of any other colors and ethnicities. Those that were of non-European descent were forced to assimilate to the European mode or face being ostracized from society. Following World War 2‚ there was increased pressure from the international community for Australia to change its current
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The White Australia Policy (WAP) was a policy that was introduced in 1901 by the newly federated government. It was officially known as the Immigration Restrictions Act 1901 and the Pacific Island Labourers Act 1901. These policies were put in place to keep Australia white for racial issues‚ economic issues and for the preservation of democratic freedom. In order for the WAP to work‚ a “Dictation Test” was put in place that would monitor who was allowed into the country such as undesirables including
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For instance‚ many people immigrants to Australia. They keep buying property such as a house‚ and demand of house keep rising‚ and price also increases too. It leads to unhealthy local economic‚ widening gap between property price and household income. Former foreign minister Bob Carr mentioned
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