1. The Development of Sport 1788 -1839 the first settlers arrived in Australia. It was a new beginning for them with some of them being convicts. Although in the early days the tough and brutal lifestyle meant survival of the fittest, the British heritage influenced and determined the types of pastimes and sports followed by Australia's first immigrants. Lifestyle With the vast open spaces and good weather Australia is an ideal country for sport. In 1834 bathing and formal facilities opened sporting events reflected the population growth and the diverse nature of Australia. The type of weather...

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The history of Australian photography is most interesting has paved the way for the ever growing form of art, that is photography. The dream of fixing an image ... what he called a calotype. 1851 Fredric Scott Archer discovered the collodian wet plate process for producing an image. The major influences on Australian photography were the European Pictorialists who emulated the styles of the French impressionist's painters. Australia then attempted to emulate the highlights of ... a black and white image conveying a sentimental, narrative, romantic, picturesque images of Australia. To gain rec...

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... community. One of the first ever attempts to address some of the problems indigenous people faced was in the form of policy, which nowadays is known as the Stolen Generation. Australian governments, as a practice and as a policy, removed part-Aboriginal children from their mothers, parents, families and communities, often by force. In around 60 years, over 100,000 Aboriginal children were ... of the issues facing Aboriginal Australians, and then respond to the hardships and social disadvantages many of them endured. They also wanted to make people understand the Aboriginal culture and h...

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... attention on an ongoing basis. Expressed as its simplest the ANZAC Legend or spirit is those qualities claimed to represent the typical Australian soldier. On an official basis these are said to be qualities like bravery, skill, loyalty and mateship. However there are also ... Education Policy. When it comes to students, the ANZAC Legend can be a very remote concept and difficult to understand especially when most Australian children (and their parents) have no direct experience of war. Our educators also recognise its exclusive nature (ie based in a white, ... Australian? How do you fe...

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... the Korean peninsula was saved from Communist rule (but not from authoritarianism). The Northern Half continued to be ruled by a communist regime. Australian-Chinese relations were fixed on a path of suspicion and hostility, which has still not been overcome. Japan's economy was boosted toward becoming ... a technological and economic superpower by Australia and America spending during the war. The Korean War was a very significant war as the Australian government had very strong relations with America's government. Australia agreed strongly that communism was not a good regime because ...

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... to be the greatest female poet in Australia's history. Nearly all of Wright's poems are typically Australian, she deals with Australian issues and uses rich powerful Australian imagery. Her love of Australia, her ancestry and the environment make her much loved by the Australian community and this is why she is a ... writing about issues which need to be discussed, about stories that need to be told. Wright feels strongly about her ancestry as an Australian and she expresses this through her poetry by telling the stories of Australia, it's land and it's people. "The Graves at Mill ... W...

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... excerpts from soldiers diaries and letters as well as The Official History' by C.E.W.Bean. In this film, I believe Australian's attitudes toward enlistment in the war were very factual. The film showed the enthusiasm and patriotism of many young Australian men and how they were very eager yet blinded by the ... minutes the Turks went back to their positions in the trenches and were able to successfully defend the ANZAC attack. Four waves of Australian were cut down before they reached the enemy line. Many were killed and wounded. Through this scene the film has really captured the ... g...

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... life for the Aboriginal population. Federation and Aboriginal Voting Rights Federation, which is often seen as a milestone in the development of Australian democracy, represented a backward step for Aboriginal Australians. The exclusion of indigenous Australians from the governance of themselves and the nation did ... , the specific exclusion of any "Aboriginal native of Australia " from the Commonwealth franchise extended into the second half century of our nation's history. Aboriginal Australians and inequality (The first 2 decades of a new century) Aborigines did not fare well in the...

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... is a shortage of real education producing real skills for real jobs. The preferential admission of children of migrants to universities under the unfair LOTE (Language Other Than English) bonus ensures Australian children will be disadvantaged and the government will create an educated ethnic elite to take over positions of power and control in Australia. MEDIA Media communication on immigration and multiculturalism ... for migrants to maintain there culture in Australia for Australians have exactly the same desire to maintain our culture, history and traditions, and we see no reason why...

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... been battling for since their home, for over 40,000 years was taken away. In 1788 when Britain established the first European settlement on Australian soil, there were at least 300,000 Aboriginal people here, possibly very many more. It is estimated that there were about 600 different tribes ... the country is proud of this. Yet at the beginning of the 21st century, the country is only just starting to be proud of Aboriginal history and culture. But probably for the wrong reasons - due to guilt. Back in the 1950s assimilation was a policy, which was developed without ... unlikely), the...

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... been battling for since their home, for over 40,000 years was taken away. In 1788 when Britain established the first European settlement on Australian soil, there were at least 300,000 Aboriginal people here, possibly very many more. It is estimated that there were about 600 different tribes ... the country is proud of this. Yet at the beginning of the 21st century, the country is only just starting to be proud of Aboriginal history and culture. But probably for the wrong reasons - due to guilt. Back in the 1950s assimilation was a policy, which was developed without ... unlikely), the...

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... Turks to fire on the troops. This landing is now seen in Australia as a tragic but significant event in our history, the soldiers that were sent to Turkey are now known as the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZACS). ii) The landscape in Gallipoli, Egypt and in Australia that is shown in ... the sky shown is hazy as if there is a fog, this is due to the level of sand in the air. The Australian terrain is a little more "alive" with more vegetation and more water. These differences may symbolise the difference in the living conditions of the ANZAC troops, ... of the message is told....

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... British and Irish ancestry. Britain was seen as our mother country and the majority of people were willing to keep it that way. It is due to this that most Australian citizens opposed non-white immigration, to preserve British culture and traditions as the dominant influence in Australia. Thus the "White Australia Policy" was developed, primarily allowing only white ... were also accepted on the understanding that they shed their cultures and languages. This process was called "Assimilation". Assimilation was implemented so that all citizens would conform to the Australian way of life. ...

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Australia There is more to Australia than just kangaroos, koala bears, and interesting accents. Australia is filled with history, geography, and many hidden, interesting facts. One must become a part of its society in order to really experience the ... progress in the country. "Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, and Adelaide are the leading industrial and commercial cities" (Australia-Economy). The currency in Australia is the Australian dollar. (A$) The standard of living in Australia has remained generally high, despite a recession in the late 1980's. Its industry is based around mining and ... t...

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HISTORY SPEECH "Everything was the opposite when I first came to Australia in 1987- These were the words which came from my dad who migrated to Australia in January 1987 from Korea. ... become a professor of commerce. My dad came with a student visa but he had to stop studying two years later because my grandfather passed away and there were financial problems. The Australian government gave migrants the opportunity to lodge for permanent residentship in December 1989, so through this my dad became a legal migrant in Australia from 1990. My dad came to Australia ... area of skill. In Austra...

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... with the "fall" of South Vietnam to communist North Vietnam, all of Southeast Asia might also "fall" starting a communist chain reaction. Another reason why the Australian government sent Australians to serve in the Vietnam War was to fulfill their obligations as members of the South East Asia Treaty Organisation (SEATO). SEATO is an alliance ... by the treaty. One aspect of the SEATO treaty was if a member country was attacked other members would help it. Therefore the Australian government felt obligated to assist the people of South Vietnam in their struggle for a life free from oppre...

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On the 19th of February 1942, in the middle of the 2nd World War, mainland Australia came under attack for the first time in history, when Japanese forces mounted two air raids on the city of Darwin. The attack, led by the same commander responsible for the bombing of Pearl Harbour in 1941, was part ... by fighter jets, and the second in the afternoon by 21 bombers. The two raids killed at least 243 people and between 300 and 400 people were wounded. However, the Australian government released to the public that only 17 people had been killed in the attacks to keep up the nation's morale. Da...

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... million more per year for their clothing because of these restrictions. For Canadians the bill is around C$780 million. For Australians it would be A$300 annually per average family if Australian customs duties had not been reduced in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The textiles and clothing trade is going through a major reform " under the WTO " that will ... , but the higher prices were an important reason why one million fewer new cars were sold, leading to more job losses. If Australia had kept its tariffs at 1998 levels, Australian customers would pay on average A$2,900 more per car...

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The group I have chosen to discuss is that of homosexual people, a minority group in Australian society. In particular, I will examine the issues relating to sexual conduct discrimination, the legislation that covers this type of discrimination and the ways in which the law impacts on this ... group of people. Homophobia is a fear of homosexuals and homosexuality. It contributes greatly to homosexual discrimination and vilification. Until recently in Australia's history, consenting adults engaging in homosexual activity in private were considered to have been committing a crime. Since then, a...

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... Gallipoli Peninsula. 25 April 1915, the day Australians and New Zealanders landed at Gallipoli and the beginning of the Anzac legend. The landing at dawn was written in history, as the first time Australian troops went into action as their own independent army. They saw that day as not very lucky, given that there was a navigational error where they landed 2km north ... in 1918, where we lost an awful amount of 65000 heroic men that fought hard but in the end lost their lives. Today the Anzacs are recognised for upholding the Australian name with pride. Brave men fought side by side eac...

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... ; the scandals of significant ministers; and the blockage of supply. Consequently, that led to their dismissal by the Governor-General, which was also the first sacking of the government in Australian history. The factors which enabled Whitlam and the Labor Party to receive such tremendous support from Australians were myriads of attractive promises such as an end to conscription; an introduction of ... of malice and aggression for those who bought it about. This was one of the most major political and constitutional dilemmas which Australia had witnessed in the span of its history up ti...

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... and many more set backs for society. On October 24th 1929, 13million shares were sold on Wall Street and this marked the beginning of the greatest financial crash in world history. On hearing this people all over the world stopped buying shares in big companies so these companies had to close down so that meant loss of jobs. Between 1929 and ... and eventually had to shut down. The closure of these companies led to mass unemployment. It took two years for the shortage of money to be taken into account in Australian society. Unemployment above all was the worst sideffect of the depressio...

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... over one hundred countries outside of Australia, and about half of them migrated from countries where English is not the main language spoken. Migrants have brought about important changes in Australian society and their presence helps to explain much about our community today. They have helped Australia in developing into the successful country it is today, and will continue to do ... of the largest problems arising from multiculturalism in Australia is racism. Racism exists because people are afraid of other races, they think there race is superior over other races, and history of con...

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