... from other animal. It is some times called the great white, white death and many other names. Its scientific name is carcharodos carcharias, and that scientific name is also used for many other sharks like the hammer head shark and the whale shark. The great white is known for its ferocity in the sea, it can ... literally kill anything that is in the water. The great white has three different colors; on its back its gray, on the ... are the dorsal fin on its back and 2 pectoral fins on its sides, the other fins help him stabilize himself in the water. the great white has about three tho...

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... include in some of his paintings, his favourite tree, the Ghost Gum. Morning at Simpson's Gap Honeymoon Gap Hills The Hermannsburg Ranges Albert Namatjira's Later Life While success brought Namatjira fame and money, it also brought him into the conflict with the white society. In 1947, Namatjira started to have health problems. He had put on too much weight because he was ... eating "white man's food". The doctor advised him to get back to eating "bush tucker". Namatjira went on a lengthy bush trip, and ... , where on 8 August 1959, he died. In the Age Newspaper In the Centralian Advoca...

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... usually supports one or two giant trees per acre that towers above all the other plants. The tops of these emergents sprout above the dense jungle like huge umbrellas. Emergents are often about 115 to 150 feet tall, but some can reach up to 250 feet, as high as a 25 story ... and colors. Because they have no roots growing in the ground, bromeliads must soak up water and nutrients in another way. Some bromeliads have what look like small cups surrounded by leaves. The cups catch rainwater and falling bits of plants, insects, and other forest litter. Sometimes the little pool that forms ....

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... brining with them life to this land. Every ancestor created its own thing and that thing is what the ancestor resembled. The swordfish ancestor looked like a swordfish. In creating earth and its people and all the living things they had to journey far and fought many battles. With these battles came ... snake would come upon them. He would either drown them, making rivers or streams or eat them and spit out their bones which would make hills and valleys. However, the Rainbow snake was not just vengeful; she was an old woman who taught her children to talk and understand. She tought ... ...

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... .' Now the onus was subtly changing. Whilst relations with Britain and elsewhere were maintained, the trend for a new bond with America was established with Crocodile Dundee. Australia was seen now, like America, as another 'new world society'. 'Australian popular culture - particularly in its most market-responsive audiovisual dramatic forms- created a myth of the Australian as a character.' According to O' ... Australians themselves. The film centred around misfits and whilst the issue of nationality is present - represented through the wildly restless Filipina, Cynthia - nationality is...

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... My father was my grandfather The second oldest sister, the one that made me feel like rubbish all my life, that one was my mother". Dolly's drinking was a way of blocking out her childhood memories. Another theme of Cloudstreet is the sense of diversity within both the local community and the wider Australian ... tribes traditional way, a spear was thrust into each of the mans legs by another member of the tribe, that is the balance between the white democratic laws and the traditional tribal ways. The Aboriginal girl that committed suicide in the house did so because they are taken aw...

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... sorts of cases going through to trial, it would help explain why rape convictions are falling." In addition to the reasons in the above statements, most modern rape cases include an automatic lack off evidence by way of witnesses. Up to 70% of rapes are premeditated (David Shapcott, ... the few women who get rape cases to court, the experience is a frustrating, intimidating and nerve-wracking one as "Tracey" found for herself. "It's like you have to convince [the jury] that it happened. It's basically my word against my father's, and you know it happened, he knows it happened ... over 70...

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... , misunderstood and ultimately lost. As well as appealing to Aborigines these poems also provide an insight for all Australians into why Aborigines have the grievances they do against people of white ancestry. Wright may be seen as one of the forerunners of reconciliation but that may be purely because she loved the land and not who was on it. At Coololah ... is a prime example of a ancestry cross aboriginal culture theme poem. She explores her ancestry, "conquering people", "stranger" and the culture of the aborigines, "earth is spirit." Judith Wright has become a Australian icon becaus...

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... rights movement into Aboriginal spirituality: - The land rights movement in the 1970's - Mabo - Wik - Howard's 10 point plan - Reconsiliation What did these judgements mean to the spirituality of Aboriginals? The phrase land rights did not appear until 1970's, but there has been many protests and demands by aborigines about what societies had taken away from them, and the demand for this ... ...

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... etched soot and the black sediment from lamps into their skins, forever recording their hopes, beliefs, disappointments and loves. At this time, tattoos were a way for convicts to make human statements about themselves. The positioning of a tattoo was a significant factor, with the most personal messages reserved for parts of the body that were usually covered up. For some convicts, tattoos were ... ...

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... the actual events and incidents, the author is depicting the realism of everyday people being involved in doing everyday and extraordinarily things. Although the main theme in all Non Fiction books is the subject of life. Whether this might be the story of Ann Frank's traumatic life in concentration camps, ... , technical terms. His love and care of patients was very apparent throughout his medical career and was something he was truly remembered for. One other theme I found while reading this outstanding biography, was the pride of being Australian while respecting your heritage and past...

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... hungry," "backstabbing," "godless," individuals. Dawe highlights the negative impact of materialism on society. The title suggests that life begins abruptly "without so much as knocking." The smaller subtitle, almost like the "fine print" reveals the truth. From dust we come and from dust we shall return. Embedded in his thought, is the suggestion that we obsess over the petty superficial ... tangible. The repetition of language reinforces the enormity of loss. Images of "plastics bags," tags, zips, "deep-freeze lockers." All create a sense of waste disposal. His "noble jets whining lik...

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... they ate. 4. How many Aborigines were there and how were they organised? There were 300,000 aborigines divided into 250 tribal groups before the first white settlers came. Each group had its own territory, traditions, beliefs and unique language. 5. What do the Aborigines associate with the term Dreamtime? For Australia ... Also their cultures were so different and each could not understand why. 7. Why were the Aborigines irritated about the white settlers? The Aborigines had no problem towards the white settlers but did not understand all their different behaviours and culture they start...

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... sent to Vietnam to fight for their country.In the novel, Silvey clearly shows the division between the Vietnamese and the 'White Australians'. This brings the attention of the issue of racism. The people of Corrigan are very closed minded about anybody who doesn't fit into ... their norm- White Australians. The Lu family are one of the many families that are marginalised because of their background. They are greatly affected by the ... were treated as inferior beings. Aboriginals were not seen as people, this is because their behaviour was different and they didn't look the same as 'whi...

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Overview of Immigration in Australia since WW2 On this page - Planned immigration White Australia policy Immigration Restriction Act Patterns of Migration The Impact Migration has had on Australia Planned immigration After World War II a census showed that ... Calwell was the first Minister of Immigration. However Calwell had a single-minded view of where the migrants should come from. He was in favour of the 'White Australia' policy and to him Asian countires, especially Japan (for what happened in World War II) were the enemies and European countries, especially Britain were the saviours .....

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... by a noteworthy amount. Sweden invests $5, 687 in each of its pupils. This is also above the global average and it far surpasses some other European nations like Poland, which only allocates $1, 438 per student. But, like Japan, it preformed better than many nations that spend much more. Sweden did not rank in the top ten on the mathematical literacy test but it ... 15 year-olds agree or agree somewhat that math is fun and only 42% say they enjoy reading. When I examined the percentages of students in nations who agreed with these statements, I found a strong correlation between student...

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... the Japanese were valued pearlers and therefore assets to the economy of Broome, they were viewed as lesser people than the white Australians. "They were marked people now, aliens in our midst." With the war against Japan happening at these times, white Australia categorised any person remotely Japanese as the enemy, even if these people had lived in Australia all their lives ... the wireless night after night. I suppose it's only natural that we should be touched by it." All throughout the novel, elements of separation are presented. The Japanese are divided from white Australians. Fir...

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... cannot be sure if the patient really want's it. Some people believe if a person is emotionally distraught or of unsound mind it would affect their judgment. Others still view these statements as voluntary. That is why as long as there are terminally ill people, euthanasia should be legal. Euthanasia is performed only under extreme circumstances, and includes many different safe guards ... ensure that there is no pressure to sign. The term euthanasia comes from the Greek words meaning "good or pleasant death". Allot of people like to look at it as suicide(Medical-Surgical Nursing 114). T...

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... these children were stolen, that is legally removed from their homes by welfare authorities or the police. The children were removed because the white Australians/ Europeans believed that Aboriginal parents were not fit to bring the children up. Aboriginal parents were declared to be unfit to bring ... a number of reasons. They included the following: They would not teach their children how to speak English They lived in, what the white authorities considered to be, dirty and squalid conditions They would not bring their children up in the Christian faith, but would teach their childre...

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... payment for resources taken from their land _ damage to sites _ clash between economic and spiritual _ The Impact of European Colonisation on Aboriginal Belief Systems and Society _ white settlement brought warfare, disease, other religion, European education and economic exploitation _ destroyed Aboriginal culture and language _ many tribal groups destroyed within a generation of the first ... reserves often run by Christian missionaries _ attempted to assimilate Aborigines into a European-type lifestyle _ lives heavily regulated and controlled by white "protectors" _ needed permits to m...

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... his lover Mitsy With a war against the Japanese was the trigger for racism in Australia. All throughout the novel elements of separation are presented. The Japanese are somewhat divided from white Australians. First of all Broome has a "Register of Aliens", this was a register or list that kept track of foreign people. This implied that foreigners were seen as aliens and that ... shows the reader that perhaps whites have put the Japanese into their own little area. Chinatown contains houses that are far smaller and in general with little fortunes unlike the white Australians. It is the ...

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... were pronounced as "dactor", fast as "fest", lunch as "lonch" and instead of pronouncing the T's, it was pronounced as D's. So daughter would have been daughDer. In korea, people are called "white collar" or "blue collar" depending on your job. If you sat in an office and did paperwork then you were referred to as ... a "white collar". If you did technical work you were referred to as a "blue collar". White collars earned heaps more money but when my dad came to Australia he realised it was actually better to have a special talent or area of ... ...

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... pot" to a "salad bowl." The multiculturalism policy was only introduced in 1973, but its beginnings can be traced back to World War 2. Jewish people fleeing religious persecution of nazi Germany. White Russians fled to the Land of Oz escaping their communist mother country. Last but not least displaced people at the end of World War 2 came down under to start afresh ... the government at the time, "Populate or Perish" helped them secure jobs, but still faced social problems, racism being the main. The multiculturalism policy was not officially introduced until the white Australia policy...

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... his lover Mitsy With a war against the Japanese was the trigger for racism in Australia. All throughout the novel elements of separation are presented. The Japanese are somewhat divided from white Australians. First of all Broome has a "Register of Aliens", this was a register or list that kept track of foreign people. This implied that foreigners were seen as aliens and that ... shows the reader that perhaps whites have put the Japanese into their own little area. Chinatown contains houses that are far smaller and in general with little fortunes unlike the white Australians. It is the ...

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... the Aboriginals did not understand, was that the White men believed that the land was terra nullius and they were here to claim it. The first European explorers were the front men in what could be called Australia's first warfare-like conflict. The explorers were sent in to survey the ... Aboriginals to help them to achieve a successful mission. Many found at first, their expeditions to be an endless struggle of harsh, barren conditions, like nothing they had encountered before. When equipped with the aid of Aboriginal Knowledge, however, the men were not only able to continue with their...

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