... 100km/h in less than four seconds. That is twice the speed limit for most suburban streets! Therefore, it is highly obvious that high-powered cars are more likely to be involved in accidents caused by speed. Drivers of fast cars put themselves in dangerous positions and due to their speed, they ... law ignoring hoon gets hold of a super-powerful car and travels top speed down busy roads. Any person nearby can become an innocent victim, whether they are seriously injured, scared, or killed. Car companies have recently began to design safety features that reduce the chance of sliding or sp...

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... death also had repercussions in political and economical aspects of society. Some of these effects are still evident today. Annotated Bibliography Queen Victoria, Walter L. Arnstein, Palgrave Macmillan Publishers, September 2003. This book had good information about Queen Victoria, however little of this was relevant for the essay ... topic. Farewell in Splendour: The Passing of Queen Victoria and Her Age, Jerrold M. Packard, E P Dutton Publishers, January 1995. This book had relevant information about Queen Victoria's death and it's affect, not much of this was about its affect on Aust...

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... the age of 18. The National Geographic magazine commissioned him to keep a record (pictures and journal) of his trip. He encountered many adventures and peoples during his travel. Some examples are: flying fish, dolphins, Samoan and Indian people. Robin's trip began at Los Angeles, California and went from Hawaii to the Fiji Islands, Australia, the Cocos Islands, The Cape of Good ... over the side of his boat for a future dinner. Robin was also a talented photographer. He rigged many pictures of himself by pulling a string on the camera he had. he kept a detailed log of his journey. Dur...

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... a group of teenages, in the bush, when Australia is invaded. I have read the whole series and have decieded to to re-read Burning for Revenge because it was my favourite book in the series. Burning for Revenge has the most action of the whole series. The story is told by Ellie a 16 year old teenage girl living in the small town ... ...

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... led to the launch the modern day women's movement. This was greatly influenced by such people as Beatrice Faust and Germaine Greer. Germaine Greer wrote a very important book in supporting women's liberation. Although this book wasn't published until 1971 it had great impact across Australia and in the united states of America. In 1951 the United Nations sugested that their should be ... ...

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... historical information for the audience. It is one of those films that exploded the anti-war themes. Peter Weir uses several sources to help with his script including Bill Gammage's book The Broken Years' which is a collection of 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 ... ...

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... and female roles _ stories cover sacred and public activities _ often not gender-specific until translated into English _ different versions of the same story common _ stories provide children with a detailed map of their country _ Aboriginal Spirituality and its inextricable (can not be separated) Connection to the Land _ natural world provides a link between the people and the Dreaming _ ... extinct _ Aboriginal identity and self- esteem difficult to maintain _ complex religious and cultural practises broke down _ tribal law and authority break down _ eg, Kevin Gilbert in his book Liv...

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... be done about the conditions on the ships being used to bring migrants to Australia. She helped in lots of areas. In 1842, Caroline Chisholm wrote a book on immigration problems, which was the first ever book published in Australia written by a female. In 1846 Archibald and Caroline Chisholm returned to England to show their children their previous home. In 8 years they missed ... gained the nickname "The Immigrant's Friend", and her portrait was printed on the $5 note for over twenty years, until it was replaced by the Queen of England. Many places today are named in honour of her, suc...

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... the vacuum cleaners, refrigerator, toasters, kettle, stove, washing machines etc. Since these inventions were new and not everybody could afford them, they was a new way to purchase things. This is where they introduced hire purchase, were people could take the goods/products home and pay it back over a period of time. Cars also were extremely popular, as this meant that people ... ...

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... . The Department of Immigration was set up in 1945 by the Commonwealth Labor government and Arthur 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 ... long pigtails, spoke a different language, had different customs, religion, wore different clothes etc. to the Europeans. The Chinese worked hard and were often successful at finding gold frequently in places where European ...

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... be a white nation so it looked to Britain for help. Britain having economic and social problems after the war supported the idea. The Empire Settlement Act was passed in 1922 where both governments joined to provide funds for the immigration program. Between 1921 and 1924 over 300 000 British immigrants came to Australia. 35000 European immigrants also came to Australia but ... ...

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... , and disgusting." (Immigration Stories Pg. 109) On the other hand there were many people who had a good life in the US. Many people found jobs, houses, and even found place where they can practice their religion. In one case, Gretta langenbrunner and her husband, came from Germany to the US, and within one week she had a job at the grocery store ... ...

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... Hungary were all helping to defeat Britain, Russia and France. To assist the British, Australian soldiers [although most were farmers] were sent to Egypt for training and eventually to Gallipoli where most, if not all, of the fighting was taking place. Australia and Great Britain did play a big part in the War but as Australia was not at threat, the country ... ...

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... to keep working with children and the poor in particular, but was unable to find a order of sisters that had similar values. She left for Penola along with her sister, where she met Father Woods who had been attempting to start a religious order of nuns to help teach poor children in the region. Mary and Father Woods helped each other to ... ...

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... his education at age 10 to work on the railways. Shortly after he began an apprenticeship with the North Otago Times. Watson moved to Sydney, New South Wales, in 1886 where he followed his real passion and began to involve himself in political groups. By 1893, Watson had become the president of the Sydney Trades and Labor Council and the following ... ...

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... and they would be able to make their own decisions on "peacekeeping". After many talks between Indonesian and Australian ambassadors and the United Nations, they decided to have a U.N. controlled ballot, where the East Timorese people would vote for or against autonomy. An agreement was signed on the 5th May 1999 to allow the U.N. to enter East Timor and control the ballot ... ...

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... on. Many Aborigines tried to strop the taking over of their land and were consequently killed by the British. The Aborigines natural resources were destroyed and it got to a point where Aboriginal groups could no longer continue with their traditional hunting and gathering ways. In some areas farmers took matters into their own hands and formed violent groups against the Aborigines ... ...

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... then he was a broken man, he had lost his will to live and paint. Three months later, he fell ill with a heart complaint and was sent to Alice Springs hospital, where on 8 August 1959, he died. In the Age Newspaper In the Centralian Advocate 10 October 1958 14 August 1959 Conclusion Albert Namatjira was caught between his Aboriginal culture and white ... ...

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... At the age of seventeen he obtained work as a storekeeper. After eighteen months of work as a bookkeeper, he moved to the North Sea part of Whitby, where in July of 1746 he signed indentures, binding himself as an apprentice seaman for a coal firm (Beaglehole 44). When his term of apprenticeship was over in 1749, ... was England's foremost proponent of Terra Australis Incognita. He based his arguments on the records of ships of the previous Pacific voyages and had even written a book that presented the case for the theoretical southern land mass. Hearing about the Royal Society's plans,...

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... . In 1895, at the age of 31 and still in partnership with Street, he achieved two milestones in Australian writing. He composed his famous ballad "Waltzing Matilda" and his first book, the "Man from Snowy River". Marking the beginning of a new era in Australian publishing. His first publication sold out its first edition within a week and went through four editions in ... and adventure of the bush. Most will remember the Disney movie made years ago named after and based on "the Man from Snowy River. Near the end of the movie where the dashing hero chases the wild horse down the cliff is ...

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... and pollution level of the past thousands of years. The masses of ice flow, slowly from the center of the continent towards its edges, where their movement accelerates to a speed of few hundred meters a year. As the ice sheet reaches the coastal area , it extends into the ... Douglas Mawson , a geologist from Australia and a colleague of Shakleton's 1907-09 expedition , led an Australian expedition to East Antarctica and carried out detailed mapping of 3,200 km long eastern coast. He faced many problems including severe blizzards with the wind speed gusting upto 320 km/hr & extremely low...

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... successes "The Underdog" and "Fighting Ruben Wolfe". Markus was born in Sydney, Australia in 1975. He began his journey into the writing industry with his debut book "The Underdog" which has made its way around across all the continents around the world and has been translated in several different languages. "When Dogs Cry" ... to be totally unfair. Cam believes that Rube doesn't even love the girls that he brings home yet the still come with him. This is where Cameron and Ruben are different. Cameron wonders when it"ll be his turn to win. When will stop losing out on love and life. If an...

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... still winning awards today is because the themes and ideas that the novel raises are still relevant today. They include reconciliation, sense of community, belonging and diversity. Reconciliation is one of the major ideas posed in the book. Britain established its colony at Sydney Cove on 26 January 1788; many Aboriginal people ... , he is prompting Quick to think about his life. The two halves of Fish reconcile when he drowns the second time at the end of the book. Another example of reconciliation is between Rose and Dolly. All of her life Rose had hated Dolly, her drunkenness, her pro...

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... must portray the characteristics of having power, having European ancestry (Caucasian race), have a passion for sport or being a dominant male. If anyone does not fit into these categories they are shunned or viewed differently in society. During the 1960's in Australia, succession was based on a persons excellence in sports. If anyone did not follow this way of life they were ... happened to Charlie Bucktin. Charlie is more interested in reading his fathers novels, which teach him about good beliefs and values. Coincidentally these novels of Charlie's are also the ones that influenced S...

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... the US once again pushed the dollar below the 50c mark. Indeed in an address in late December 2001, the then Governor Ian Macfarlane of the RBA said Now we are confronted with another period of weak international deman, and this time the United States the former powerhouse of the world economy is the principal source of the weakness. This time ... ...

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