... many attributes, the most common being race, territory, language and history. So what is the Australian national identity? Who can decide what it is? Who is truly Australian? And is there a single Australian identity? These questions have been asked throughout this country's short life. In my opinion the Australian identity has changed through history and by the contact with the global community. Today it is ... Australians of their traditional identity. Kapferer (4) asserted that "the events at Gallipoli and the ANZAC tradition constitute a sacred foundational myth which celebrates the ...

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... of January 19 the following year. It is recognition of the distinctly Australian qualities, bravery, mateship, disrespect for authority and physical prowess, that was epitomised in the Gallipoli, and at select other events in Australian history since. It has acquired legendary status over the years, and many of ... Australians that originally landed at Gallipoli were above average for the population at the time, they were not an accurate portrayal of the ordinary Australian male. The original ANZAC forces were of the finest physical condition of the time. Enlistment requirements stated ...

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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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... 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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... 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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... 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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... forces served in the Vietnam War under the banner of the United States of America. The act of going to war, so common in Australian history, became perhaps the single most controversial issue in the short history of our nation. Whilst traditionally the populace were supportive of Australians in war, many were opposed to the idea of Australia fighting what was believed to ... society, Australia soon found itself fighting a war on two fronts; one in the jungles of Vietnam, and another in the city streets. The Vietnam War was a defining moment in our history, with our nation developing its...

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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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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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... ; 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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