... before we descend to the performance. It is my pleasure, my privilege, NAY! My honor to present to you the final stage of Australian theatre The Second Wave. When veering at the end of the 1970s the New Wave theatre seemed to be exhausting out and an innovative group ... . Called at the time the new 'internationalists', the two ceased to be interested in the idea of an Australian National Identity. Nowra and Sewell were still interested in exploring aspects of Australian history and culture but thought of doing so in a broader international context in which the idea of local 'distinctiven...

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... . Immigration was another matter where cooperation was needed. Thousands of Chinese were coming to Australia in search for gold. Australians were afraid that cheap Chinese labor would lower Australian workers living standards and both governments and unions agreed that such immigration should be restricted. A common policy would achieve this. Against Federation - Colonial Interests Colonies, since ... Australian defense forces. Parkes understood that this could not be achieved without a union of the colonies and he proposed that the colonial parliaments appoint a convention of leading me...

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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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... cafes, fish and chip joints, kosher shops, and surf fashion stores. Adelaide --- In Adelaide you can visit the South Australian Museum. This museum, which has a huge whale skeleton in the front window, is one of Adelaide's landmarks. Although it's primarily a natural history museum, with the usual array of stuffed, glassy-eyed critters, it also has a good collection of Aboriginal artifacts, including ... Australia. There are many more exciting and spectacular things to see! *Recreation* There are endless sporting opportunities. You can join an annual City to Surf fun run, contemplate th...

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... figures such as Sir Samuel Griffith and Edmund Barton. Sir Henry had also been a writer (with the autobiography Fifty Years in the Making of Australian History) and poet, and had been knighted. Unfortunately, Parkes died before his dream of Federation was realised, but his dedication to a stronger, unified ... town in New South Wales (Parkes) and two statues were erected in his honour. Also, the Parkes Foundation, a foundation for the study of Australian political history, was created. He appears on stamps and replaced the Queen on the five dollar note in 2000. Bibliography: Parkes Foun...

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... were wide, covering the regulations on the fields" . So, the grievances of the diggers were finally addressed. This event is also an important one in Australian history as H. V. Evatt has suggested the importance in his statement "Australian democracy was born at Eureka" . The growing conflict between the diggers and the authorities was due to grievances held by the diggers. In the long term ... that they had wanted, but it was at a great cost. That cost was in the lives that were lost on the stockade. The Eureka Stockade was an important event in Australian history and was a stepping s...

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... for his two children and he also had problems with alcoholism. He has been described as one of the greatest writers in Australian history. He also had a great believe in a new workingman "revolution" in Australia. This story takes place in the Australian bush, nineteen miles away from the nearest civilization. The landscape is also very monotonous. It is most likely sometime around the ... that this would never happen, after all, the entire whole situation seems pretty hopeless. The theme in this story can be said very short. She is a heroine, living in the Australian bush and surviving...

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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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... a crime prevention strategy, however as this strategy is fairly new there is minimal data to deny community policing is effective as a crime prevention tool (Cameron 1990). Indigenous people have a lengthy history of distrust of police. According to Cunneen (2007), Jeffries & Dillon (2009) and New South Wales Police Force (2012) the Indigenous peoples distrust began when the police, through laws and legislation ... Indigenous. The Aboriginal Strategic Direction 2012-2017 (New South Wales Police Force 2012) is a strategy created by the recommendations from the Royal Commission into Abori...

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