... used this as justification for taking whatever they wanted. As a large amount of white settlers moved into Australia they began to occupy the fertile land. The Aborigines were pushed further and further away from their traditional lands and into the harsh arid interior. Their families were broken up, their ... the girls to become domestic servants and the boys to become farm or station labourers. Missions that were run by churches were usually as bad as the reserves run by the government. Traditional names and customs were not allowed and often families were broken up as children were ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... a time when per capita food productivity is beginning to decline (Pimentel et al. 1995). If conditions leading to famine are to be avoided, land that produces food must be preserved. The ecological food web links plants, animals, and people must live in harmony with the planet's water, soil ... prevent or lessen soil erosion and ensure higher productivity (Gardner 1996). Our county's high demand for grain forces farmers to over work their land. The demand for this grain and the human consumption of grown vegetation are not the only factors leading to soil erosion. The beef ... that occ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... simpering Australian filmmaking, harking back to the notions of England as the old country and the feelings of exile with no notions of going home' alone in an oppressive, barren land, trapped in the inhospitale Australian landscape. Ocker films may also be an acknowledgement of the immigartion surge from non-English speaking countries in the late 70`s. "The Adventures of Barry ... immigration influx of the then-present. The ocker film period therefore reveals the Australian national identiy at its most unflattering. It shows Australian racism, sexism and homophobia in all its bad taste...

• Word Count: 7147
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School