... since experienced by any nation. They had the ships, the navigators and the expertise that enabled them to sail twenty thousand miles from Lisbon to Timor and back again, and therefore they were quite capable of sailing the extra 285 miles to the Australian coast." It has also been suggested that since the Portuguese discovered Timor, an island "but a step to the ... Rose" with the age of the cannon linking "more with...1525 or some voyage of that period." Stevens and Roberts observed that the two bronze cannons were placed six feet apart and they looked "as though they had been set in ...

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AN INTRODUCTION TO AUSTRALIA Mainland Australia, with an area of 4.9 million square miles, is the largest island and the smallest continent on Earth. It stretches some 2300 miles from its most northern to its most southern point, and about 2500 miles from east to west. In area, Australia is the sixth largest nation after Russia, Canada, China, the United States of America and Brazil ... ...

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... is very devastating to hear of the destruction the rainforests face every day and over the years. In 1974, Brazil started a forest fire of 20.6 million square feet (3,900 square miles). The fire ragged out of control and was later marked the largest forest fire in Brazilian history. This 1974 fire is now considered small to others in the recent years ... homes. In the last twenty years, four major damns have been built in Latin and South America. The most recent, The Tucurui Dam, is twelve miles long and when filled, the reservoir will destroy 800 square miles of virgin forest and put a...

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... rain forests are found are: South and Central America, Africa and Madagascar, South and Southeast Asia New Guinea, and Australia. Each of these forest areas is separated by thousands of miles and is specific and unique. Years ago, the Earth had a green belt of rain forests around its middle that covered almost twelve percent of the earth's land surface. Today, with ... are home to about half the worlds five to ten million plant and animal species. Rainforests also support 90,000 of the 250,000 identified plant species. Within four square miles of rainforest you can find at least 1500 pl...

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... about the same size as the continental United States, or about one and a half times the size of Europe. The mainland of Australia has an area of 2,967,909 square miles. The country is divided into six states: Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia. The geological activity that created the country's mountains, plains, and rivers ceased ... , it is the most extensive reef system and the biggest structure made by living organisms on earth. In the north, the reef is virtually continuous and is located only 30 miles from the shore. In the south...

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... EEO), enabling everyone fair & equitable access to jobs, employment conditions, training & promotional opportunities. The workplace must have rules, policies, practices & behaviors that are fair & do not disadvantage because they are apart of a particular group e.g. Women. Affirmative Action is positive steps taken by an employer to create a situation that promotes & assists elements of equal opportunity. I986 the Affirmative action Act passed & was ... upon the birth of the child. Each different set of circumstances has to be assessed individually by all people involved. Parents who are...

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... in WW1, the Australian forces in WW2 and future engagements, and local Australian heroes, did and still do display the attributes of Bravery, Prowess, and Mateship, that uniformly sets them apart from other country's seminal heroes. The ANZAC spirit is based on the actions of, and events involving Australian forces fighting on the Gallipoli peninsula from the legendary first landings at ... , proved themselves as a fighting force, and demonstrated the virtues associated with the ANZAC spirit, Bravery, Mateship, and Prowess. Courage under adverse circumstances, and intense fire was someth...

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... and for further explanations of its topics other resources such as the ones already mentioned should be consulted. Resource 4 Kerrad, Robin, 1993, The Universe and How it Works, The Five Miles Press, Australia. This encyclopaedia brings together in a single volume a wealth of information written by scientists who are also experienced authors. It provides a clear introduction for any reader of any age ... ...

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... resources, the production of harmful chemicals and the destruction of organic agriculture." (globalisationguide.org) "Globalisation is inherently destructive to the natural world because it requires that products travel thousands of miles around the planet, resulting in staggering environmental costs such as unprecedented levels of sea and air pollution, increased energy consumption, and use of packaging materials." (Roddick. A, 2001 p136) Australia is ... ...

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Cloudstreet, written by Tim Winton, has won many awards; it won the Miles Franklin award, tied for the Banjo award and the Australian Society of Authors voted it their favourite Australian novel. The reason that Cloudstreet is still winning awards today is because ... ...

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... far as she could see. Immediately after, there is a cross-cut showing the mother of this girl touching the same fence; only the portion she is touching is hundreds of miles away. The mother puts her hands directly on the barbs of the fence probably reflecting on the pain she is feeling not knowing if her children are safe. There is ... ...

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... but also their own social and personal and emotional disadvantages which have resulted in mental illness and alcoholism. Furthermore the high incarceration rates and Aboriginal deaths in custody have torn apart families, emotions and minds and needs to stop. By adopting and accepting Indigenous Australians as nations across Australia then they would be given back their sense of belonging and identity ... ...

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... adult may experience it while looking for work. Either way, they feel difficult to get accept into the Canadian society because of their accents, or physical features that sets them apart from them. The adults also face difficulties just like the children; finding a job. Job workshops help immigrants in finding jobs. Many immigrants have international degrees from their home country but ... ...

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... adult may experience it while looking for work. Either way, they feel difficult to get accept into the Canadian society because of their accents, or physical features that sets them apart from them. The adults also face difficulties just like the children; finding a job. Job workshops help immigrants in finding jobs. Many immigrants have international degrees from their home country but ... ...

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... essential tasks for society, especially in the cultural and political arena" (Quote from McQuail in Schultz, J 1994; 21). Therefore, governments seriously consider their role in protecting the public's interests, as apart from the personal interests of the owners and managers of the media. They do this by imposing regulations and control over how the media informs, entertain and educate its audience ... ...

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... and the changes that have occurred due to this destructive disease. While impossible to cover every aspect of international trade, there are several important trade schemes that have been altered. Apart from the obvious destruction of the meat and dairy industry within the United Kingdom, Foot and Mouth Disease has wrapped its, by now all too familiar, caustic grasp around numerous ... ...

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... within particular industries that were not meaningful. From this, the report says the problem lies in the way companies calculate their cost of sales. Kemp;(2001) Knapp;(2001) add that apart from the generic problems associated with the trilogy standards, some organisations do not like having to disclose cost of sales as it gives away too much information to the companies ... ...

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... example of these recent cases is the 1997 Ha & Lim v New South Wales case which ruled that the State's Government's duties on tobacco, alcohol and petrol were invalid and were apart of the Commonwealth's Constitutional monopoly over excise taxes. This only adds to the increasing powers of the Commonwealth government through the decisions of the High Court, creating controversy. The human ... ...

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... been gradually improving through the last century. People moved between communities and then the different states. This allowed sporting teams to compete against others even though they lived great distances apart. This meant that with sports people competing against others and playing more often the experience and skill levels increased which led to more popularity and a greater standard of sport. It ... ...

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... action, died of wounds, and those who died of disease. Malouf clearly depicts all these aspects in his negative view of our war culture, through the examples of soldiers blown apart on the battlefields, and the disturbing descriptions of the dirty trenches. Through his portrayal of our war culture, his message becomes clear even as the world moves into the 21st ... ...

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... . Conflict is not always straightforward and in fact some conflicts cannot be resolved at all or if they are resolved, time limited solutions can be a result and things may fall apart again later, this relating to Tidwell's statement. The issues that lead to conflict are those that are deeply rooted in human behaviours. The resolution of conflict or conflict resolution is ... ...

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... clear that Australia is not part of Asia and he is opposed to our participation in the region. This was also a view held by Indonesia during the East Timor crisis. Apart from this Australia has relatively strong relations with Cambodia, China and Vietnam, partly because of our role in assisting these countries to break their international isolation. Japan, South Korea and ... ...

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... belief systems disintegrated. The demise of the Aboriginal people continued until 1967 when a federal referendum granted Australian citizenship to Aboriginals and the right to vote. However Aboriginals still didn't feel apart of Australia. They felt isolated and segregated. In 1972, Aboriginals established the Tent Embassy on the grass of Parliament House in Canberra in protest. This gained much media attention and ... ...

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