... the French got there (Beaglehole 107). The Royal Society's choice to command the expedition was Alexander Dalrymple, a highly talented headstrong functionary of the British East India Company. Dalrymple was England's foremost proponent of Terra Australis Incognita. He based his arguments on the records of ships of the previous Pacific voyages ... sign of land, only an endless and gigantic body of ocean. In April 1769, Cook reached the latitude of Tahiti. Knowing he was somewhere east of the island, Cook set his coarse directly westward. Tahiti was sited on April 13, 1769, well ahead of s...

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... . This is the smallest of the three major rain-forest areas, restricted to the equatorial belt of West Africa about 10deg. wide; outlying patches occur in East Africa. In past times rain forest was much more extensive in Africa, and its withdrawal has left relict patches of forest all the way to the Indian Ocean. At present, rain forest is much less extensive than ... . Turacos and honeyguides are more diverse in African rain forests than in any other bioclimatic zone and region. Chameleons, best represented in rain forests, are almost restricted to Africa. Some vertebrate groups with Sou...

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... ). Antarctica Physical & Geological Description: The Antarctica continent can be geographically divided into East Antarctica & West Antarctica. The East Antarctica constitutes a major portion of the continent & lies to the south of the Atlantic, Africa, India and Australia. Beneath the ice cap which covers it , the rockly surface of East Antarctica barely rises above sea level. One of the world's great mountain chains ... , the Transantarctic Mountains which divides the continent into two lie along the edge of East Antarctica,with an average height of ... in Antarctica appears reasonably...

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... These powers were in a race for colonization, so they could gather more resources and living space in foreign lands. Virtually everywhere, from Canada to Africa, the issue of native extinction exists. From the times of colonization (17th, 18th, and 19th centuries), native peoples have struggled for their very ... master-slave relationship with the black majority in the region. When the British took over South Africa from the Dutch in 1902, the racist ideals of the Boers was not controlled, but emphasized. The colonial government of South Africa devised a law granting 87% of the richest, ...

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... Vietnam War In the years following the end of the Second World War, colonies of the Western Powers throughout Africa and Asia were clamouring for self-determination and nationhood. The means by which they sought to achieve these goals ranged ... repudiated old allegiances and declared new ones, such as to the World Communist Movement. Nowhere was this trend more evident than in the region of South-east Asia, where the Japanese occupation, even if it achieved nothing else, destroyed the myth of white supremacy for good and all. Thus, when ... the propensity to ensure the security of the ...

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In the years following the end of the Second World War, colonies of the Western Powers throughout Africa and Asia were clamouring for self-determination and nationhood. The means by which they sought to achieve these goals ... repudiated old allegiances and declared new ones, such as to the World Communist Movement. Nowhere was this trend more evident than in the region of South-east Asia, where the Japanese occupation, even if it achieved nothing else, destroyed the myth of white supremacy for good and all. Thus, when the ... and the propensity to ensure the security of the Pacific area and ...

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... in Australia had been born in an Asian country, although this dropped from the peak of 51% in 1991. 15% were born in South East Asia including 5% from Vietnam. Australia has an incredible sense of space to people living in densely populated Asian cities. We also have a ... taking place in the Asia-Pacific region.Papua New Guinea receives the largest share at $325 million, the South Pacific receives $112.2 million, South East Asia receives $252 million, North Asia, South Asia and Africa receive $124.3 million, Bangladesh- $18.3 million, India-$20.6 million, and Pakistan-$3.1 million(all 1...

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... the seeds they eat. Hot deserts can be found in the southwest of the United States, along the coast of South America, in northern Africa, and in the Middle East. There are cold deserts to the west of the Rocky Mountains, in eastern Argentina and throughout central Asia. They are ... seeds, as well as lizards and snakes. Chapparal is found in the Mediterranean region, as well as along the coastlines of California, Chile, southwestern Africa, and southwestern Australia. Mild rainy winters and long, hot, dry summers. Savanna Plant life is composed of low growing grasses with scattered decid...

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... problems but it is always difficult to fit in no matter what country they move to. Most refugees live in Southwest Asia (mostly Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan), North Africa and the Middle East. 5.1 million in Africa south of the Sahara; 4.4 million in Europe and North America (including 1 million in the U.S.); 1.2 million in Latin America and the Caribbean; and 1.1 million in the remaining countries of ... Asia and Oceania. This is an enormous amount of refugees. The number of refugees has increased in recent time because of many problems in the Middle East such as conflict ... (inter...

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... have conferred the right to vote on indigenous Australians. As enacted and subject to what was in the event an insignificant qualification, it disqualified any "Aboriginal native of Australia Asia, Africa or the Islands of the Pacific except New Zealand " from having "his name placed on the Electoral Roll". Subject to limited exceptions, the specific exclusion of any "Aboriginal native of ... -war days Thomson had been an Anthropologist and had worked with these people. His unit had the task of providing Darwin with early warning of any Japanese attack in the East Arnhem Land area (sever...

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Australia & Philippine Research Paper Term I. Introduction and Overview 1. Geography According to Google map, Australia is the continent lying between Indian Ocean and South Pacific Ocean. Australia is under Indonesia and Papua New Guinea of South East Asian and above New Zealand. "Australia is also the only continent that is governed as a single country. It is sometimes informally referred to as an 'island' ... 34.218 km shoreline. The most area of Australia is desert or half-desert with less of population living called outback. Most of Australians live in South East coast. The capita...

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... building boom. Many of these classical 19th and 18th century buildings have hence been devoured by newer architecture. Orientation Perth lies on the western coast of Australia, a bit to the south. The Inner city is situated around the Swan River. Perth is quite compact and well planned, witch makes it fairly easy to get around by simply walking. The four main ... 8 respective 10 km away from the city. Transport Sealed highways link regional centres to Perth and two national highways, one in the north and one in the south provides transportation for interstate traffic. A major east-west ...

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... building boom. Many of these classical 19th and 18th century buildings have hence been devoured by newer architecture. Orientation Perth lies on the western coast of Australia, a bit to the south. The Inner city is situated around the Swan River. Perth is quite compact and well planned, witch makes it fairly easy to get around by simply walking. The four main ... 8 respective 10 km away from the city. Transport Sealed highways link regional centres to Perth and two national highways, one in the north and one in the south provides transportation for interstate traffic. A major east-west ...

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... , as PNG was Australia's colonial territory before becoming an independent country in 1973. Papua New Guinea is the largest developing country in the South Pacific region. There are many types of aid in Australia some examples are tied aid and technical assistance. Tied aid has help PNG, ... PNG civil aviation through the BALUS program and airport safety programs, four major airport upgrades and major maintenance of 13 airports and The South Fly communications network completed Another type of aid that has been useful in helping PNG is Technical assistance as they provide education and ...

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... surrounded by water with the Timor Sea, the Arafura Sea, and the Torres Strait to the north; the Coral Sea and the Tasman Sea to the east; the Bass Strait and the Indian Ocean in the south; and the Indian Ocean on the west;. The land area of the Australia is around 7,614,500 sq km (2,939,974 sq mi), this makes ... cultural make up of the country. From 1995 to 2000, people from New Zealand constituted 18% of the total immigration; those from the United Kingdom 11 %; China 8 %; the former Yugoslavia 7 %; South Africa 5 %; and India 4 %. These six countries represented about 53 % of total ...

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... from the rain forest before we destroy it?- Introduction The rainforest is a dense, tropical forest in a region having a high annual rainfall. Rainforest are found mainly in South and Central America (the Amazon), West and Central Africa, Indonesia, parts of Southeast Asia, and tropical Australia. There is no one kind of rainforest although scientists divide them into three broad categories: tropical dry forests ... of the ranchers in the Amazon operate at a loss, yielding only paper profits purely as tax shelters. 4. Subsistence Farming The exploding populations in the third world coun...

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... from the rain forest before we destroy it?- Introduction The rainforest is a dense, tropical forest in a region having a high annual rainfall. Rainforest are found mainly in South and Central America (the Amazon), West and Central Africa, Indonesia, parts of Southeast Asia, and tropical Australia. There is no one kind of rainforest although scientists divide them into three broad categories: tropical dry forests ... of the ranchers in the Amazon operate at a loss, yielding only paper profits purely as tax shelters. 4. Subsistence Farming The exploding populations in the third world coun...

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... up to World War I, a series of regional events raised the public opinion that the British/Australian alliance was not appropriate or mutually beneficial. The Germans annexed and invaded North-east New Guinea - land very close to Australian shores. Forces from Queensland attempted to intervene and to stop the German invasion to maintain stability in the Australasian Region, but their ... attempts to maintain security in their immediate surrounding region, Australian forces were put on stand-by to aid British troops on the other side of the world, in Khartoum and South Africa. The basis of ...

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... . According to the Institute of Criminology, Queensland was the first state to abolish capital punishment in Australia, in 1922, followed by New South Wales in 1955, Tasmania in 1968, ACT in 1973, Northern Territory in 1973, Victoria in 1975, South Australia in 1976 and finally Western Australia in 1984. Now the worst punishment impoundable by Australian law is life imprisonment, with no ... that the death penalty was needlessly cruel, glorified as a deterrent and occasionally imposed in serious error. These people defended life imprisonment as a more rational choice. In America, Asia Af...

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... is still practised in many other countries around the world. The death penalty exists in 39 of the United States of America, most of Africa, many countries in Europe, most countries in Asia, and most of the Middle East. A total of 95 countries worldwide retain the death penalty, while 57 have abolished it. The question can then be raised as to why ... crime rates. An Australian researcher looked at the effect the death penalty had on Australian crimes, during its existence, between 1964 and 1973. It was found that Western Australia and South Australia had the highest number of execution...

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