In its 1992 decision in Mabo v QLD (No 2), the High Court rejected the doctrine that Australia was 'terra nullius', but held that Australia was a settled colony in which the common law recognised native title to land. ... Although the indigenous inhabitants became subjects of the Crown when the British Crown acquired sovereignty over the particular part of Australia which they occupied, their native title to land survived the Crown's acquisition of the sovereignty and radical title, subject to extinguishment by a valid exercise of the sovereign power. ... The power enabled...

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In Wik, the High Court decided that the grant of a pastoral lease does not necessarily extinguish native title, ie that native title can co-exist with rights conferred to pastoralists under the terms of their leases. ... However, according to Wik, where there is conflict in the exercise of those rights, native title rights are subordinate to those of the pastoral leaseholder. ... Aborigines view the land as their mother, and believe that they came from it, belong to it, and one day will return to it. ... They believe that the land is a "reincarnation" of their ancestors, as once a perso...

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The Common Wombat (Vombatus Ursinus) a native Australian Marsupial, is a stout, sturdy animal with a large blunt head. ... Wombats are herbivore animals grazing on native grass's, roots of shrubs and leaves. They may wander over a territory of up to 3 kilometers a night searching for food before returning to their burrows. ...

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.: 250,000 _ groups: _ traditional _ urban (just under half of present population) _ there are similarities in the beliefs of different tribes _ spiritual dimension of the land _ present life is continuous with the Dreaming _ totemistic: animals/plants have associated symbols _ naturalistic: living off the land _ tied to the land: each group has a particular relationship with a particular piece of land _ The Dreaming as being fundamental to Aboriginal Culture and Societies _ 5 distinct features of Aboriginal Spirituality: Spiritual " spirits are natural to the world _ each person ...

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Climate Change Over the past 200 years, human activities have significantly altered the world's atmosphere. Increases in greenhouse gas concentrations have led to a warming of the Earth's surface and, because greenhouse gas concentrations are continuing to increase, this warming will continue....

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Aborigonie as defined in the American Heritage Dictionary: Aborigines - The Flora and Fauna native to a geographical area. ... And after death, they return to those same spirit homes. ... Language: Australia is mostly english speaking and adolescents age 15 and over are literate, but the aborigines have over 200 languages and 50 dialects which they are still native to till this day. ...

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In the midst of this landscape is the European "old cottage" surrounded by imported species of trees "willow", "medlar" "crabapple" which casts a destructive presence over the native vegetation by choking the creek which is "leaf-silenced". In one stanza we therefore see the struggle of the native landscape to assert its presence against intrusive English imports. ... Despite the tragedy of the scene, there is a strong sense of hope that with the passing of time, nature will return and reclaim the space of the quarry. ...

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Australia is the driest inhabited continent. Two-thirds of Australia is dry and the centre is hot. But it is a place full of spectacular natural wonder and variety of wildlife which give an amazement endless. The first European explorers found tall grasses, spinifex. It is the only grass that can gr...

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Also, there was an essential belief held by some (like the Liverpool River natives) that through eating a dead relative or enemy who had a unique and desirable quality (great wisdom or clever hunter), the consumers would gain their attributes; "If they killed a fast runner, they ate part of his legs, hoping thereby to acquire his speed- (Here be Cannibals 2). ... When one undercover journalist asked a female doctor if they had any for sale, she returned from the operating room holding a fist size glass bottle stuffed with thumb sized fetuses, remarking, "Normally we doctors take them home to e...

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When the Aftermath of the Great War and World War 2 was over and life started to return to normal, the European nations decided they had seen enough blood-shed and slaughter, which is why they began to think of preventative's, rather than cures. ... There has also been much work on improving the tarnished relationship between Japan and Australia after the second world war, and a peaceful future looks promising as Australia leads the world in the amount of students studying the Japanese and Chinese language, for a nation that doesn't speak it natively. ...

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Snakes Snakes are the most modern of reptiles but perhaps the least understood reptiles. Most people are afraid of snakes, even those with an educated understanding of the environment and nature. This is unfortunate because the average snakes that turns up in the backyard or the forest is usually harmless harmless. Many snakes are even helpful to humans. This paper will help to clarify which are indeed dangerous and how to detect them. ...

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