Along with the migrants and convicts came soldiers, sailors, government officials and guards. ... When Australia needed workers the government assisted migrants by paying part or all of their fares to travel. ... They came because of a government policy that encouraged migration, not only from Britain but also from other countries in Europe. ... They paid very little to come to Australia and the government assisted them to help them settle down when they arrived. ... In today's society approximately three million Australians, which is one in every five, were born outside of Australi...

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The establishment of Christianity in Australia originated from the first group of settlers. ... The Background of the First Settlers to come to Australia was a combination of British, Scottish and Irish. The majority of the settlers were convicts sent to Australia because of the overcrowded prisons in troubled England. ... The chaos and indifference from England was transferred to Australia during the first wave of settlers. ... The Government had tried to convert all new Australians to Church of England by controlling education, however the plan failed to convert many as problems further up ...

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Overview of Immigration in Australia since WW2 On this page - Planned immigration White Australia policy Immigration Restriction Act Patterns of Migration The Impact Migration has had on Australia Planned immigration After World War II a census showed that Australia's population was only 7 and a half million people - and if this didn't improve Australia's industries would die and leave Australia open for invasion from more powerful countries. ... The lack of trained and skilled wo...

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They moved to Australia in 1838, to Sydney, a convict town. ... In 1842, Caroline Chisholm wrote a book on immigration problems, which was the first ever book published in Australia written by a female. ... In 8 years they missed the beauty and space of Australia and returned back in 1854. ... She travelled the goldfields suggesting various welfare projects, and some of them were then put into action by herself and the government, to of course help the unemployed and less fortunate. ... Her work in Australia was done, and she was exhausted and worn out. ...

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cus on Australia and the effect Foot and Mouth Disease is having on its economy. ... How does a country's agricultural community and governmental forces respond to such a rapidly sprea! ... In this particular situation one of the producers happens to be Australia. ... These changes within various Australian industries have affected the Australian economy in a number of ways. ... "Increased demand for Australian meat overseas, due to Mad Cow Disease and Foot and Mouth Disease scares, has raised world prices for Australian meat products and dragged up domestic meat prices by 4.1 p...

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He begins by discussing the anatomy and migration patterns of the earliest humans on earth, and then moves on to the extinction of the Australian/ New Guinean animals. ... He then goes on to compare the extinction of big game in Australia and New Guinea to that in the Americas, then talks about early tools. ... The Eurasian societies were able to master food production at a faster pace than the societies of Africa and Australia. ... Government and religion inevitably arose and became the regulators of not only trade, but of information as well. At this point in history, China was the domina...

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There is Oceania, which encompasses the Americas and Great Britain, Eurasia, which is Europe and the Near East, and Eastasia, which is the rest of Asia and Australia. ... I think that instead of giving more power to these people, we should give government, which for all its failings is at least democratically elected, more regulatory control. ... It is all very well putting safety nets in place in stable democracies such as we have in the Western world, but how can we let so much economic power be given to the Far Eastern countries, such as Indonesia, which have very unstable...

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There is Oceania, which encompasses the Americas and Great Britain, Eurasia, which is Europe and the Near East, and Eastasia, which is the rest of Asia and Australia. ... I think that instead of giving more power to these people, we should give government, which for all its failings is at least democratically elected, more regulatory control. ... It is all very well putting safety nets in place in stable democracies such as we have in the Western world, but how can we let so much economic power be given to the Far Eastern countries, such as Indonesia, which have very unstable governmental sy...

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Shaheen(2003) has critically analyzed stereotypes relating to Arabs in films.He illustrates how many of the films figure ''Arabs are brute murderers ,sleazy rapists, religious fanatics ,oil-rich dimwits and abusers of women''(p.172).Furthermore, racism exits in sport.Despite the fact that the notion of fair play and racism are very opposite, sport is one of the most common areas where we across racism.There are terms against players and fans of rival team on ethnicity and it is common to insult to black players.England and Australia can be accepted as racist due to their po...

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Japanese wanted to destroy the US' Pacific Fleet in order to clear the way to conquer Southeast Asia - US reacts by declaring war on Japan and inspiring men to enlist in the armed forces, creates a battle cry, General Kimmal forced to retire, America bombs major Japanese cities in revenge The Home front (life in the US during the war) - Farmers grew enough crops to feed the US and all its Allies - planes, bombers, tanks, scout cars and carriers, armored cars, trucks, light vehicles, rifles and side-arms, machine guns, artillery and ammo were produced in factories - production during the...

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This forces the US government to conduct a recruitment exercise. With such a high demand for servicemen, the US government had to siphon them from the members of the community to make up civil soldiers. ... The joint American and Australian forces took advantage of this opportunity and made an attack. The attack raised the morale of the American and Australia forces as Japan seemed invincible. ...

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I feel we all have a right to privacy and wonder why the governments are not doing enough to protect are civil liberties. ... Its good to see at last the governments are trying to do something about this problem and not before time I might add. ... [GLOBAL COMMUNITY APPLAUDS EUROPEAN ANTI-SPAM VOTE May 31, 2002 - The Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail (CAUCE), EuroCAUCE, CAUCE India, CAUCE Canada and the Coalition Against Unsolicited Bulk E-Mail, Australia (CAUBE.au) today applauded the decision by the European Parliament to protect European Internet users from the practice of...

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In direct opposition to the conservatives were the liberal-minded governments, including Argentina, Brazil, and France. ... However, it ambiguously allows for governments to "take into account evolving economic conditions," which could allow Greece more flexibility to create its own plan. ... The members of the G-20 are the United States, the European Union, Germany, Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Russia, China, Canada, Argentina, South Korea, South Africa, Mexico, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Australia (CNN)....

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As Germany colonized areas such as Guinea, they alarmed the British colony of Australia who felt the Germans were too close to them. ... The governments began a deliberate glorification of war to encourage the people to take stand for their nation. ... The military ruled over the government and this was allowed because the people all wanted to go to war. ...

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The State System in this arena was affected by Industrial Revolution, representative governments, political changes, growth of international law, emergence of international organization, economic interdependence, revolution in the means of transport and communication. ... Germany, Italy and Australia formed triple alliance 1882 in order to maintain status of quo of 1871. ...

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The white Protestants of Australia, Canada and New Zealand mattered much more to the post imperial British than the European continent, Marr identifies. ... Great Britain and Tony Blair failed miserably in this task and although the US Government were happy to have British backing they would have undoubtedly preferred the full support of the EU. ...

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