The Australian Bureau of Statistics states that, "Two or more persons who live in the same household and are related to each other by blood marriage or adoption", are what is considered a family. ... In 1997 there were 502,900 one-parent families, with 845,700 children involved (source: The Australian, June 1997). ... History suggests that it was the women whom were always the single-parents under the circumstances. ... These statistics portray significant social change, mainly for family life, which in turn has affected the size and structure of families within Australia. ... According...

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• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"Looking for Alibrandi is an analysis of multi-cultural Australia and the struggles that each generation of immigrants has with finding their place in Australian society and defining their identity. Josephine, Christina, Nonna Katia and in fact all of the characters have a story to tell about culture in Australian society... Josephine stumbles upon the family history through her grandmother's photographs and oral history. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

It is located somewhere north of Sydney on the east coast of Australia. ... By introducing different types of families into the storyline Home and Away are showing the audience the diversity of Australian families. ... The content couple Sally Fletcher, Summerbay High history teacher and Flyyn Saunders, doctor at Yabbie Creek Hospital also resides in the bay. ... Home and Away is worth watching overall as the storyline is easy to follow, mirrors contemporary Australian life with engaging highs, lows and cliffhangers to keep the average audience interested. ...

• Word Count: 769
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As proof of her lack of judgment, later that year she nearly eloped to Australia with a mental patient who claimed he was a German army deserter. ... Her sorrowful family history and painful personal traumas greatly influence her writing. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Sub-chapters also allow readers to look back in time, such as the history of the Cloudstreet house and shows Aboriginality in a sense that the girls that used to live in the house did not really have a place in society during the stolen generation. ... By the arrangement of the sequence and events in the story readers are invited to see the links in the novel between the spiritual world and physical world, the importance of the family unit, the importance of place and Aboriginality in Australian History....

• Word Count: 842
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• Grade Level: High School

Sub-chapters also allow readers to look back in time, such as the history of the Cloudstreet house and shows Aboriginality in a sense that the girls that used to live in the house did not really have a place in society during the stolen generation. ... By the arrangement of the sequence and events in the story readers are invited to see the links in the novel between the spiritual world and physical world, the importance of the family unit, the importance of place and Aboriginality in Australian History....

• Word Count: 842
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Sub-chapters also allow readers to look back in time, such as the history of the Cloudstreet house and shows Aboriginality in a sense that the girls that used to live in the house did not really have a place in society during the stolen generation. ... By the arrangement of the sequence and events in the story readers are invited to see the links in the novel between the spiritual world and physical world, the importance of the family unit, the importance of place and Aboriginality in Australian History....

• Word Count: 871
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• Grade Level: High School

Events of her culture and traditions are tomato day, having to go to Nonna's house every day and discovering her family history. ... She doesn't like this day and she finds it very embarrassing to share with Australian people. ... Josie has a lot of problems discovering her real family history and identity. ... Family history makes up a lot of a person's identity and Josie has so much confusion discovering this information. ... The rituals and traditions of tomato day, going to Nonna's house every day and discovering her family history makes up a lot of Josie's identit...

• Word Count: 960
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• Grade Level: High School

Through a strong sense of community and history/tradition, ignorance of the global force, idealised notions of "normalcy", links to "the house" and "the land" and family values, the Kerrigan family were able to retain their "local" ideals, and thus retreat from the global. The strong Australian spirit of mateship and barracking for the underdog, come across as major themes, as the Kerrigans and their neighbours come together unwilling to accept the changes and vacate their properties (and as such are resisting global change). ... A quality that cannot overlooked of the Kerrigan family, is t...

• Word Count: 1457
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate