But, at the same time, it imposes on all of us on obligation to put Australia's interests first. " Australia is a land of migrants. ... Many of them paid their own fares to migrate to Australia. ... In today's society approximately three million Australians, which is one in every five, were born outside of Australia. ... When a large group of experienced and well-educated people migrate to Australia it is very much an advantage for Australia. ... Racism exists because people are afraid of other races, they think there race is superior over other races, and history of conflict betw...

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The Europeans began to settle Australia on the 26th of January as a convict colony in 1788. ... In 1788, there were an estimated 300,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders living in Australia (www.schoolnet.ca/aboriginal/issues/health-e.html). ... As Aboriginal culture was not dominant in these times, white Australians found it easy to attempt to make Australia all white. ... However, today, socio-economic statistics suggest that indigenous Australians have poorer health, poorer levels of education, higher unemployment rates, and higher rates of poverty than non-Aboriginal Australians. 38%...

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The first recorded migration of Islam's to Australia was Indonesian. ... Fishing became the reason for many people from Makassar to be visiting the Northern shores of Western Australia By the 1820's a large number of Indonesian fishers were reported to be coming to Australia quite frequently. ... Muslims were not recorded in the 200years of historical European writings of Australia. ... When the scope of the large land of Australia was known, a need for some for of transportation was introduced; this is where the Afghan cameleers came from They came to Australia during the late 183...

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They illegal entry of these refugees into Australia came to a head with the Tampa and children overboard crises. ... The political line of the Tampa crisis was to "send a message"" that Australia was no longer an easy option when it came to asylum seekers. The majority of Internet sites I have found on this topic have been pro refugees being let into Australia. One could take this as a popular opinion, that most Australians believe that the government should let more people immigrate to the country. Yet a Bulletin Morgan poll which surveyed voter intentions at the end of August 2002 (before th...

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Throughout history many groups have faced unjust and discriminating treatment that has resulted in war and violence. Church history reflects both the divine and human and as a result of the human response to the divine, the church has become more divided. ... Throughout the history of the Church, Christians have experienced both co-operation and conflict regarding individual beliefs. ... Many splits have occurred throughout history with major ones due to the European and English reformation. The process o reform in England created conflict and tension within society, and much of Australian hi...

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In 1939, the history on the homefront, Australia changed significantly due to the declaration of WW2. ... Many things changed in Australia during World War 2. ... This lead to more women organisations being introduced such as the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air force(WAAAF), Women Royal Australian Navy Services(WRANS), Australian Women's Army Services(AWAS) and the Women's Land Army (WLA). ... It had provided around 90,000 women to work on the land and provided the army and other allied countries with food for the duration of the war( History Learning Site, www.historylearni...

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International Finance Assignment: Australia foriegn exchange market has undergone an evoultionary history to become included in the top ten of the most activley traded currencies on the world foreign exchange market. ... Until that time it had been closely managed by the Reserve Bank of Australia. ... The 1998-2001 bull market was one of the strongest and most socially popular in history. ... Funds started to flow out of Australia. ... Indeed economics performance during 2001 had been amazingly strong for Australia. ...

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WW2 marked Australia's journey to finding their place in the world map. ... Australia no longer viewed Britain as their "mother country"; however it does not mean that Australia and Britain weren't allies. ... Australia showed almost no independence until 1942. ... In 1941 Australia's relationship with America was proven when Australian soldiers fought arm to arm with US against Axis power. ... As young generations who are leaders of the tomorrow it is our responsibility to not to let the past repeat and to learn from the history....

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This essay will discuss Perth and its history, climate, industry, tourist information and facts about Australian city Perth. History Before the British colonisation, parts of the original aboriginal Nyoongar tribe occupied the areas in, and around Perth. ... Orientation Perth lies on the western coast of Australia, a bit to the south. ... Western Australia is also the leader in national shipbuilding, with over 60 percent of the Australian civil crafts coming from the state's shipyards. ... Western Australia is a very big agricultural producer. ...

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The history of Australian photography is most interesting has paved the way for the ever growing form of art, that is photography. ... The major influences on Australian photography were the European Pictorialists who emulated the styles of the French impressionist's painters. Australia then attempted to emulate the highlights of Australian impressionism. The aims and practices of Australian photographers was to create a black and white image conveying a sentimental, narrative, romantic, picturesque images of Australia. ... I Max Dupain is an Australian Modernist with the talent to cre...

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The Australia government gives foreign aid to several countries that have lower living standards than Australia. ... PNG is Australia's closet neighbour. PNG and Australia have a history together; these two countries have a special relationship, as PNG was Australia's colonial territory before becoming an independent country in 1973. ... Every year Australia provides food to many countries every year. ... Many of this tonnage of food were from the farmers and suppliers of Australia. ...

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He used wide perspectives in his paintings of Australian landscapes to establish a sense of scale and grandeur. ... For example, Joseph Lycett, a British forger who was evicted from England and forcibly transferred to Australia, was one of the earliest artists who recorded the Australian landscape. He was employed to paint promotional pictures of Australia in order to persuade British people that Australia was a civilized country, raising curiosity and interest in this new land. In order to convince his audience, Lycett has to depict peaceful scenes of Australia, regardless of the reality of t...

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Many significant events have occurred throughout history which have helped shape Australia to what we have become today. I believe three very influential events of our history, are the Gold Rush, Eureka Stockade and Federation. The Gold Rush was an era remembered as an important part of Australia's history. ... This same situation was repeated throughout Australia to form the Gold Rush. ... Some say this was the beginning of democracy in Australia. ...

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However, there has been an arising problem with how the Australians treat the refugees seeking asylum. ... Brief History The Australians are convinced that they are "drowning" with refugees, having the amount of asylum seekers amounted to as high as 10 percent of the Australian immigration. ... The policy was announced on 19 July 2013 by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Papua New Guinean Prime Minister Peter O'Neill. The policy is conducted against the terms of the Refugee Convention in which Australia is a signatory as it is the responsibility of the Australian governm...

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When the British arrived in Australia, they declared the land Terra Nullius. ... This resulted in the British declaring sovereignty over Australia and taking over the Australian commonwealth of property and land. ... "In terms of civil law, the High Court appears to acknowledge that indigenous customary law can and does co-exist with Australian common law." ... This is because the European system is one that has been imposed on them and has never, throughout history, put the needs and customs of the Aborigines first. The integration of Aboriginal customary law into the Australian legal system...

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The teenager was aboriginal, in past he had many conviction and a lot of problem in police history data base since age of 8. ... According to Fleming & O'Reilly (2007: 214) Australia for past 24 years in vary report has insisted that Australian police have been promoting community policing as their vital activity. ... Part of doing this practice it aims to increase level of trust between police and community and specially targets those communities where trust of police in history is very low. All of this problem is highlighted in Australian history where respective indigenous people is be...

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POLITICAL AND LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH AND ORAL PRESENTATION AUSTRALIA AND CHINA Australia and china both have very independent political and legal systems. Both countries political and legal systems are heavily influenced through their history and development in society to form a national identity. ... A governor general is then appointed to represent the queen when she is not in Australia. ... Elections in Australia and china In Australia and China elections are democratic and are extremely similar. ... This is a relatively closed system The Australian Judicial System The Au...

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Since 1901 There has been a movement towards Australia becoming a republic. ... Many believe this is no longer appropriate for Australia. For example the head of state should be attained on merit not birthright and should be an Australian citizen ,who lives in Australia and knows what it is to be Australian. This goal can be achieved through Australia becoming a republic. ... The monarchist point of view is that we already have an Australian constitutional head of state,and that this has worked all through Australias history,so there is no need to change it plus due to the constitutio...

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The film successfully depicts the challenges faced by Indigenous people in Australia. ... We as Australians of 2015 need to know the challenges that the Australian Aboriginals have faced past and present, This knowledge is essential so we can understand the challenges that Aboriginal Australian have faced in the past and that these do not reoccur. ... Reconciliation is the way forward on this long journey for all Australians. A new chapter is starting in Australia's long history. ... Australia needs to move forward as one nation and respect the unique Australian Aboriginal and Torres Stra...

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There they were placed into white Australian schools, where they were taught to forget about their heritage and to become an white Australian. ... Aboriginal women were made to marry white Australian men to slowly breed out the race. ... That all schools curriculum includes units of work on the history of the Stolen Generation and that "parenting-skills" and "family well-being" programs be established to support victims of forced removal. In addition an annual National "Sorry Day" is celebrated on May 28 to remember the history of forcible removal and its effects towards Australia. ... Durin...

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HOW DID THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT RESPOND TO THE THREAT OF COMMUNISM IN AUSTRALIA? ... This fear took two forms: 1) The fear of communism within Australia, 2) The fear of communism spreading in the nations to Australia's north. ... The Cold War affected Australia by making Australians fear the spread of communism through Asia. ... The fear of communism eventually overtaking Australia was primarily the main reason for Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War. ... This decision was to cause one of the greatest divisions in public opinion in Australia's history. ...

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History of Christianity in Australia Christianity first came to Australia in 1788 with the Reverend Richard Johnson, a Church of England (Anglican) minister, who sailed with the First Fleet. ... On 3 February 1788 he conducted the first Christian service in Australia under a gum tree. ... Gradually some Australian will be converted and Christianity would decline. ... According to the latest census figures published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, there are now 199,812 Buddhists in Australia. ... Buddhists now make up 1.1% of the Australian population. ...

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The 1998 Waterfront Dispute was described by John Howard as "a defining moment in Australia's industrial relations history." ... John Howard's comment on the 1998 Waterfront dispute between the Maritime Union of Australia and Patrick Stevedores was a hypocritical and ignorant description of one of Australia's worst industrial relations disputes. The Australian Government considers that Australia is poorly served by its waterfront industry. ... "The globalising strategies of both Labour and Liberal governments have intensified the pressure on Australian employers to maintain inte...

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Also to commemorate the lives lost in the 8 month period spent by ANZAC forces on the Gallipoli Peninsula. 25 April 1915, the day Australians and New Zealanders landed at Gallipoli and the beginning of the Anzac legend. The landing at dawn was written in history, as the first time Australian troops went into action as their own independent army. ... However, back in Australia, men were still supporting their mates at war by continuously enlisting one by one. ... Australia was also involved in a battle against Germany in 1918, where we lost an awful amount of 65000 heroic men that fought h...

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Peter Weir's movie Gallipoli, starring a young Mel Gibson and Mark Lee, is based on the historical landing of Australian troops onto Turkish shores in 1915, in the area known as Gallipoli. ... This landing is now seen in Australia as a tragic but significant event in our history, the soldiers that were sent to Turkey are now known as the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZACS). ... The Australian terrain is a little more "alive" with more vegetation and more water. ... iii) The scenes depicted in Gallipoli are mainly rural, during that time the states of Australia were still ...

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