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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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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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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