History of Australia

The Tent Embassy was erected on the 26th January 1972 on the lawn in front of what is now known as the Old Parliament House. Four Aboriginal people from Sydney travelled to Canberra and erected a beach umbrella, increased support soon followed as more Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians arrived with tents to lend their support. This essay will detail the effect of the Tent Embassy establishment in Canberra in 1972 and what impact this has on the Indigenous Australian people. An analysis…

Mary and Max is an Australian film directed by Adam Elliot. Throughout the film many different themes are demonstrated. The journey of pen pals Mary and Max evolves quickly from coincidently finding each other to becoming best friends despite living on the other side of the world. As any friendship, Mary and Max go through their ups and downs which makes them stronger individuals. They share their stories and give each other advice. The use of colour and lighting was a key feature in the pen…

the poetry bruce dawe reflects on the ideas and values regarding Australian identity. the attention he has is to make the reader aware of the lifestyle, values and beliefs of the normal suburban Australian, with luckly the help of two of his poems life cycles and the homecoming along with the assistance of Rob Sitch’s movie the castle. All three of them refer to the Australian identity also in diffrent ways.with numerous diffrent lines in the ballad Life cycles Bruce Dawe has presents…

journalist, war correspondent and a soldier fighting primarily in World War I. Banjo had a life full of achievements and experienced great success with his poems but he has taken a lot of criticism throughout his life about his depiction of rural Australia. So was Andrew Barton (Banjo) Paterson a national icon or a national embarrassment and does he deserve to have his face on the current $10 note? Banjo had a very eventful life and was educated from a young age. At the age of 16 Banjo took up…

2. Introduction Australia was a convict settlement as a result of British Colonisation which occurred in 1788 with the First Fleet. The indigenous people of Australia are the Aboriginals. The federation of Australia occurred in 1901 and Australia is a member of the Commonwealth. Australia is situated in the southern hemisphere and is the smallest continent and country in the world. The capital of Australia is Canberra. The population of Australia is approximately 24 million. The language…

background was a very interesting timeline and background. Australia was officially explored by Captain James Cook in 1770 while he explored the east coast, he claimed it for Britain and called it New South Wales. Australia was then considered a pearl colony because the first settlers were criminals (Ducksters.com 1). In 1803 Matthew Flinders sails around Australia and proves its an island. In 1824 Australia is named from “New Holland” to “Australia.” “In 1829 The settlement of Perth is founded…

Assignment 1: Biodiversity Issue – Tanya Williams Feral Horses: a cultural icon or an environmental nightmare. With the population of brumbies growing, the Victorian government are looking to find alternative ways to manage the numbers of feral horses that are living within the Alpine environment. However, when Australians think about wild horses, they associate them with the Australian identity as they have helped form our ‘outback’ culture. This has caused debate between environmentalists…

Good Morning, Esteemed Guests and welcome to the Australia Day Citizenship Ceremony. Many of you have lived in Australia for a few years and already know how fantastic, scenic and amazing it is. I will prove this to you with my following arguments. The first point is that Australia has incredible landscapes. Secondly Australia has an amazing history and many opportunities. Finally Australia contains a diverse amount of people which allows us to make many different friends. Would you like to…

Before the British Empire ever discovered or even claimed Australia as one of their own it was inhabited with Aboriginals who are said to have arrived from south-east Asia by boat 50,000 years ago(“The History of Australia-Tourism Australia”,2016). Throughout Australia there were different tribes of Aborigines that spoke about different 700 languages, had different religious views, cultural beliefs(Mooney,2015). Australia was very behind in modernization, they did not have horses, large crops,…

When the British decided to migrate to Australia they had a precise idea that no one had taken ownership on the land that they had settled on and therefore declared the land Terra Nullius which means that the land did not belong to anyone. But in fact it did and there were already people who had claimed ownership of the land and were already living and breeding, through there own culture and ways on the estate, they were the aboriginal people. One of the major issues regarding Terra Nullius came…