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    place in Australian society since the end of the Second World War, and how those historical changes have shaped the contemporary nation There has been an abundance of injustices suffered by the original owners of our land which still continue to this day but since WW2, which occurred from 1939-1945, Indigenous Recognition has been one of the rapidly changing important issues in Australian society. Although there has been a shift towards recognition, which has helped to shape this nation into a…

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    The country of Australia was built on racism. This land was taken and those who first came here, such as Matthew Flinders and James Cook. They took the land away from the indigenous people of Australia and killed them off with no remorse. They looked at them as if they weren’t even human, as if they weren’t even worth keeping alive, and yet those same very people end up being revolutionary names in Australian History and even having universities named after them. Even after the complete…

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    There are few better vacation destinations than the beautiful Country of Australia. With its white sandy beaches and blue water calling and the vast culture to experience there is no reason not to go. Unless you are scared of some of the deadliest spiders, snakes, and sharks in the world along with many other venomous or creepy crawly things. The continent and country of Australia is huge and has a very interesting history and by far very different from any other country in the world. The food…

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    VU21481 Nuanprang SAELUEA GEC00000BS Task 1 1. Tahiti 2. Give three reasons why it was difficult to look for the “Great Southern Land” (Australia) - The sea so dangerous - The wind always blows to direction. - Is long way to travel maybe not enough for food and drink. 3. Give four reasons why people wanted to find the “Great Southern Land”(Australia) 1)make a lot of money from trade 2)make a lot of money from gathering natural resources 3)England was very interested in setting up a naval base…

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    agreed but it meant that when a certain day of any month was picked you would be in the army. One of the issues was that originally National Service meant that the conscripts would only fight on Australian territory, which was then changed without consent in 1966 so that they were forced to fight in other countries. This had caused people’s views to change on Australians going to war. Anti-conscription groups were congregated and divisions were forming over Australia. Three of these groups that…

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    influences Australian Society. The points that are being discussed in this topic is multicullturism in Australia and how it has bought diversity in religious beliefs, how many religious organisations are contributors to social welfare needs in Australia and how the growth of many non-government schools have influenced Australian Society. Religion influences Australian Society through Multiculturalism in Australia. Fairness, equality non-discrimination, and justice are shown through…

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    People. In Australia, there are two completely different cultural groups made up of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and there are also over 250 unique languages spread across the Indigenous land. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have individual societies and cultures but their experiences with oppression, dispossession and colonization in their home country shows quite a strong bond between the two cultures. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders had been in Australia for…

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    ‘true refugees’ they are granted the approval of a Temporary Protection Visa (TPV). Asylum seekers who arrive “illegally” by boat in Australia are detained in detention centres, where they are detained (without charge and without trial) by Australia’s Immigration, in anticipation of visas for gruelling periods of time. However, it is not illegal to seek asylum in Australia even if arriving by boat (no matter how you arrive). This is specified undoubtedly, as the right to…

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    from Vietnam to Australia, Survived and became one of Australia’s best loved comedians. Throughout the book And meets Lots of People Some kind and willing to help and some mean and angry. In the book he meets Pirates, Nuns and a kind friend who helps him in every way possible. On Anh’s journey with his family to australia they meet up with a bunch of pirates who took pretty much everything that had including all their gold and valuable items they had collected to sell in australia. It says page…

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    Australia had only been federated for 13 years before a war broke out in 1914, and with this recent federation, our government wanted to create its reputation among all nations of the world. However, it was not until 1915 that Australian and New Zealand soldiers joined the war and ‘set out to capture the Gallipoli peninsula’ . The main goal of this campaign was to capture Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire and ‘an ally of Germany’ . The date marked April 25th when ‘the Australian…

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