Big Brother Australia

In Philip Noyce’s acclaimed film, Rabbit-Proof Fence, a major theme that develops throughout the story is the struggle for survival that Molly, Daisy and Gracie had to endure. The girls face many trials in their fight for life, however their struggles are never more clearly portrayed than in three carefully constructed scenes. The girls struggle to survive the desert landscape is displayed clearly when Gracie leaves Molly and Daisy to go find her mother and the other girls are silhouetted…

The nature of multiculturalism in Australia encompasses the ethnic, cultural and linguistic diversity of the Australian society and actively pursues equality of opportunity for all Australians to participate in the life of the nation and the right to maintain ethnic and cultural heritages within the law and the political framework (Berman and Paradies, 2008). Despite this a plethora of research argues that Multiculturalism in Australia is hampered by concepts or ‘race’ and ‘racism’. The term…

Simpson and his donkey and Albert Jacka VC are only some of the stories that have been known to Australians, and have contributed to the myth around the great Anzac legend. This is due to the stories that have been erased from the truth and more focused on making the whole Anzac legend a positive and important story. In reality, it’s not all that it appears and the genuine truth and representation must be conveyed throughout our nation, instead of romanticising the Anzac story. These values of…

The film focuses on the loss of innocence and coming of age of the characters. It is made clear that the film is made to entertain rather than educate its audience. In the film, we are given no historical background to the war or the role of Australia in the war. There are no historical events mentioned until the Battle of Lone Pine, which occurred on August 6th 1915. Dunne's infantry friends participate in it. One dies and another is critically injured. On August 7th the Light Horse partakes…

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 formed were the Youth Campaign against Conscription (YCAC), The Australian Labor Party (ALP) and Save Our Sons which had come together after the change that expanded the troops going to…

Recently Americans have had the issue of whether or not to take in the refugees from Syria, but if you look at all the problems they could bring into this country, there is no moral obligation for America to take in refugees. Refugees could drag down the economy by taking jobs from citizens or using tax payers money for welfare and etc. They could also bring diseases such as hepatitis, typhoid, cholera or dysentery are just a few that Syria is expecting to outbreak with the crowding of their…

1939 Australia was once again at war, due to the alliance they had with Brittan. When Germany invaded Poland on September 1st, it only took two days for Brittan and France to respond by declaring war on Germany. At this current time Australia had a strong alliance with Brittan, which meant that if Brittan went to war, Australia would have to follow. While most Australians agreed that it was their duty to help Brittan, fear and disbelief ripped straight through the population. When Australia…

When the one thousand British soldiers and convicts invaded Botany Bay in 1788, it was believed that there was an estimated six hundred different groups or ‘nations’ with distinctive cultures and beliefs around the continent. None of the British soldiers or convicts announced their arrival or told the Indigenous people their intentions with the land. This therefore caused great changes onto Aboriginal societies as many groups were taken away from their land. The first recorded use of Aboriginal…

Why Australia fought in WWI Support for Britain, the ''mother country ''. Fear that the opportunity of adventure would pass the by (hardly had been overseas). The desire to avoid the disapproval of peer and women. The chance to earn higher wage (6 shillings a day vs 1 shilling a day). A sense of 'duty'. Hatred of the 'hun' (German). The thought that war would be over quickly. By December, 1914, 52000 men had volunteered to serve in the army, to be known as the AIF (Australia imperial force)…

‘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…