Flora of New South Wales

Written on the 12th June 1788, Worgan’s journal takes the form of a letter, addressed to his brother, Richard, covering the early months of European settlement in New South Wales describing his first impressions of the Australian landscape, their initial encounter with Indigenous Australian’s and the European’s suitability to their new lifestyle. The text has a…

Are they called bathers, or swimmers? Is it a potato cake or a scallop? Depending on where one travels across Australia, one is bound to encounter many terms. However, what happens when every state and territory of Australia uses their own words and slang? This is a source of confusion for many, and can even trigger many debates amongst states. There are many different people living in Australia, all with their own identities and individual use of Australian English. It is important to highlight…

help save the Hooded Plovers from extinction. People tend to think that the beaches are just covered in sand. For many years now, people have been visiting beaches around South Australia; and which has out a negative impact on the flora and fauna. The Hooded Plovers are highly endangered. There are less then 800 Hooded Plover in South Australia, and only 7,000 in Australia. The main reason that the Hooded Plovers are under threat is because the birds nest in the sand and are very vulnerable due…

Table of Contents The Introduction of the Cane Toad: 2 Background Information: 2 Analysis: 2 Evaluation: 3 Recommendations: 4 Appendix: 6 List of References: 7 Annotated Bibliography: 8 Notes: 9 The Introduction of the Cane Toad: Cane toads are a common introduced species of the Australian continent, in particular Queensland, which has consequently provided many ecological issues that need to be addressed. The following report will analyse the issue of the introduction of cane toads into…

Essay: The White Australia Policy The White Australia policy, formally named the Immigration Restriction Act, was introduced on the 23rd of December 1901 and was de jure (by law) discontinued in 1958. But de facto (by reality) racial discrimination and referring to Asian citizens as ‘aliens’ continued until the early 1970’s. The thesis of this essay is that the white Australia policy wouldn’t be of the same short-term effectiveness if the Australian Government hadn't implemented the use of media…

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being major the source of knowledge. (41%) Making the situation graver, 15% of the participants had used an antibiotic, over the counter recently. This is consistent with world-wide self-medication rate i.e. 13% in US, 11% in Australia and 14% in South Africa. 12 In our study 24% of the participants had knowledge about the importance of completing course of antibiotics. Similar results were obtained in a study carried out in Malawi where 30 out of 54 participants were unaware of the importance…