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    article, I saw a man of Australia arguing strongly that the Australian dream is not for all. He upholds his stand by stating the obvious racism and discrimination toward the aboriginal people of Australia. A group of ethnically diverse people who were eliminated and isolated by people of their own country, labelling them as an outcast.He emphasizes on the injustice served towards the indigenous people that who have suffered and also those who are still suffering in Australia. This issue which…

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    The Murray River is the longest river in Australia, extending from the Australian Alps to the ocean at Lake Alexandria. It meanders 2,375 kilometers and passes across inland plains, functioning as a natural border barrier between New South Wales and Victoria. Being the longest river in a generally arid continent, the river serves important ecological, cultural, and economic roles. Brief history Many of the ancient aboriginal tribes of Australia depended on the river for their source of water,…

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    Assimilation in Australia had a significant impact on the indigenous population for many generations and although the Australian Government presumed that through assimilation, indigenous people would enjoy and encounter the same standards of living as the white European population once they had adopted European customs, this was not the case for many indigenous people who are known as the stolen generation. Regardless of the government attempts to improve standards of living and reviews in…

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    statement above had announced, Rosalie Kunoth-Monks was answering the question related to the existing of White Australia Policy, She said’ White Australia Policy of course does exist, today, 2014, make no mistake about, I live with a real discrimination, I live with hatrust of my colour because I am the first Australian….” (Kunoth-Monks, R 2014). The feature of colonialism in Australian History for Indigenous people are marginalised, discriminated, unjust and dehumanized. Nowadays, in the era…

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    to stay the same ). It's been shown time and time again throughout history, that colonization equals invasion. This is seen with within Australia and North America. The common denominator between these two locations is that they have traumatized the indigenous…

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    Australia is a country that has been described as diverse, multicultural and unique. Our geography, flora and fauna and cultural history is different from anywhere else, which has definitely captured the attention of the rest of the world. Australian society has evolved in a very short space of time from the earliest convict settlements established in the mid nineteenth century, to the cosmopolitan states that currently exist and draw immigrants from all continents across the globe. Australia’s…

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    contributes to the strong growth of Australia’s economy. Since 1970s the expansion of Australia´s population and the achievement of skill profile had impacted the economic development of the country. Not only it had allowed people to live in a pacific and harmonious environment, but shaping the nation towards economic prosperity and quick progress in pro an industrialized, secure and pleasant state. Australia is named as a “country of immigrants” having one in four people born in overseas and…

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    Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors. The author has work experience in working with refugees in the Australia and overseas. The article addressed the misconceptions of the ‘boat people’ by some Australian political leaders and local citizens. The issue of the ‘boat people’ has been going on over decades in Australian history since 1970s . It has been the political battle ground in the Australian politics. In the article, the author clearly introduces…

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    Indigenous Australians are significantly disadvantaged in modern Australian society. It exists because white Australian public believe that Australia is a post-racial society and claim to be anti-discrimination while ignoring increased incarceration rates, deaths in custody, and lasting effects from political wrongs committed against indigenous Australians. The sociological imagination is a concept used to see how situations in society occur and play out based on how people differ in terms of…

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    The major outcome from the Battle of Kokoda for Australia was that it prevented the Japanese gaining any sort of foothold in Australia and further gaining access to any deep water ports where they would have been able to increase supplies for their ultimate goal of an invasion of the Australian mainland. It is a common held opinion, throughout Australia, that with victory in Kokoda and the first defeat of the Japanese imperial army in a land battle…

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