History of Australia

religious conflicts or other forms of oppression. The refugee influx has been a major concern in Australia and the immigration policies have caused a number of debates and controversy since World War II. In 1930s to 1940s, Australia has been involved in the refugee crisis since the Nazi Holocaust. The arrival of Jewish refugees resulted a number of debates and arguments in the Australia public. In 1975, Australia experienced the arrival of many Vietnamese "boat people" and refugees. This event…

Convention, 1951). The number of refugees is increased. During 2015, there were over 21.3 million refugees worldwide, an increase of 1.7 million from 2015 (UNHCR, 2016). Australia has a long history of welcoming refugees. Since federation Australia has welcomed over 800,000 refugees and humanitarian entrants (Parliament of Australia, 2017). With such a large intake of refugees one issue that is becoming more and…

Australians have experienced maltreatment and a deprivation of their civil liberties for generations is well-documented. In discussing the ways in which Aboriginal people and their white supporters promoted Civil Rights and Indigenous Rights in Australia from the late 1950s through to 1972, this essay will provide a representative rather than comprehensive treatment. It will begin with a brief overview of the state of affairs leading up to the late 1950s. The notion of ‘rights’ as well as the…

untrue and unfair belief that people have on people or things. These days our world has many stereotypes, stereotypes can be considered racist, disrespectful and unacceptable. Australia has many stereotypes. All around the world people have different thoughts and opinions on Australia, through what these people think Australia get these stereotypes that change Australia’s identity. There is a whole lot of Australian stereotypes but many people do not know where we get most of them from.…

entering Australia and the battle between the politics. From my personal view, I feel refugees have the right to come to Australia to seek safety. Throughout the sections "The Boat People of 1881”, The Abuse of Innocence","Wongs, Whites and Reffos" and "The Big Lie”, Mungo McCullum uses strong points and persuasive techniques to shift the views of his readers. I feel Mungo uses strong points and writing technique throughout his book. The opening "The Boat People of 1881" provides the history of…

Freedoms and Rights in Australia and the USA Australian Freedom Rides The Australian Freedom Rides in 1965 were inspired by the 1961 Freedom Rides in the United States. Based in the University of Sydney, the students decided to use the same strategy to promote civil rights. Under the title of ‘Student Action for Aborigines’ or SAFA their tactic was to take the civil rights movement out in to regional Australia to actively confront as well as contest racial discrimination which was a major…

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…

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…

settlers arrived in Australia 35,000 years ago during the great ice age. The sea levels lowered between Indonesia and New Guinea and created a land bridge that would allow nomadic tribes to cross from Southeast Asia. Like many other humans of that epoch, they were hunters and gatherers and traveled from place to place in search of young creatures. Thousands of years after these drifters arrived; the glaciers thawed and brought up the seas once again, which kept the citizenry of Australia…

(Indigenous Australia, 2017). However, Perkins ended up training with Liverpool’s rivals Everton F.C before leaving and playing for an amateur team (Indigenous Australia, 2017).…