History of Australia

An Adnyamathanha and Norungga man born in Wallaroo South Australia, an inspirational captain to both the Australian public/Australian Indigenous community and the Sydney Swans…the definition of a true leader. Adam Goodes is an ex-AFL player whose legacy will live eternally, both on and off the field, regarded as an absolute all-time great of Australia’s game. A four time All Australian, two time Brownlow medal winner, not to mention the two premierships to his name, it’s fair to say he was…

throughout the poem. The first known date of The new true anthem was in 1988. This poem reflects the time of when the first settlers arrived in Australia in 1788 and about how they treated the Australian land and the native people. Throughout this time societies’ dominate cultural ideologies were patriotism and…

It is a world heritage site this draws attention to Kuringai for future preservation. Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park is the second oldest national park in Australia. It is also the oldest national park officially, specifically for the natural conservation. Australia is a country which is recognised for being the centre of biodiversity. Ku ring gai is perfect example of that due to the fact that of the preservation of such a historical national park. Timber from…

acknowledged and be a new representation for the Aboriginal community. Reported by Michael Charlton, a non-indigenous man, the film is reflective of the deplorable conditions the Aboriginal community endured during this dishonorable piece of Australian history. Set in 1961, the Box Ridge episode aired prior to the 1967 Referendum and displayed issues with relevance to the laws at the time. The 1960’s were a time where Aborigines had trouble in the job market,…

separate British colonies on the Australian continent to come together as one. The union of these six colonies was named the Federation of Australia. White Australian men envisioned that the new Australia would be a white man’s paradise, and so race was one of their core considerations during the writing of the Australian Constitution. The separate colonies of Australia were founded on principles of racial discrimination and white unity and thus it is no surprise that these same principles…

that had fled their home country in fear of persecution. In 2011 there were a total of 1,669,725 asylum applications received worldwide, yet only 0.92% of those were made to Australia (Healey 2013). Despite being a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention, Australia has some of the toughest immigration policies worldwide. Australia, for example, is the only western country to place asylum seekers in mandatory detention instead of allowing them to live in the community while their claims are…

members, which has created the dislocation of so many of their family members to other cities in Australia. The essentials of South Sudanese culture, language and South Sudanese experience as refugees in settlement have also been discussed concisely. The research has reviewed in order to highlight the effects of trauma, stress and frustration from war zone alteration and to show how resettlement in Australia has affected the refugees. This discussion was followed by the theory of…

important role in the country's landscape. Approximately 70 percent of Australia is semi arid or desert. It is a country that has been inhabited for 50,000 years, but it is considered a young country. Its original owners the aboriginal people migrated to Australia from an unknown point in Asia. Captain Cook is credited as Australia European discovery in 1770. Australia has many unique animals and plants. In early geological history, Australia was cut off…

Maintaining Spanish as a Heritage Language in Australia Stephanie Natolo, Griffith University, Australia Abstract: Heritage language maintenance in Australia faces great challenges. In Australia, English is the dominant official language de facto, whilst Spanish is a community language. Spanish is primarily learnt and used in the home with parents and other family members, however, English holds power via hegemonic means, and is used in a multiplicity of domains. This paper presents an…

understandings play a vital role in determining what is health and what is illness. Throughout history, society has had its own ways of dealing with mental illness, however one thing has remained constant. The treatment of mental illness has been considered a social problem for many years. This essay will determine if mental illness is a social problem by firstly delving into how mental illness was treated in history, looking at the social conditions asylum seekers are parting from and the…