History of Australia

designed to cover what is known as the Anzac Legend which is a narrative that centres on the Gallipoli campaign of 1915 and the experiences of the soldiers that served Australia. Although this is how schools tell history today, there is a lot more to the ANZAC story than realised. The exhibition I am here to open broadens our view of history by showing us the significance of nurses volunteering in war and gives us another perspective of Australia's experiences. In 1915 a war broke out unlike…

Contemporary Australian identity can be regarded as an invention (White 1981) or a product of its own history. A multitude of identities, like mate-ship, fair go and larrikinism, be it a stereotype or a true reflection, resonates among the Australians. Of which, egalitarianism is one identity that is distinct yet debatable in today’s context. Today’s Australia is not a nation where everyone is equal as there are indeed, clear differences in wealth, clearly defined hierarchies in its…

workforce and the skills and qualification that they have achieved, Refugees are presented among the rank of unemployment, lowly-paid, low-skilled (REFERENCE). Hence, refugees and asylum seekers face many specific barriers to employment upon resettle in Australia. Lack of Australian work experience can prevent a refugee from being employed due lack Australian work experience and non-recognition of overseas qualification. For this reason, employment status or unemployment is believe to be one of…

misappropriation and commercial gain (Waitoa, Scheyvens, Te Rina 2015). While these concerns are valid, the advantages of social media, in particular among young Indigenous peoples, is a positive development. With many remote Indigenous communities in both Australia and around the world now being able to access the internet, social…

will find that that Australia honestly doesn’t really even have a national identity, but Caucasian Australians will challenge that stating that we have culture but the immigrants are killing our national pride. When you really evaluate it these ‘immigrants’ are the one building and improving our country making it great and mighty while these white Australians sit on their arses and get Centrelink because they can’t be bothered getting a job. These are the people that say Australia is founded on…

("Social Inequality: A Short History Of An Idea, p.2") Disadvantaged groups such as the native indigenous people of Australia, are one of the most targeted communities of injustice. Stratification can arise throughout preceding generations of families, thereby, enduring social inequality. The Australian courts and constitution are two key factors which influence the rights given to people. In this essay I will examine the lack rights that the Indigenous people have in Australia, through the…

The Great Dividing Ranges also known as the Eastern Ranges are a mountain range geographically located in Australia. The great ranges spand from the north eastern tip of Queensland down southwards to the edge of New South Wales eventually ending in the west most part of Victoria. In total the Ranges length rounds off to a distance of 3,500 kilometres, long enough to earn it the title of third longest land based range in the world. The width of the range varies slightly along its length from…

Lister (2004, p 324) writes that citizenship, in both theory and practice, is simultaneously grounded in inclusion and exclusion. Throughout history, women have been denied full access to citizenship. Citizenship is said to encompass rights and duties. Women have been denied equal rights to men and have not enjoyed equal political participation (Lister 2004, p 326). Furthermore, domestic duties—duties that have been traditionally and are still overwhelmingly female dominated—are not considered…

white, Christian and modern. Perhaps its most enthusiastic advocate was Western Australia Chief Protector Neville, who raised the possibility of whites becoming a minority in Australia. "Are we going to have a population of 1,ooo,ooo blacks in the Commonwealth," he queried a commonwealth conference, "or are we going to merge them into our white community and eventually forget that there ever were any aborigines in Australia? " (citation needed140). With this type of eradicating intent Neville…

changed each country which was involved; Australia in particular, suffered economically. Nevertheless, Australians did not hesitate to assist the town. Victorian school students, their teachers and the Victorian Department of Education contributed over £22,000 to repair the town and the Ecole de Garcons (Boys School). Upon the inauguration of the school, it was significantly named ‘Victoria’, and now “N’oublions jamais l’Australie” (never forget Australia) is seen in the school’s classrooms,…