History of Australia

The Bombing of Darwin holds extraordinary significance in the Australian history due to its impact on the Australian war effort during the 1940’s and its shaping of the nation identity. There were issues that triggered the Japanese to bomb Darwin including key events throughout the war effort. There were also many short and long term effects after the bombings. Darwin was a key defensive position that was in the way of the aggressive Japanese forces in their push to claim as much land as…

plans, helping out the Indigenous tutoring from St. Brigid’s College, interviewing them and educating those on the Indigenous history. Throughout my journey of completing my reconciliation plan of helping with the Indigenous tutoring and interviewing them I learnt a lot more than I did before I started. I learnt that there are so many different perspectives on the history of Indigenous people, not only about the stolen generation which many people are educated about but about the way their…

awareness amongst readers by compelling them to revaluate their own perspectives in their political sphere. Inherent in Henry Reynold’s memoir, Why Weren’t We Told (1999) is a representation of society’s attitudes towards race relations in Australian history, reflecting flaws of the communal ‘white blindfold’ perception of Aboriginal past. Reynolds’ personal account exposes the need to revise such misconceptions that…

On 29th October 2015 Prime Minister Turnbull committed Australia to joining the Open Government Partnership, launching a public consultation to develop an Australian National Action Plan for open government. Australia has a long and proud history of open government, being one of the most transparent, accountable and engaged democracies in the world, but there is always more to be done. Through consultation the Australian National Action Plan will ideally include ambitious actions that support…

The 26th of January, Australia Day, what first comes to mind? Depending on cultural ethnicity the answer to this question will be different. For those of white Australian background you think of the stereotypical lifestyle consisting of the sun, waves and mates. However for those of Indigenous background mass genocide and the beginning of the end for your culture is what is thought of on this day. To display this stark contrast I have selected two poems by Australian poets which offer…

Ever since the invasion of Aboriginals in 1788, the impact that the Australian Government acts have had a huge impact on the Aboriginal culture right through to today. The ‘stolen generations’ is a hole in the history of Aboriginals which affect many aboriginal descendants. Aboriginals today have inherited racism from the white Australians making them feel like 2nd class citizens in a multicultural country. In 1909 the White government made a Aboriginal Protection Act to “protect aborigines for…

nation known as the Commonwealth of Australia was a colony of the British Empire and then its own independent state, this can be traced with the settlers from other parts of the world, namely those from Europe and Great Britain. I will focus on the immigrants who went to the continent of Australia and its development as a colony then how it became a nation. In particular, there will be a concentration on how mining and prospecting interest help cultivate Australia as we know it today. This will…

year, 6500 visas were granted to refugees who had applied to be resettled to Australia. The majority of these people originally fled persecution from countries such as Afghanistan (2530), Myanmar (1145) and Iraq (830). The Department also granted 300 refugees category visas to Syrian nationals (Karlsen, 2014). The Department of Social Services works improved the lifetime wellbeing of migrants and refugees settling in Australia by responding to their specific needs, encouraging their independence…

Australia - Rough Draft The impact of the British was extremely disruptive to the Aboriginals way of life. Before the British settled in Australia the Aborigines had a good life. During the British there was a large amount of violence between the two sides. After the British, the violence stopped but the new Government still treated the Aboriginals poorly. Before the Europeans came over the Aboriginals had a better life. The Aborigines moved from southeast Asia 40,000 years before the Europeans…

There are over 22 000 000 people in Australia and around 112 000 Jewish people, this shows that around 0.3% of the country is made up of Jews. Jews have been an essential part of Australia’s history since the beginning of the European settlement. They have participated equally throughout the course of Australian history, staring from the First Fleet in 1788. Many Jewish people are involved in organisations or groups, one being the fight for aboriginal rights, there are also many groups that are…