Karratha, Western Australia

provided. They also used several families in Western Australia with a child aged 5–18 years with Down syndrome (n=208) by surveying them in a population based study (Oates, Bebbington, Bourke, Girdler, & Leonard, 2011, p. 1880). The more people used in the study, the more reliable and valid the results outcome will be. If a research study only uses a couple of people to research, then the researchers doing the study are not going to know the real average of the population outcome because it is not using the population as a whole. Anyone can have “authority” to investigate a topic as long as they are able to back up their research with proof of evidence. The authors that worked together to for this study worked two different places. Author Alinta Oates worked for both, the Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Exercise, Biomedical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia and the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia. Authors Ami Bebbington, Jenny Bourke, and Helen Leonard worded for the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia. Author Sonya Girdler worked for Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Exercise, Biomedical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia (Oates, Bebbington, Bourke, Girdler, &…

Kalgoorlie – Boulder is Australia's largest outback city with a population of more than 30,000 people. It is the largest urban centre in the Goldfields region and the fifth in Western Australia. Kalgoorlie is located in the Easter Goldfields, which is 596 Km Northeast of Perth. The traditional landowners of Kalgoorlie area are the Maduwangka people and the name “ Kalgoorlie “ is said to mean “ Silky Pear Bush” in the local aboriginal language. European settlement of Kalgoorlie began in…

The Queensland government commissioned this report to evaluate the needs of the 4034 postcode in the coming 10-15 years. The postcode of 4034 includes various suburbs such as Carseldine, Zillmere, Boondall, Geebung and Aspley. The postcode of 4034 has the total population of 20,150 people. This report will state the needs of the postcode that will be required by citizens to in the suburbs to increase the liveability of the area in the coming 10-15 years. The services that will be outlined in…

from the central desert region of the Northern Territory, Australia and the Anmatyerre language group both Clifford and Emily share simular life experiences, beliefs of the dreaming, geography and views of their country. Both artists produced their work in a matching time and place with simular preferred mediums and both had numerous collections exhibited both nationally and internationally. Yet their subject matter and their style of painting differed dramatically, Clifford painting the…

Ever since 1788, when Australia was colonized as a British nation, Indigenous Australians have been represented in a problematic and untruthful manner by many non-indigenous and westernized institutions. In the nation’s healthcare system, Indigenous Australians are presented as being more unhealthy in terms of developed diseases, life expectancy and weigh related illnesses (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2011). The national education system, and the media, paint the indigenous…

1. Life expectancy at birth for Indigenous people is on average 17 years lower than that for the total Australian population. 2. In non-remote areas Aboriginal adults were twice as likely to be affected by and to report disability and/or chronic disease. 3. In 2006 21% of 15 year old Indigenous people versus 5% of 15 year old non–Indigenous people were not participating in school education. 4. The proportion of Aboriginal people in post secondary education, with a qualification of certificate…

veins when, in 1920, he set off on an epic flight from England to Australia. With icy winds wiping across his face, he flew his tiny and fragile bi-plane high about the land and the ocean until, nine hours after takeoff, he was forced to abort his journey in Italy. Although failing to reach his destination, he had covered 1,046 kilometres, and set a new aviation record. The following year, with merely a compass, a thermos flask, and some sandwiches, he took off on a less ambitious adventure…

Indigenous Australian had been living in Australia since 50,00 years ago. They lived by hunting, walking place to place, building homes, etc. But when the British came, the ritual that they’d been applying to their daily lives gone. The white people came and took away their lands and start building their own business. They took away the indigenous Australians kids and was known as the stolen generation. From that moment, that gap between indigenous and non-indigenous people increasing, from life…

Gumbaynggirr activist, historian and leader effective between the years 1971 to 2000, has used his ties to his Aboriginal heritage and fame to become highly efficient in his field. Foley utilises an array of methods including his involvement in major political activities, his acting career and his countless informative essays to raise awareness and truth about the Aboriginal population within Australia. Gary Foley spent the majority of his youth in Nambucca Heads, however, at the young age of…

The changing experience of Indigenous Australians Indigenous Australians, defined Indigenous Australians are defined as; “The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia, who are descended from the groups that existed in Australia and the surrounding islands prior to British colonisation.” Indigenous Australians are often referred to as the ‘First Peoples of Australia’, due to their status as being the first human settlers to the Australian continent, approximately 60,000 years…