Languages of Australia

“Central Coast”). Recently released statistics from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) (2011) reveal a total population of approximately 273000 people on the Central Coast. The area has one of the fastest growing Indigenous communities within Australia, with about 2.2% of people identifying as Indigenous. Darkinjung land contains over seven thousand Aboriginal sites that are historically, spiritually and commemoratively significant to Darkinyung people, (Empowered Communities, 2016,…

important we make friends with our neighbours.” In the past especially during the Vietnam War, Australia may have overlooked any Eastern relationships by focusing instead on Western alliances. This quote…

reasons for people to becoming refugees. Moving to a new place causes refugees to face some difficulties, such as language and education and the mental health. However, setting up schools and organizations and providing special working positions for refugees may help them to overcome these problems. First of all, when refugees get in to a new country they immediately meet language and education problems. According to the CNN news reports, under the international agreement, there are more than…

For many years people from various countries have been seeking refuge in Australia. Many have been turned away and many have been accepted into Australian society. During this process refugees are put into a refugee detention centre, the treatment of refugees while in these centres is what this essay will discuss. Is it ethical? What actually happens behind closed walls? Are these refugees even illegal? Asylum seekers are primarily affected by war, unrest, violence and human rights abuse, not…

The given extract is a speech delivered by Stan Grant on Racism and Australian dream in 2016 at Ethics Centre, Sydney, Australia. He primarily targets the audience belonging to Australia. With the use sarcastic and confronting tone speaker expresses his disappointment and serve his purpose to inform the audience about the historical brutality suffered by the aborigines with the use rhetorical questions, anaphora, and juxtaposition. Stan Grant at the start of his speech uses rhetorical question…

“Waltzing Matilda” was originally created in 1895 and the title is Australian slang for ‘going walkabout with your swag’. The ballad narrates the story of a lonely, wondering worker or swagman preparing a drink of billy tea at a bush camp in outback Australia. Swagman were common throughout the Depression years (1890’s) as they travelled from town to town trying to find work to survive. The Swagman wonders out loud “Who’ll come a waltzing with me?” which indicates his lonely existence of life…

suburb in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Vietnamese community in Cabramatta developed following the acceptance of refugees from Southeast Asia following the Vietnam War. The refugees had suffered greatly prior to their arrival in Australia. Many had fought, and witnessed the deaths of family members, Upon arrival they struggled to settle into Australian society. Cultural Integration, language barriers, racism, economic hardship, high unemployment rates,…

in Australia that we need to wake up to: the crime of various types committed by refugees have been increasing at an alarming rate where about 20 cases of sexual assault occur every single day. Most refugees are not self-sufficient and have low levels of education, as such this forces the Australian government to spend tremendous amounts of money on medicare, tens of millions in funding on education and at the same time, our human resources are diminished. We are clearly…

Non European immigration to Australia has rapidly developed the diversity of Australian society since the removal of the white Australia policy by the 1970s. The evidence lies in the multicultural values and ethics surrounding every facet of society, including politics, employment and education. Non-European immigration has had an extremely positive impact on the dynamics of society and international relations, through the introduction of cultural influences and skills to the professional…

Positive impacts include: o The expansion of regional business, investment links and add labour jobs due to the new skills offered by the migrants entering Australia. o Migrants bring new skills to the country such as the ability to speak foreign languages. These new skills can help boost communication between other countries and help people develop skills for working internationally. o Economic relations have been strengthened due to the addition of migration sources. o Migration raises…