The contentious debate over New South Wales government’s decisions to introduce new lockout laws has been heating over the past months. However, amidst the disagreement, Kings Cross has seen a 32 percent reduction in assaults since the laws were passed, while assaults in the Sydney CBD have fallen 26 percent according to the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR). The NSW Government has introduced new laws that close Sydney’s music clubs to new guests at 1:30am and ban selling…
Q. 1 Write about 3 lines for each of the following about the significance for Indigenous Land Rights in Australia: (a) “Terra nullius” Terra Nullius means that land without. When Captain Cook and his crew was in Australia , they decided the land was Terra Nullius. They acknowledge Indigenous people because of their primitive life. The High Court's Mabo judgement overturned the Terra Nullius fiction in 1982. (b) Protective legislation Victoria enacted Aboriginal protection act. This act…
first people the indigenous had seen. The colonization of Australia had a devastating impact on the indigenous people who had lived on this land for over 60,000 years. Before the British came to colonize Australia, the Dutch colonized it and named it “New Holland”. A few days after arrival at Botany Bay the fleet moved to the more sustainable port Jackson where a settlement was established at Sydney cove on 26 January, 1788. The colony was formally proclaimed by Governor Philip on 7 February…
Economic factors increased advancement of the sport culture, with new facilities such as notable stadiums and large ovals to be constructed (Cashman 2000). John Howard once jested that prime ministership was the second most vital job in Australia, after the national cricket captain (Goldsworthy 2008, p. 162). Sport has…
Lynching affected New South Capitalism in the following ways: race, gender, and class. Lynching was able to do this because it was fully ingrained within the south’s socioeconomic system. Lynching affected race and could be seen through who was lynched. Normally African Americans were lynched because whites were prejudiced against them and saw them as a threat to white man’s progress. Also, white men lynched African Americans in order to protect their “ladies.” Lynching affected the class system…
four men involved in this case the crew of the Mignonette, Tom Dudley, Edwin Stephens, Edmund Brooks, and Richard Parker. The captain Dudley and crewman Stephens were charged with the murder of the cabin boy Parker. The yacht sank off the coast of South Africa on July 5, 1600 miles away from Cape of Good Hope. The crew could access their lifeboats that contain absolute no supply of water a limited supply of food (two 1-pound cans of turnips). Their food supply quickly ran out, in three days…
I step out of my car, and onto the gravel parking lot. Looking around, I notice the eager children frantically pulling at their parent’s hands as they walk into the pumpkin patch. Almost immediately a nostalgic sense of happiness sets in. That warm fuzzy feeling inside my stomach is impossible to ignore at this point as the memories of my childhood flood in. This feeling remains constant throughout October, November and December but it is strongest in October. Something about pumpkin patches…
The ‘Clever Buoy’ is the world’s first shark detection buoy, which uses advanced and specifically designed sonar and identification software to detect the sharks’ movements. The Clever Buoy system is calibrated to detect sonar images which match the swim patterns, shapes and wakes which sharks parade, allowing this innovative technology to differentiate sharks from other marine life. The Clever Buoy is as an innovation as it has used existing real-time communication technologies for a newly…
television in Australia because of the first Australian drama, the first variety show and the first football game being aired during this decade. In 1956 on 16th of September Mainstream television was launched in Sydney with Nine Network station. The new medium…
Docklands is Melbourne city’s waterfront and is located south of Victoria towards the northern point of Port Phillip Bay and 2km west of Melbourne’s CBD. Docklands embraces the waterways of Victoria Harbour and approximately 3km of Yarra River frontage. It is similar in size to Melbourne’s central city. Docklands is close to Melbourne's main transport networks and industrial areas, which include, Southern Cross Station, Etihad Stadium and a large number of modern buildings. It’s well known for…