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South East Asia Second World War
1,651 words... year later. The ANZUS treaty signed by Australia, New Zealand, and the United States in 1951 represented the security blanket Australia had been desperate for since the end of the Second World War. The ANZUS treaty has since become the cornerstone of the Australian foreign policy. 15 Originally, the treaty was supposed to act as a protection from the powerful forces of Japan. But soon after ANZUS was signed the Japanese realized the strength of such an agreement and decided to sign a peace t...
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1,108 wordsThe Vietnam War had great political impact and led to deep division within Australian society. The Australian people were forced to take the issues about the Cold War, Vietnam and the arms race seriously because of Australias military involvement in Vietnam from 1962 to 1972. As a result, our fear of communism and of Asia increased dramatically. Australia, occupying a large mass of land, yet having a small population had always lived in the belief that they were threatened some way by the foreig...
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Point Of View Race And Gender
1,203 wordsThea Astley's Its Raining in Mango (1987) is a story of Australian history told through five generations of the Laffey family. Astley introduces several issues to the reader that were and still are part of Australian society. Through the use of narrative techniques including characterisation, narrative point of view and naming, Astley is able to position the reader to challenge such societal ideologies, and instead support the thoughts and ideas expressed by the strong and dominant characters in...
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Aboriginal Customary Laws And Australian Contemporary
589 wordsAboriginal customary laws, before white settlement in 1788, were considered primitive by the British, if considered at all. But Aboriginal laws and customs had lasted hundreds of years, based on traditions such as kinship ties and rituals. These laws were formed by ancestors, spirits, and Aboriginal beliefs, and were passed down the generations by word-of-mouth instead of written down. Being over 500 tribes (each with it's own clans) in Australia at one point, there were many variations to their...
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Cultural Values Popular Culture
1,233 wordsThe Australian television and media have become americanized through the influence of American media and television programs in Australia. This research will only concentrate on the extent of Americanisation in Australia through the influence on television and the film industry as the aspect of Americanisation covers a wide range from fashion to language. To fully understand the topic of the hypothesis, proper exploration of the definitions of identity and culture are of relevance. Identity and ...
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The Australian Constitution And Use Of Convention
1,417 wordsThe Constitution of Australia is a written document, which came into effect when the six colonies federated to form the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. It consists of eight chapters and 128 sections and lays down a set of laws or restraints by which the Federal Government must operate. It establishes the composition, procedures, functions, and powers of government, government authorities, such as the Governor General and other essential institutions. The Constitution is the basic framework fo...
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Single Handedly First Test
1,706 wordsCricket is a game now played all over the world. Back in the 1920 s there were two main teams, Australia and England. The Ashes are a series of cricket test matches between Australia and England. The first Ashes test ever played was on March 15 th 1877 in Australia. Since then Ashes tests between Australia and England have flourished numbering a series approximately every three years. The overall Ashes results are in favor of Australia, while since 1989 the Ashes series have all been won by Aust...
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Current Account Deficit Australian Dollar
1,028 wordsThe Australian Dollar is a "Commodity Currency." A "Commodity Currency" means that its fortunes are heavily dependent on the prices of Gold, Copper, Nickel, Coal and Wool. All of these commodities are Australias main exports. At present, commodity prices are low, especially gold. Melbourne-based mining consultant Surbiton Associates said exports of Australian gold were in danger of declining if exploration failed to be supported and production declined as a result. The country produces about $ 5...
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Art Theories And Influence On Artists
1,841 wordster> Essay Question: Discuss how theories about art influence the practice of artists and / or art critics or historians Practice in art refers to the decisions and actions that affect choices, perceptions, ways of working and views of an artist or art historian. Tim Storrier sums up the practice of an artist by saying that A painting is really a graphic illustration of where a particular artist is at that point in his life and the art encompasses what the artist has gone through in th...
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The Role Of Marketing In Telstra International
1,218 words... therefore has a range of international investments. Movements in the Australian dollar against other countries could affect operating revenues dramatically. To counter strike this, Telstra swaps foreign currency borrowings into Australian dollar equivalents. Occasionally there are exceptions however this method has proven to remove the foreign exchange risk. 5. 1. 2 Economic Developments Telstra is dependant on the general economic conditions in Australia, including levels of Gross Domestic ...
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How Australia Reacted To The Threat Of Communism
1,251 wordsThe threat of communism that the Australian government produced is highly debatable issue. Australia was being exposed to Communism, which was spreading south from Russia, through Asia and ultimately to Australia. The domino theory was a key belief in the mind of the public, spreading fear throughout the world. The Liberal party exploited the threat of Communism and the domino theory to help with their election campaign. They attempted to ban the Communist Party from Australian soils. Trade unio...
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Youth Unemployment And Crime
2,115 wordsOpinions such as those found in the Smith Family Youth Unemployment Report (2003) which hypothesize that juvenile crime is directly connected to the high rates of youth unemployment in Australia cannot be neither accepted nor critiqued until there is a clear understanding of what the terms "Youth Unemployment" and "Juvenile Crime" mean in the context of this essay. In this essay youth unemployment is generally taken to include the entire 15 - 24 age cohort - not just 15 - 19 year old teenagers -...
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Local Governments Role In Crime Prevention
1,531 wordsLocal Governments Role in Crime Prevention Introduction In order to provide an effective response to crime, and to explore the role of the Australian local government in crime prevention, it is crucial to understand the philosophy underlying the subject. The present study focuses on local governments role in crime prevention with specific reference to arrangements in NSW and explores future directions for local government involvement in crime prevention. Local Governments' Role in Crime Preventi...
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Customs House Pretty Good
1,889 wordsHeritage Assignment, Topic: Customs House, Circular Quay (Sydney, Australia) Circular Quays Customs House that is occupied at Sydney, Australia is very well known for its ancient heritage and significance in the whole state history. A former Customs House has been renovated and rebuild and is currently a very nice beauty of the region. In order to identify the heritage significance of the House we may take a closer look into the historical p revalue of the sight. It used to be a formal Customs H...
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Conflict Between Australia And Aborigine Property Rights
2,927 wordsConflict Between Australia and Aborigine Property Rights In the past centuries a peaceful yet devastating fight on the territory of Australia occurred. The fight happened between the natives of the continent the Aborigines, and newcomers the European settlers. Aborigines have lost it and became the minority in Australia, a country they used to be the sole occupants of. Their relationship to the government as a minority has affected them profusely. Many of the policies the government has construc...
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Plants And Animals Australian Aborigines
1,474 wordsInvestigative Task- Meaning of Art To be honest, every person asked would define art in his or her own way, and often the definitions made would significantly differ one from another. These differences can be a result of cultural diversities, different trends, or just different time spans. Nevertheless, there should be a definition universally acceptable for any culture and any epoch. Art can be defined as any human creation that contains an idea other than its utilitarian purpose. Anything can ...
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000 Years Ago Stone Tools
3,216 wordsTroublesome Questions In 1830 Mr. Rankin tied a rope around a projection out of a rock face in order to lower himself into Wellington Cave (Horton, 1980). The projection turned out to be the bone of a giant extinct marsupial. It was to be the first discovery of a great range of giant marsupials. Were these animals extinct? ? Horton (1980), describes how Leichhart believed that on his journeys to northern Australia he would find Diprotodon still roaming over the land. We now know that he was prob...
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Violence Against Women Twenty Years Ago
1,950 wordsIn David Williamson Part A In his play The Club, David Williamson presents numerous Australian attitudes of the 1970 s. However, many of these attitudes are still relevant and fairly accurate representations of Australian attitudes in the 1990 s, although some of course have changed somewhat over the time since the play was written nearly twenty years ago. Tradition plays a very important part in The Club. Each of the characters of course has his own ideas and attitudes towards tradition, but th...
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Industrial Relations Relations Act
1,353 wordsThe 1998 Waterfront Dispute was described by John Howard as a defining moment in Australia s industrial relations history. Do you agree with this statement? Support your view by discussing the events and outcomes of this dispute. John Howard s comment on the 1998 Waterfront dispute between the Maritime Union of Australia and Patrick Stevedores was a hypocritical and ignorant description of one of Australia s worst industrial relations disputes. The Australian Government considers that Australia ...
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League Of Nations True History
1,232 wordsPrize fight Tomorrow night, Peter Carey will take his seat at a table at the Guildhall in London to see if this years Booker prize judges agree with the bookmakers and bestow one of the literary worlds most coveted awards on his True History of the Kelly Gang. Nine thousand miles away, another Australian author will have cause to watch Carey's reaction to the result particularly closely. Two weeks ago, Frank Moorhouse was the victim of a blunder dreaded by authors and literary-prize organisers. ...
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