titled “My Country” and “Australia” to deconstruct and explain how they reflect on the Australian representation. The poem "My Country" was written by Dorothea Mackellar in 1908. She first wrote this literary piece at the age of 23 and it gained so much fame that generations of Australian schoolchildren have learned it. This poesy‚ still to this day‚ is being interpreted to allow viewers to receive a greater understanding of the clear definition and illustration of Australia as a country in the present
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Aid to Australia – Geography Essay The purpose of Australian Aid is to help developing countries around the world eradicate poverty and to promote stability and prosperity both in our region and beyond‚ by providing different types of assistance and financial support. Although Australia receives a number of benefits due to aid‚ several disadvantages can also arise as a result of this link with different countries. Providing aid to developing countries in the
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PHYSICAL REGIONS: * The total length of Australia’s coastlines is 35 877 km with western Australia’s being the largest. * Australia’s coastline is relatively short due to its compact shape(all in one) * Australia is the smallest out of the 7 continents * It has and area of7 682 000 km squared * A region is defined as an area with one or more features that distinguish it from surrounding areas. These are either‚ natural‚ cultural economic or political. Example- GREAT BARRIER REEF
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Should asylum seekers be sent to Malaysia? “An asylum seeker is a person who has fled their own country and applied for protection as a refugee” (Department of Human Rights‚ 2011). Many asylum seekers come to Australia by boat. The Australian government wants to send its asylum seekers to Malaysia to deter people smuggling. This issue analysis focused on the issue of the Australian government sending its asylum seekers to Malaysia. The range of texts that supported this issue analysis is the
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REBECCA GRECH The distinctively visual techniques created by Henry Lawson in his short stories‚ differ in techniques but relate in ideas and concepts to those created in Baz Luhrmann’s film “Australia” Both Henry Lawson and Baz Luhrmann use distinctively visual techniques in their portrayals of life in the Australian Bush. Their stereotypical views of bush society in the outback are shown through their chosen median with techniques of “chronological listing” ‘film montage’ ‘colloquial language’
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Dingoes The dingo is an Australian wild dog that came to Australia about 4000 years ago. The dingo is found all around Australia except Tasmania. This dingo is found near the main lands with very good water source the dingo is a warm-blooded animal and it’s a carnivore that eats everything. This animal called a dingo is an endotherm which means a warm blooded animal. That survives on its body heat to keep it warm in winter. They are meat eaters‚ and try to feed mainly on this. If unavailable
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independent island state located north-east of Australia in the Pacific Ocean. Guadalcanal is known for its diving and snorkeling sites where the wreckage of ships and planes from the Battle of Guadalcanal. The Battle for Guadalcanal between American and Japanese troops was one of the most strategic battles of WWII (www.guadalcanal.com; www.history.com). The Solomon Islands was in located in a position that was strategically important as it was close to Australia and along the transport and communication
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How has White Australia shaped Australian identity? The essence of White Australia molded the basis upon which Australian identity is shaped. A individual’s way of identifying oneself to fitting to the country in which they live is an correlation enabled by national distinctiveness‚ which converts to an “important component of self”. Domestic individuality is a “socially constructed idea or myth” amalgamating its populace; its advocated types frequently imitate principles the populace wishes their
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refugees‚ immigration and multiculturalism are all components of a highly significant and hot topic that endures both in Australia‚ and across the globe‚ comprising a rich and complex history that continues to have far ranging implications. In the 1970s it was then Prime Minister‚ Malcolm Fraser‚ pushing Australians to accept the arrival of non-European refugees into Australia‚ and in recent times‚ the controversial Pauline Hanson is leading a political party whose main agenda is to keep as many
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threat of Communism Australia’s response to the threat of communism after WW2 was extraordinary. Australia and its politicians immediately recognised what could happen of a result of the domino theory. With the Soviet Union influencing so many countries and causing China‚ Vietnam‚ and North Korea to turn Communist it was only matter of time until it reached Australia‚ and all in all this was when Australia took action. At the end of WW2 in 1945 the world thought that peace was about‚ but that was when
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