Outline the geographical processes relevant to the management of the Cronulla‚ Wanda and Kurnell area. The Cronulla‚ Kurnell and Wanda region sites are ecologically and culturally significant. The Cronulla‚ Wanda and Kurnell areas are filled with beautiful beaches‚ magnificent headlands and various other wonderful features‚ being well over 15000 years old this region showcases some magnificent attractions. These regions however are now faced with issues regarding enviromental degradation and
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At Cronulla Beach there are many geographical issues affecting the area. Human or natural forces can affect geographical issues. One of these issues includes erosion. Erosion is one of the biggest geographical issues‚ which is the wearing down of different materials‚ such as rock‚ soil and sand. Some of the few management strategies used to provide a better environment are sand dunes and the sea bee wall. Erosion is the wearing down of different materials caused by natural forces such as long
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blatantly cast to the shadows due to their sexual orientation-homosexuals. For many people the police raid on the Stonewall- a popular gay bar in Greenwich‚ New York- would later turn out to be the Rosa Parks movement of the LGBT community. The Stonewall Riots would raise positive public awareness of the Gay Rights Movement in 1969‚ and for many more years to come. For the first time gays‚ lesbians‚ transgenders and bisexuals were united and fought for the same cause. The Stonewall was considered to be
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Set in the environment of ethnic and racial paranoia that defined the early 1940s in Los Angeles‚ California‚ the "Zoot Suit Riots" were a defining moment for Zoot Suiters and the Mexican American community. The ethnic populations of California as a whole‚ and Los Angeles in particular‚ were under siege. In March and April of 1942‚ the entire Japanese and Japanese American population on the West Coast of the United States were deported to "relocation centers" (mild euphemisms for concentration camps)
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held a grudge towards the zoot suits were the sailors who were coming back from the war. The sailors held grudges towards the ones wearing the zoot suits‚ because they weren’t in the war defending their country. Many of the issues that caused the riots were the tension between the two groups of young men. It was not right for the sailors to have gone that far as attacking everyone who was dressed as a zoot suit
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Angeles: The City of Riots Home of the largest populated area in the United States with just over 4 million people; the city of Los Angeles is one of the most well known cities in the world. It is home to many of the world greatest actors as well as the upper class of America. The city is full of life with many iconic landmarks such as Hollywood boulevard‚ the Hollywood sign‚ and the Kodak Theatre‚ yet it is hard to believe that this great city has been home to two of the worst riots in U.S. history
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The la riots were one of the biggest events to happen in history which took place in Los Angeles California. People were angry about the Rodney king trial. Rodney king‚ born on April 2 1965 born in Sacramento California was in a high-speed chase on march 3‚ 1991 . When he finally stopped‚ and was pulled over the police men pulled him out of the car and started beating him really badly when he was finally caught by a Los Angeles police. He got a brutal beating while a nearby amateur camera man by
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The 1992 LA Riots were a series of riots‚ lootings‚ arsons and civil disturbances that occurred in Los Angeles on April 29th 1992‚ lasting 6 days through to May 5th. They were triggered by the acquittal of police officers in a trial regarding a videotaped police brutality incident. 4 police officers were caught on amateur video beating an unarmed African-American motorist-Rodney King. The case was taken to trial and the four (white police officers) were acquitted of any wrong doing (by a 12 person
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Appendices: 10 Surrounding an issue of your choice‚ how does the media help circulate particular Understandings of Australia as an imagined ‘community’? Event: December 2005 Cronulla Race Riots Author: Hope Blazely Abstract: On December 11‚ 2005 the Sydney beach-side suburb of Cronulla was subject to the worst race riots and ‘revenge raids’ in Australian history. Its origins lay in the mutual suspicions of an Anglo-Celtic surfing culture espousing ‘Australian values’ and Lebanese youths of ‘Middle
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in not only The New York Draft Riot but also the Watts riot. Racism also a great deal had a deal in the tragedies that spread all throughout New York City and Los Angeles. New York Draft Riot is one of America’s most devastating riots. It began as a mild rally against the national draft‚ but turn took a worse as it focused more on the racial and social struggle. In the text‚ The Gangs Of New York‚ Asbury gives a very in depth description of the New York Draft Riot. According to Asbury‚"The fighting
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