Australia was involved in the Vietnam War from 1962-1972 with originally thirty army advisors being sent over to South Vietnam. Over this period of time Australian attitudes towards the Vietnam War changed greatly due to two main contributing reasons. These reasons were the media and television viewing the prominent issue of conscription. When it was first announced in April 1962 that Australia was to fight in Vietnam it was seen by the majority as necessary and needed. Many Australians supported
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Explain the changing attitudes to Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was the long struggle between nationalist forces attempting to unify Vietnam and prevent the spread of communism. Australia was involved in the Vietnam War from August 1962 – December 1972‚ with approximately 60‚000 men and women serving. Australia was called to fight by the United States and on the request of the South Vietnamese government for assistance. The war was seen as necessary at first because
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problem of disappearing languages. This predicament is coupled with a rapidly ageing world population. An endangered language risks extinction anytime with the death of the only surviving speaker. According to World Health Organisation(WHO)‚ the population of people aged 60 years and over‚ will increase from 605 million to 2 billion by the year 2050. (Organization‚ 2014) Research have identified five regions where languages are facing rapid extinction. They are Northern Australia‚ Central South
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Aboriginal Civil Rights Find out who Eddie Mabo‚ Vincent Lingiari and Albert Namatjra was. What was their contribution to civil rights‚ equality and indigenous welfare in Australia? Eddie Mabo Eddie Mabo was born Eddie Koiki Sambo but changed his name later on in life‚ he was born on Mer Island (Murray Island) in the Torres Strait in 1936. His mother died during infancy which left him to be raised by his uncle; Benny Mabo. After a teenage prank that ended badly‚ Eddie was exiled from his
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THE ABORIGINAL EXPERIENCE - STRUGGLES FOR RIGHTS AND FREEDOM _"THROUGHOUT THE SECOND HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY MANY ABORIGINAL PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED STRUGGLES FOR RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS."_ The struggle for Aboriginal and Islander Land Rights is the longest-running political conflict in Australia’s history. The issue of Aboriginal land rights in Australia has existed for over 200 years‚ and the process still has some way to go. Why is land so important to Aboriginal people’s history and beliefs
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Hir PEOPLE‚ POWERE AND POLITICS – ABORIGINAL ISSUES GENERAL OVERVIEW Dispossession The arrival and settlement of the British in Australia was not peaceful. As the colonies spread across the continent‚ Aboriginal people were dispossessed and displaced from their lands‚ killed in battles for their land‚ or by hunting parties. The settlers often resorted to inhumane techniques such as the poisoning of waterholes. The estimates of the numbers of Aboriginal people who died in frontier conflict vary
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The Vietnam War was a conflict between the communist‚ North Vietnam and South Vietnam. In the wake of the Second World War western fears of a communist expansion throughout Asia were running high. The United States was concerned that if North Vietnam succeed and turned Vietnam into a communist state‚ neighboring countries were also likely to follow. As an ally of the United States and Australia’s involvement in South-East Asia Treaty Organization and the Australia - New Zealand - United States Security
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Discuss the influence of globalisation on the Chinese economy and evaluate the strategies use to promote growth and development. Globalisation is the breakdown of trade barriers between nations to allow for the free flow of goods and services‚ ideas‚ communication and information. In the 1980s‚ China had implemented a series of economic reforms which allowed the country to better integrate with other nations in the region. This was endorsed by the government for the Chinese nation to develop itself
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Introduction This literature review analyses material discussing the intractable problem of indigenous welfare policy. It begins with a brief overview of the historical context of the literature and the effect policy has had on social outcomes to date. It moves on to look at the contemporary literature and discuss three key themes common to the reviewed literature‚ being poverty and how it is defined and measured; what causes poverty‚ and; what has been done to address it so far. The review then
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men and women due to differences in wage and unfair rights. The Equal Pay Case of 1972 was an event that sparked during the 70’s due to inequalities of wages between men and women. The Whitlam government introduced the minimum wage for both genders as a start for equality in the workplace. Another thing the Whitlam Government introduced was free tertiary education for all women allowing social mobility. This opened doors to a wider range of jobs like medicine‚ nursing‚ or law and gave women a chance
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