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    How did the Australian Gold Rush effect Australia’s immigration and multiculturalism? During the gold rush period‚ immigrants from all around the world came to Australia to find wealth and riches in the gold fields. The majority of these immigrants came from England‚ Ireland‚ Scotland‚ Wales‚ America and Germany. But the largest foreign contingent was China with over 40‚000 coming to work in the gold fields. The Chinese worked in large groups with one leader who was in charge. They worked hard and

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    The Gold Standard

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    The Gold Standard The gold standard‚ a monetary system‚ directly links a currency’s value to that of gold. For the country that on the gold standard‚ if they want to increase the amount of money‚ they have to expand its gold reserves as a condition. Because the supply for global gold grows only slowly‚ it becomes an effective way to prevent the government overspending and create inflation. Many countries‚ such as the U.S.‚ using the gold as their currency in the past even

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    Geography Due October 10‚ 2013 The Gold Rush During the 1800s was a time for California to show the world about its qualities. California became U.S property in1848. Only two months prior a Gold nugget was found on John Sutter’s property in California. John Sutter new the worth of gold and new how many people it would attract having a thought that there was gold in California so he kept it a secret. He was more interested in farming and agriculture even though gold could potentially yield a greater

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    Sherman 1 Amanda Sherman Mrs. Hall English 9 7 Dec 2012 1849 Gold Rush In the Early 1840’s a wealthy man by the name of John Sutter headed West to a place very few people had ever seen or heard of‚ called California. His plans were to start his own private empire. Then gold was discovered. People came from all over the world to find the mother-lode of gold. Gold was a very valuable substance and back then even a little bit could satisfy you for life‚ therefore triggering a stampede of half

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    Stay Gold By: Julie Pratt In the end of the novel “The Outsiders” by S.E Hinton‚ Johnny Cade’s last words to Ponyboy were “Stay gold‚ Ponyboy. Stay gold…” (pg 148). One way to interpret Johnny’s words would be that he meant for Ponyboy to keep his innocence. Another way would be to say that Johnny meant for Ponyboy to stay true to who he was. It is also possible that he meant for Ponyboy to continue to be a generally good person‚ pure of heart and mind. Johnny’s last words to Ponyboy had a triple

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    GOLD RUSH‚ THE IMPACT OF MINING ON POOR PEOPLE INTRODUCTION 1. Ghana has been blessed with a lot of minerals including gold‚ diamond and bauxite. These have been mined over the years in various ways for the development of the country. Ghana’s huge mineral wealth is well known as the country is ranked ninth in the world for recognised gold deposits. 2. We often hear on news the death of illegal miners caused by a collapse cave or them being buried alive in collapse pits. Lands of

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    beautiful‚ can last forever. Frost says‚ "Nature’s first green is gold‚ her hardest hue to hold‚ Her early leafs a flower‚ but only so an hour‚" meaning that "gold" is considered beautiful and perfect but is the hardest to keep. Gold will only last a short time. The above quote from the poem also means that the best things in life‚ represented by gold‚ can’t last forever as represented by the second line of the poem. The poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost holds several meanings that relate beauty

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    California Gold Rush changed California by creating a larger and more diverse population‚ establishing San Francisco as one of the premier trade and banking cities in the nation‚ and the eruption of mining “boom towns.”
By the winter of 1848‚ rumors of gold had drifted eastward across the country‚ but few easterners believed them. The gold discovery needed validation and President James Polk delivered that in early December of 1848. Every family within the nation was discussing gold in the west

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    Does the justification matter in the reclaiming of the treasure? Will it affect the overall outcome or restoration of order after the dragon’s death? The works‚ The Hobbit‚ Beowulf‚ and The Volsunga Saga‚ prove that you must be more justified than the dragon when claiming the treasure. The treasure must truly have belonged to you prior to the dragon in order for the treasure to have a positive outcome and improve the current circumstances. That being said‚ in The Hobbit‚ Beowulf and The Volsunga

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    Ashlee Freer Ms. Eaves English IV – 4th 1 April 2014 “Straw into Gold: The Metamorphosis of the Everyday” During the 20th century‚ Contemporary literature held a substantial importance in writing and English classes alike. In the Contemporary realm of authors‚ Sandra Cisneros produces an essay on what it was like to be a Mexican-American female growing up in society. In her impacting essay‚ “Straw into Gold: The Metamorphosis of the Everyday‚” Cisneros introduces a cultural perspective

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