Australia- area in the Oceanias that remained secluded from the rest of the world during globalness…
Before World War 1, Australia did not have its own identity. It had a flag and had the title of Australia but did not have a very good identity if one at all. They were known to only exist because of the grace of England'. Australians were known to be inferior to the British, and lower in class (information found from source 2.44). But, world war one and the whole Gallipoli campaign changed everything.…
Noel Pearson’s ‘An Australian History for us all’ discusses his approach to trying to solve some of the most systemic problems facing Australian Aboriginals today. Through the uses of various language techniques and context, Pearson’s speech details the struggles of the relationship between the first European settlers and Aboriginal Australians.…
Many of the Australian social groups significantly contributed to the war effort from 1939-1945. The contributions came from many of the groups, however the following four groups equally provided the most assistance to the victory. The first input came from the Australian government, through conscription. Moreover, male soldiers who fought in the war and those who stayed at home due to disability or other impediments also contributed to the effort. Finally, women who worked as nurses caring for the wounded and those who stayed home were vital to the triumph in the war.…
Before 1945, many people, including Australians themselves, considered Australia to be nothing more than a British colony whose national identity was virtually the same as the British. During this period of Australia's history, our modes of entertainment, food, fashion, sporting culture and our social values and attitudes were largely dictated by British culture.…
World War II made a very significant impact on Australia, larger than the impact previous wars had made. There were a lot of important changes to the country during the wartime, including the attacks and battles coming to Australia, the social effects on women, and the effects of rationing on the Australian population. Although there was a large impact on Australia, other countries were affected a lot more.…
Australian history has been tied to British history since its discovery by James cook in 1778, and its colonial occupation, this creates issues of identity for Australians reading their history. To an 18th…
The journey toward Australia’s legal independence has been characterized by evolution not revolution, hence the lack of any one event and consequently a particular date to celebrate Australia’s legal independence. No particular dramatic event marked Australia’s gaining independence from England, Australian independence was gradual and incredibly slow, and in fact some would argue that it is still not wholly independent owing to residual links and the continuation of a British monarch as the Australian head of state. Australian independence has been reached through largely informal progress with key moments being legal and political milestones enshrined in the statutes of the United Kingdom (UK) and Australia respectively. Examples of these statutes include the Statute of…
While Britain’s Empire crumbled, so did the loyalty Australia had so willingly placed in Britain since the late 1700’s. This loyalty began to disappear when Australia allied themselves with the US, and when Australian Prime Minister, John Curtin altered the country’s foreign policies; however, the ‘nail in the coffin’ was Britain’s lack of support in Australia’s time of crisis. With Britain’s apparent ‘fortress of the east’ having fallen, Australia was left extremely vulnerable to direct attack, and four days after the Japanese took Singapore, Darwin was bombed with 240 civilian casualties, and as a result the Pacific became Australia’s largest priority (Skwirk.com, 2014). Almost immediately, Australia looked towards Britain for assistance, however British…
One thing that was shared by all colonies was the idea of a ‘white’ Australia. A great percentage of the population were of Caucasian decent, and Australia had been a British Dominion. Many politicians believed that the Anglo-Saxon race was superior. They were afraid that cheap Asian labourers would destroy good working conditions and destroy racial impurity. William Lane was extremely blunt on his very of intermarriage; he would rather see his daughter ‘dead in her coffin than kissing one of them’. The idealism of the superior Caucasian race was demonstrated by the texts that were printed such as ‘the facial angle is greater in this race than in any other…brain is usually heavier and of grater size’. (Outlines of Geography, 1878) This common idea increased a sense of unity.…
When Australia was colonised, in 1788 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were already on the land, living with political and legal and social systems in a community. Aboriginal land was taken over by British colonists, saying the land belonged to no one, which is referred to as, “Terra Nullius”, but was then taken over by white people. In 1937, the Government held a conference on Aboriginal matters, which agreed that Aboriginal people should be introduced into the wider white population.…
The Australian Aborigines were the first people to live on the continent Australia, being here longer than the White Australians. During that time, the Aboriginal people made a special bond with the land and their kinship to their families. After the invasion of the Europeans settlers, laws were introduced to take away the land traditionally owned. Protectionism was one of the first policies meaning that Aborigines and the European settlers were separated and ‘protected’ for their own good. This was failing and that’s when assimilation was introduced which meant…
The European invasion of Australia in 1780 impacted upon the lives of all the Aboriginal people that lived in and around the invaded areas. When Captain Cook landed in Australia, he declared it as Terra Nullius, and this alone gives a significant insight as to the mentality of the British and their willingness to acknowledge the Aboriginal people and the importance that the land played in their daily lives. As the invaders brought with them their laws, ideals, diseases, livestock and people, the need for land increased and settlers began to venture outwards from the main settlements, the frontier broadened and the Aboriginal population began to shrink. The encroachment upon the land meant that many Aboriginal people were now being forced to come into closer contact with the Europeans. In doing this, the frontier affected the Aboriginal people in ways that ensured that their lives would never be the same and that European ideals affected their lives not only on the frontier but for generations too follow. The invasion of the Australian frontier affected areas in Aboriginal lives such as dispossession, disease, large-scale violence, which led to resistance.…
There are many effects of British colonisation on Indigenous Australians. One of the worst impacts was the loss of land. The land is the sole provider of food, medicine and other basic needs to Indigenous Australians. It is also the main part of their spiritual and cultural beliefs.…
HIST 329: Australia and the World: An International History, Study Guide 2008, Armidale, University of New England, 2008.…