Persuasive Speech Almost twenty five percent of Australian residents were born outside of Australia. Then why do we proudly show this absurd flag that only represents our connections and history with Britain? A flag is a symbolic representation of its nation and people. We need a flag that can better reflect the values of the twenty first century Australia. I have created a new Australian flag that acknowledges all of its people and that reflects its status as a fully independent country but is still
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An Australian Icon An Australian Icon is defined as “an image or symbolic representation‚ which often holds great significance and importance to the Australian culture.” Every country has icons that represent their culture and values; Nelson Mandela is an example of a South African icon but also an icon of the world‚ who represented statesmanship‚ courage‚ freedom and equality against apartheid. Australia also has many significant icons such as the Sydney Opera House‚ Uluru‚ vegemite‚ Ned Kelly
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The Gold Rush The discovery of gold in the colonies had a major impact on Australian society. When Edward Hargraves discovered gold in Australia in 1851‚ it marked only the beginning of the changes about to happen in Australia. The discovery of gold had a major change in Australia; it affected not only those in Australia but around the world. The news of gold found in Australia resulted in huge numbers of people migrating to ‘find gold‚ get rich’ what people didn’t realise is that it wasn’t that
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Cummeragunja walk off‚ International pressure against Australia‚ and the 1967 referendum. It was not until the late 1930’s and 1940’s that really caused the Aboriginal rights movement to really surge with the combination of international pressure on the Australian government grouped with Aboriginal political activism during this time period. In order to get an understanding of the progress of Aboriginal Rights from the 1920’s all the way to the 1967 Referendum we must look at the Aboriginal Rights before
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Which placed privilege upon European identity and whiteness; demonstrating the influence which the western had on Australia’s culture. Prior to this‚ the “White Australian Policy” introduced in 1907 as a result of colonization‚ white Australians desired to preserve social and cultural superiority (Hampton‚
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Life without services is unimaginable. Today everything we need or do is a service. Service is usually defined as something intangible. However‚ it is not the norm nowadays. From education to electricity‚ services have taken over everything. The Australian Roundtable Services defined services as a source for delivering any intellectual content or an experience. It may also include some kind of help‚ care or utility or even some information. But the main point is that the major part of that activity
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evening‚ thank you for inviting me here this evening. I would like to discuss how Carmel Bird’s non-fiction book The Stolen Children-Their Stories (TSC) and Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s poem‚ “We are going” (WAG) gives us an understanding of how Australian voices reflect Australian values. Both texts explore the unfair treatment and effects of suffering inflicted upon Aboriginal communities and individuals by past government’s policies‚ as well as western society’s disrespect and ignorance. By analysing the texts
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Australian Aboriginal art‚ song and dance has been the corner stone of culture since the beginning of their existence. Having no form of written language Aboriginal art‚ songs‚ and dances passed down through the generations have been the heartbeat that has kept this ancient culture alive. Even though the art‚ medium‚ song‚ and dance of each Aboriginal tribe may be completely different‚ they all serve the same purposes; create ceremony‚ and to inform each member of the tribe of their history‚ spiritual
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Explain the significance of the Freedom Rides for Australia in the post-World War 2 period. The Australian Freedom Rides was not only significant but an extremely important historical event that occurred‚ that marginally affected the living standards‚ rights and the way our nation saw Aboriginal people. Starting through a very important Australian Aboriginal activists Charles Perkins‚ who was the first Aboriginal student to attend Sydney University‚ when he created SAFA in 1964. SAFA was a mixed
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In order to meet rising demand in education and to be more competitive globally‚ Australian Education Ministers have tried to make agreed national goals for young Australians through policies (Connell‚ Welch‚ Vickers‚ Foley‚ Bagnall‚ Hayes‚ Campbell‚ 2013). This essay will analyze the emergence of Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians through social‚ historical and political perspectives‚ outline the main intentions of the policy‚ how this policy tries to address the issues
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