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Judith Wright is a prominent figure in Australian literature‚ as well as an environmentalist and social activist. This plays a major role in her various collections of poems‚ where she explores both national and personal concerns. These include her fight for Aboriginal land rights‚ as well as personal experiences such as pregnancy and motherhood. Through her poetry‚ Wright is able to give voice to the interest of social groups who are often denied one. Wright’s poem “Woman to Child” primarily
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What it means to be Australian. Personally‚ being an Australian to me means celebrating freedom and the diverse number of people. Being Australian means having to explore and experience the blue beaches‚ hot summer days‚ cold winter nights and the footy seasons. Australia means wearing shirts‚ shorts and thongs. Having family gatherings and barbecues‚ having the opportunity to vote which makes us a democratic country. The thing about Australia is you don’t have to be born an Aussie to consider yourself
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Good morning 10.06. Oodgeroo Noonuccal‚ an Australian poet‚ uses her work to convey aspects of Australian experience. Noonuccal’s poems are mainly focused on her own perspective of the culture and beliefs of both the aboriginal people and white Australians‚ the racial discrimination that the Aborigines suffered and their peoples spirituality. Oodgeroo uses language and poetic techniques repetition‚ colloquial language‚ metaphors etc. to portray this. No more boomerang compares the differences
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28/4/2014 This is a common survey which is investigated and researched by a small Australian group in which focusing on describe the characteristics and features of Australian culture both within the micro and macro world +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The Aliartsua are a society of people who live on an island continent in the pacific ocean in the southern hemisphere of Earth. They have a brief but dramatic history and have evolved into a prosperous
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- Like the American political system‚ the Australian system is divided into two levels (federal and local)‚ For instance the FED cannot tell the local government how to make their local laws and regulate their government and the local can’t do that to the FED. - The Australian Government is different from the United States though in that it has a Parliament like the British. The government is made up of the Prime Minister and his cabinet and at any time the Parliament (which is just like the American
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Australian Social Trends December 2011 International students www.abs.gov.au/socialtrends AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS CATALOGUE NO. 4102.0 ABS catalogue no. 4102.0 ISSN 1321–1781 © Commonwealth of Australia 2011 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia licence. In all cases the ABS must be acknowledged as the source when reproducing or quoting any part of an ABS publication or other product. Please see the Australian Bureau of Statistics
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(Australia Day)‚ in 1988‚ is a poem set in the first person voice that has been composed in response to the depressing day of the Bicentenary of European Settlement. As the "righteous" day is reflected by the persona‚ this contrasts with the ’White’ Australians celebrating a "successful" colonisation in high-spirited ways‚ because to the Aborigines it is a day of mourning as they view it as Invasion day. The poem underlines the fact that despite the hardships Aborigines have experienced as a result of
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The Australian population currently exceeds 20 million‚ with most of the population located primarily in the cities and along the coast; it also spreads to rural and remote indigenous communities. The Australian Government spends in excess of 66 billion dollars per year on health care‚ averaging out to approx $3‚300 per person. (Medicare Australia 2009) This essay will discuss the structure of Australia’s healthcare system‚ known as Medicare. It will also discuss the role of the Government and
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In POLS2017‚ the problems arising in Australian politics have been demonstrated with a decision-making exercise‚ to educate students on how a political system is formed and executed in Australian society. The issue that was debated was whether student participation and engagement in the subject should be assessed. Thus‚ in tutorials a political process was designed to decide on a participation percentage. Issues in the Australian political system such delegating representation for citizens and youth
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