governments formal reconciliation policy in 1991. However the events of symbolic reconciliation play an equal part if not more significant part of this reconciliation process by bridging the ’gap’ between indigenous people and non indigenous people of Australia both in past and present times. Without these fundamental symbolic events of reconciliation it can be argued that the federal governments formal reconciliation policy and other practical reconciliation efforts may have never eventuated. This concept
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Australia 1 (flags‚ coat of arms) 1. The Symbolism of Australian flag One of the designers was Ivor Evans‚ a fourteen year old schoolboy. Ivor had very clear ideas about what his flag meant and what he intended it to say about Australia and Australians. He believed that the Southern Cross‚ the brightest constellation (созвездие) in the Southern Hemisphere‚ was representative of Australia ’s bright future as a leading nation. However there was another reason for his choice of the Southern Cross
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Neo-liberalism The underlying problems remains in the ideology that was responsible for the changing perspective of the Australian society towards single mothers. Neoliberal ideology encourages economic participation whereby individuals are expected to fulfil certain responsibilities for the family and community. It also emphasis on individual’s responsibility and independency which is incompatible with care work role single mothers have to do‚ but yet the policies introduced were fundamentally based
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INTRODUCTION Volunteering is an act whereby a person gives out personal time to do something good without gaining any financial rewards. This is ‘classical’ meaning which has changed by social transformations into ’new ’ volunteering in recent years. The volunteers now have specific expectations and also volunteering has become project orientated ( Rehberg‚ 2005). METHODS FINDINGS The purpose of the study was to find why Australians do volunteering and three themes were found and these are
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Introduction It is increasingly evident and widely accepted in the literature and the popular press that academic dishonesty among students‚ in particular plagiarism in assessments‚ is at all time high and still on the rise in Australian universities (Marsden‚ 2003; Park‚ 2003; Walker‚ 1998). Plagiarism has received worldwide attention because the cases of plagiarism seem to increase in the field of higher education. There have been many studies inquiring into the reasons why students plagiarise
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The differences between Australia and China Australia and China are known to be different in almost every characteristic According to Hofstede’s Cultural dimensions. These two countries are different in all the five aspects‚ which are‚ individualism‚ power distance‚ uncertainty avoidance‚ masculinity and long term orientation. Begin with China; Chinese people are very collectivism as they like to do things in group‚ high in power distance as inequality is considered to be normal and low score
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Education I am a student and a pre-service teacher in Australia. I have been lucky to have had a quality education. I am looking forward to graduate and become a full time teacher. It has been a rather challenging experience since people from my race still face some inequalities albeit minor in various sectors including education. I have always wondered what the source of these inequalities were and thus decided to carry out a study in the history of Australia in general but in particular within the Australian
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The Great Depression In Australia History Essay The Great Depression had a significant impact on Australia. The Great Depression affected Australia in a variety of ways these included unemployment‚ inability to support family‚ evictions‚ growth of shanty towns and impact on the economy. The Australian government responded to The Great Depression in a range of ways such as sustenance or susso for short‚ asking Sir Otto Niemeyer to come‚ deflation‚ Melbourne Agreement‚ inflation‚ Jack Lang ’s Plan
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The White Australia Policy (WAP) was a policy that was introduced in 1901 by the newly federated government. It was officially known as the Immigration Restrictions Act 1901 and the Pacific Island Labourers Act 1901. These policies were put in place to keep Australia white for racial issues‚ economic issues and for the preservation of democratic freedom. In order for the WAP to work‚ a “Dictation Test” was put in place that would monitor who was allowed into the country such as undesirables including
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ask and answer sociological questions by envisioning his values‚ individual choices‚ personality and core beliefs as if by an outsider (Mills‚ 1959). The following essay will explore sociological imagination using the biography of the author. History The history of the country and world that I live in has greatly affected how I view the world and experience my life. The Strauss-Howe generational theory predicted
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