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    Keating speech notes

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    Audience takes time to realise the immense costs of war- communicates the idea that peace is one of the most valued human commodities and should be pursued more readily than war. Keating develops unity and a national spirit through repetition of ‘Australia‚ Unknown Soldier’- draws a connection between the two. Colloquial language- makes speech more accessible to the public and helps establish a firm connection between the speaker and his audience. ‘stick together’ ‘have bonds of matehsip’ Contrasts

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    SOCIAL RESEARCH) FOR SPORTS I N DU STRY AU STRALI A JAN 2001 TABLE OF CON TEN TS E xecuti ve Summa ry PART 1: LEARNING F ROM THE LITERATURE 1: Sport a nd I denti ty: A Revi ew o f the Literature 2: Change in Rura l Communiti es in Australia PART 2: RESE ARCH 3: The Survey Findi ngs from the Fa rm wide websi te 4: Li nks between the F a rm wi de F i ndi ngs a nd the Literature 5: Response from Spo rti ng Organi satio ns 6: Other Co nsul ta ti o ns a nd a n Overvi ew o f I ssues

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    Paul Keating Analysis

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    Speech 1: Everyman and Egalitarianism: Australia’s war history: Paul Keating Keating Speech View clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNSc_2nmylA Paul Keating Speech Annotation Explores Keating’s context‚ Watson’s role and debate about the ownership of a speech. Also a recording of the speech runs over images of Keating. A eulogy delivered by the Prime Minister‚ The Hon. P. J. Keating MP‚ at the funeral service of the Unknown Australian Soldier‚ 11 November 1993 grows with each passing year

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    When writing the "big picture" histories‚ historians often overlook or exaggerate certain aspects of Australian history to make their point. Discuss with reference to one the recommended texts. The book "The Australian Legend"‚ written by Russell Ward and published in 1958 speaks mainly of "Australian Identity". It looks at nationalism and what has formed our self-image. There are many aspects that are left overlooked however‚ as the Authour makes his assumptions. Significant parts of society

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    Whistle Man Essay

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    revealing how the characters‚ setting and plot during the 1870’s in Australia‚ represents the Australian identity. In this fabulous book‚ Ned is shown as a hero due to Garrett‚ though it doesn’t give enough evidence about the other side of him. Firstly‚ the characters exemplify what Australia was like back in the day‚ with its main focus being on Ned Kelly. Ned Kelly who is the most likely story hero from Australia’s history is known by Garrett to have many terrific values. This is shown in the

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    Prostitution had posed the government a multitude of problems in Australia – prostitutes were being attacked and robbed‚ hawking in “respectable” residential estates and spreading sexually transmitted diseases. (Jeffreys‚ 2010) Then Prime Minister Keating came under public scrutiny as the problems brought about by prostitution grew. In 1994‚ Keating administration passed the Prostitution Control Act 1994‚ the first legal statue of its kind in Australia. (Appendix A – rmb to

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    Gordon Bennet Analysis

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    In 1988‚ the same year Gordon painted the ’Outsider’ there was a bicentennial anniversary of white settlement in Australia. Aboriginals had an invasion day to express how they felt about white settlement. The stories of the stolen generation were in the news‚ and as a person who didn’t know his own heritage growing up it probably brought up his own anger and emotions

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    Australian poems and shown the different aspects of the Australian way of life. ‘THE FIRST AUSTRALIANS’ By Troy Hopkins:  The First Australians is a poem expressing Troy Hopkins ’ hatred towards white settlers because of how they claimed Australia and labeled the natives ’Aboriginal ’. He called it an invasion‚ not a settlement and he says that the natives were the first ones there so they shouldn ’t call them "aboriginal". Hopkins then tells how the white settlers spilt the native’s blood

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    the poem “Life Cycle” is a poem that should be included as a representation of the Australian experience. Within this poem Dawe refers to Australian history and also a variety of influences that makes this country what it is today. Frequent references to these influences creates the clear image of Australia and gives the reader an idea of what Australia is like and what a majority of the peoples beliefs are. In ’Life cycle’ Dawe conveys the idea of AFL being the way of life to Victorian people by

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    [Salutations] Today I will be discussing how the Contemporary Australian novel Cloudstreet‚ by Tim Winton‚ is of value and how it is received in different contexts. I will firstly discuss how the novel is of value because of the presence of universal‚ timeless themes of: the search for a sense belonging and the importance of family. Being post-modern readers‚ we believe that the reception of a text depends on our context and value system. Consequently‚ a text can hold many interpretations. In the

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