Languages of Australia

Commonly referred to as Australia, the official name is Commonwealth of Australia. It is “the smallest continent in the world, and also the 6th largest country in the world” (MistaCMS). Australia is located in the southern part of the Pacific Ocean. Most of Australia is a desert and contains little water; however, there are many beaches located on the coastline. In the south part it contains mountains, including Mount Kosciusko and the Australian Alps. The north part of Australia is made of…

piece shows that there is the need for multiculturalism to improve justice. Australia was a different society before the integration of multiculturalism. Racism and other forms of discrimination were still lurking in the society, but today, Australia is one of the regions that has improved regarding race, cultural, background and ethnic acceptable. Today, the Australian people are treated equally regardless of their race, language, ethnicity, religion, background and many other elements. Before…

Australian indigenous people lived on this land for up to 60,000 years before Europe discovered the country and claimed settlement. The ingenious people lived their own lives, spoke their own language and had their own lifestyle. They believed they belonged to the land. They lived semi nomadic lifestyles traveling seasonally letting their previous land to re-flourish. This all changed in 1788 when the British claimed settlement. Australian indigenous people could no longer live the way they knew…

concern for Australia. This essay will address some issues surrounding this topic. It will seek to explore the national strategy in regards to ‘Closing the Gap’ in relation to the aboriginal people of Australia. The differences between indigenous Australians and non-indigenous Australians are sought out in this essay. It will include existing national strategies, proposition of additional approaches and further suggestions of cultivating better health among the aboriginal people of Australia.…

white, Christian and modern. Perhaps its most enthusiastic advocate was Western Australia Chief Protector Neville, who raised the possibility of whites becoming a minority in Australia. "Are we going to have a population of 1,ooo,ooo blacks in the Commonwealth," he queried a commonwealth conference, "or are we going to merge them into our white community and eventually forget that there ever were any aborigines in Australia? " (citation needed140). With this type of eradicating intent Neville…

Aboriginal people (Indigenous people of Australia, see Image 1) have the longest living cultural history of any single language group in the world, dating back to more than 50,000 years. It has been able to survive this long as it is a dynamic culture. A dynamic culture is a culture that is able to adapt to the time period and is able to change without losing its core paradigms. This is why Aboriginal spirituality is known as a dynamic religion as its culture which is dynamic, shaped its…

Before the British Empire ever discovered or even claimed Australia as one of their own it was inhabited with Aboriginals who are said to have arrived from south-east Asia by boat 50,000 years ago(“The History of Australia-Tourism Australia”,2016). Throughout Australia there were different tribes of Aborigines that spoke about different 700 languages, had different religious views, cultural beliefs(Mooney,2015). Australia was very behind in modernization, they did not have horses, large crops,…

Australia was once an undiscovered island inhabited by Australian Indigenous natives. That was before white settlement in 1788. For middle school students at Kimberley College, the unit for this term has been about the hidden Indigenous history and reconciliation. We studied the book, Deadly Unna? and its connection and relevance to young men and women of Australia. We studied the mockumentary BabaKiueria to help us step into the shoes of an Indigenous Australian and help in the understanding of…

Migration. To go from one country, region, or place to another. Australia today holds home to over 23 million people, and migration is the main driver in that force. This year almost 90 000 people have migrated to the lucky country. Migration to Australia began in 1788 when the settlement of European convicts began; these migrants were involuntary and were shipped from mainly Britain and Ireland. A total of 80 000 migrants from this era found there way to New South Wales between 1788 and 1840…

“Australia should become a republic.” Using examples, evaluate this statement. Even before the decision of our founding fathers , whether or not Australia would become a republic was a topic of discussion many Australians felt strongly about. Since the Australian federation in 1901, Australia has been a prosperous nation, stable both politically and economically but also stable with their loyalty to the British Monarchy . However, many believe that almost 120 years on from the federation, our…