Australia Essays

The coastline is a major part of an Australian’s life. There is over 30,000km of coastline, and with 85% of people living within 50km of the coast, the management strategies of the coast is extremely important. This report will investigate Dee Why and Collaroy Beach’s coastal management and the subsequent …

Saturday, 7th February 2009 was one of the darkest days to dawn upon the whole of Australia. But mostly towards the people of Victoria, it is now known as Black Saturday. Black Saturday was a series of bushfires that ignited or were burning across Victoria during extreme bushfire-weather conditions, resulting …

The Olympic Games has become an international multi-sports event held every four years in different cities throughout the world (Answers, 2006, Internet). According to the Olympic charter, the goals of the Games are to encourage peace, harmony and to enhance a better world through sports among countries (McGeoch & Korporaal, …

The first of two plays that has been considered for selection in upcoming International Theatre for Young People’s Festival soon to be held in Vancouver, Canada is “Blackrock” by the late Nick Enright. The plays must represent the values, attitudes and beliefs of today’s Australian Youth Culture. “Blackrock” explores the …

There is a definition of tax in the Webster’s Dictionary–“…a compulsory payment of a percentage of income, property value, sales price, etc. for the support of a government”. In theory the collection of taxation should be fair, simple, efficient and neutral. Australia inherited a convoluted and complex taxation structure from …

During the early 1900s in Australia, life was harsh but for those who worked effectively, they became prosperous. Australia was in fact one of the most secure and economical places to find work, that is a working man’s paradise. Australian workers were, in many ways, considered much better off than …

Introduction The aboriginals have lived in Australia for thousands of years. They had little outside contact until the British arrived two hundred years ago. The aboriginals have one of the oldest unchanged religions in the world. They believe in the Dreaming and respect the environment around them. This assignment will …

Sally Morgan’s ‘My Place’ is an autobiographical account of three generations of Aboriginals, which illustrate the social history of Aboriginals from the point of view of an Aboriginal and marks its development as society evolves. Two aboriginals, Gladys and Daisy Corruna, of the Stolen Generations describe the Paternalism which led …

Wages in Australia are currently determined by the interaction of demand and supply of labour in the labour markets. The wage rate is the equilibrium of demand and supply of labour. At the point, the amount of labour supplied is equal to the amount of labour demanded. If the real …

Brazil is the largest Country in South America, it borders every other country of the continent except Chile and Ecuador and has a mixture of many different cultures. In my cross-cultural study I will be comparing Australia to Brazil in relation to gender touching on characteristics such as the workforce, …