Australian History Essays, Research Papers & Term Papers (354) essays
Australian History essays:
Why by the 1830's, was the continuation of convict transportation to the Australian colonies under increasing scrutiny, and what arguments and interests were at stake in this debate?
... Convict Transpotation'. This would see over 115,000 convicts being transported to the two colonies of New South Wales and Van Diemans Land, in an effort to relieve a domestic surge in convict numbers following the industrial revolution (which had caused increases both in population and ...
The Dreamtime - AboriginalStory of creation & Earth Dying, Earth Reborn
... and their culture. Traditional Aborigines believe the earth, like the sky, always existed and was the home of supernatural beings. At the beginning of time the earth looked like a featureless, desolate plain. Nothing existed on the surface. The earth was covered in eternal darkness as the sun and ...
An analysis of the ATSIC (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission) website - the question being "Consider the aims of ATSIC for their site how effective do you find it?"
... and grow together to enrich our understanding." Australian Indigenous value to land is explored and promoted through this new contemporary medium. The website is used as a mean of empowering the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; providing them with a global platform to ...
The Federation Illusion
... forms of government and 'failing' to cultivate their territories". Thus began the ownership of Australia under the British Empire. From 1788 to the 1820's the legislation of Britain provided all of the laws governing Australia (Palmer, 2004). Upon 1823, the main Australian colony, New South Wales ...
The Australian identity and how is has evolved over time.
... to the rich traditions and culture of the Australian indigenous people. 'Eucalyptus' by Murray Bail is a romantic love story about Holland, a father who couldn't come to a decision regarding the marriage of his beautiful daughter Ellen. They lived on a property in country New south Wales ...
Australia's Involvement in Vietnam War and the Communist Threat
... to Australia," the anti-Communist convictions developed over the previous five years were now convincing them to intervene and this action led Australia into the "dilemma of the Vietnamese civil war." Communism was seen as an aggressive force to destroy the western society of capitalism and ...
How and Why Were Aboriginal Children Removed From Their Families?
... of children of both aboriginal and mixed descent. The motive behind the government's policy on removing Aboriginal children from their families was that they truly believed that the child would be better off not being in the company of other aboriginal people, hence the placing of children in ...
The long-term and short-term causes of anti-Chinese riots on the gold fields in Australia in 1850's and 1860's?
... of Queensland Press. GITTENS JEAN, The Diggers From China¸ 1981, Melbourne, Quartet Books HIRST J. B., The Strange Birth of Colonial Democracy: New South Wales 1848-1884, 1988, North Sydney, Allen and Unwin Press. MCLACHLAN NOEL, Waiting for Revolution: A History of Australian ...
Australian letter depicting the strugle of Australian's at gallipoli
... the land and hit the ground hard so I ran up to him picked him up again and hid in between two giant rocks. I try not to make new friends out here, because the more friends I make the more chance that I will have of losing ...
How and why did Australia's relationship with Britain change as a result of World War 2?
... new Prime Minister John Curtin, asked the US to help defend Australia. He brought Australian troops home from overseas to also defend Australia. He also tried to get other allies to listen to Australias views about the war and forced Australians at home to ...