Australian History Essays, Research Papers & Term Papers (354) essays
Australian History essays:
Details of the 1999 Australian Republic Debate
... Australia by a popularly elected convention and approved by the Australian electors, the constitution acquired legal force through enactment by the British Parliament the British government effectively abandoned these powers by the time of the Imperial Conference of 1926, which acknowledged dominion ...
Lachlan Macquarie should have the honour of being called the "founder of the colony in N.S.W".
... in 1817 called the Bank of New South Wales. The bank had it's own bank notes and finally the colony had a plentiful supply of money. In 1819 the British government sent Mr J.T.Bigge who made a thorough investigation of the development of ...
Australian involvement in the vietnam war.
... Menzies pledging Australian forces in Vietnam. Menzies believed that the troop commitment in Vietnam would setup an insurance policy for Australia. Due to our treaty arrangement of ANZUS (Australia, New Zealand and United States) and SEATO (South East Asia Treaty Organisation) Australia ...
Describe the responses of individuals, groups and governments in Australia to the challenge of reconciliation.
... in Australia. The Keating government proposed a three-stage response to the high Courts Mabo Decision. In the first stage the Mabo decision was made part of Australian law by becoming an Act of Parliament, the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth). The second stage involved the establishment of ...
Australian Immigration Since 1945
... in Australia's migration history, the number of British migrants arriving fell to second place behind New Zealand. New wealth in Europe has also meant that, where once Italians and Greeks made up the majority of non-British new arrivals, today, after New Zealand, it is people from China, South ...
Outline the changing rights and freedoms of indigenous Australians throughout the 20th Century.
... New South Wales bringing attention to discrimination to Aboriginal Australians before the first ever strike by Aboriginal workers was the Wave Hill Protest, with people form the Gurindji tribe protesting poor pay and living conditions in 1966. Finally, in 1967 Australia voted 'Yes' in ...
The Vietnam War
... of Australia. The end of the Vietnam War brought on end of the 'White Australia' policy and thus changed Australian culture forever. Instead of remaining a largely British, Australia has become one of the most multicultural countries in the world. The Vietnam War was the longest war that Australia ...
Aboriginal Religion, Spirituality and Beliefs
... in the desert. Many years later his people found the remains and called this great red lump Uluru. In the far south east of the country Goorialla slid into the great ocean and swam around. He broke off a great chunk of ...
Evaluate the social and economic change within Australian Society resulting from the impact of Calwell's Immigration Policy
... Australia saw an increase in European foods and restaurants. Indian, Chinese, Japanese and Italian places slowly became commonplace in Australia as 'common' Australians developed a taste for the different ...
The Impacts of The Changing Governments Policies towards the Aboriginal People- Including a Source Based on Rabbit Proof Fence
... British fleets first landed on Australia, the Aborigines were faced with a problem. The new settlers did not recognise them as owners of ...