Essays Tagged: "Western Australia"

Nature is the strongest force; We can not tame it.

rains in the Sydney and Illawarra regions, and Cyclone Chris, which swept through the northwest of Western Australia. All three of these major events caused extensive damage and economic instability, ... oy escaped being injured at all.On February 6th, 2002, Cyclone Chris beat the northwest coast of Western Australia. It was one of the most powerful cyclones ever recorded in Australia. It was thoug ...

(3 pages) 57 0 4.3 Jul/2002

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Aboriginal resistance in australia.

indradyne, of Bathurst fame, Calyute,Yagan and Weeip who were allies against the colonial forces in Western Australia. Dundalli, in the Brisbane area and Jundamurra in the West Kimberley who was kille ...

(5 pages) 94 0 4.7 Apr/2003

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Our first Corroboree.

onths. We have travelled through the outback of N.S.W. into South Australia and now heading towards Western Australia. Kate and I do school work by correspondence but we have learnt much more travelli ...

(5 pages) 41 0 3.5 May/2003

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays > Travel Descriptions

The Stolen Generation - Implications of Australian law on the children of the stolen generation.

in 1943 and at the age of 19 months wasforcibly removed from her mother's arms in the South-West ofWestern Australia. Bessy spent 14 years of her life at theAnnesfield native institution where she wa ...

(4 pages) 172 4 3.3 Jun/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History

Australia's forests.

from the ancient forests of Tasmania, to the rainforests of Queensland, to the giants of southwest Western Australia. However, over the last 3 decades as methods for cutting down wood have been devel ... is one of the biggest limitations to how much paper can be recycled here. In places like Tasmania, Western Australia and the Northern Territory where the quantity of paper used is small and the dista ...

(9 pages) 67 1 3.9 Jul/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences

"No Sugar": analysis of the play.

was lost and without that they faded away with help by the white man.The play is set in the 1929 in Western Australia, in a small settlement called Moore River. The story behind the play is about an a ...

(2 pages) 65 0 3.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Performing Arts

Aborigines Act 1902 This essay is about the "stolen Generaton" and the Act of Parliament Australia had enacted at the time.

inspector, James Isdell. Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission.The Aborigines Department of Western Australia was formed under the provisions of the Aborigines Act 1897. This was formed to rep ... provisions of the Aborigines Act 1897 the Department was made responsible for the well being of all Western Australian Aborigines, and given control over the provision of relief to the elderly, sick a ...

(10 pages) 110 1 4.2 Nov/2003

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

The Vergulde Draeck

ng had no way of measuring longitude and distance accurately the vessel struck a reef off the coast Western Australia north of Yanchep near Ledge Point. It began to break up immediately. The ship was ... anisms of the Museum Amendment Act 1964. This deemed sites of wrecks that occurred prior to 1900 in Western Australian waters, to be archaeological sites. This protection was amended by and transferre ...

(2 pages) 25 2 4.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

"Describe the benefits the colonies gained from federation, and discuss the impact that federation had on the typical Australian"

benefits they obtained, in signing the historical Commonwealth of Australia Act in the June of 1900[Western Australia signed a month there after.]The birth of a new century, and nation, was the cause ... prior to federation, had relied heavily on the rural sector. The discovery of gold in Victoria and Western Australia, especially, lead to economic growth. Following federation, the economy of Austral ...

(3 pages) 75 1 3.8 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History

Australian dairy industry analysis. Includes the effect of deregulation of the industry

iry products are produced in several regions across Australia. These include south-east Queensland, Western Australia and eastern parts of New South Wales. 'Victoria produces 60% of Australia's gross ...

(9 pages) 86 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Values and Attitudes Surrouding Australian Life that are Expressed in Tim Winton's 'Cloudstreet'

dstreet'Cloudstreet by Tim Winton is an intriguing insight into the lives of two families living in Western Australia during the middle of last century. The challenges and ordeals faced by the Lambs a ...

(9 pages) 98 1 5.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Critically analyse pages 31 -60 of Robert Drewe's 'The Shark Net'. Include literatry techniques used by the author.

llustrates Dunlop's power 'to separate you from your family.' This is symbolic of their transfer to Western Australia, and Drewe's mother forcefully having to leave her family in Melbourne. He describ ...

(4 pages) 27 0 5.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Abolishment Of Capital Punishment In Australia

d in 1922, New South Wales in 1955, Tasmania in 1968, Victoria in 1975, South Australia in 1976 and Western Australia in 1984. Since that time debate has raged as whether or not capital punishment sho ...

(2 pages) 33 1 3.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

The Federating of Australia

tralia became a nation when the six self-governing colonies, Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania, united on the 1st of January 1901. Before Federatio ...

(4 pages) 73 1 4.0 Aug/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History

Information literacy assignment about Sri Lanka.

nd early 2000s seen a tremendous growth, which has put us in a position where we can expand outside Western Australia, and look abroad.This report will discuss the different aspects of Sri Lanka, and ...

(4 pages) 43 0 4.4 Sep/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

A Comparitave Report on Christianity and Judaism in relation to Abortion and Aboriginal Rights in Australia.

eatment is extremely difficult"Abortion is death of a living person. The Hon. Ted Cunningham MLA of Western Australia said, on March 17, 1998. "No gynaecologist anywhere in this world will tell a woma ... n is grounded in the precise belief of the nature of the fetus. There is a general consensus in the Western World that when the fetus becomes a human person, then abortions should be severely limited. ...

(8 pages) 54 0 5.0 Sep/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

Discuss the way one or more groups of Australians are represented in film and to what extent this representation reflects wider social attitudes. Refer to at least one feature film you have studied.

these representations is obtainable in Japanese Story made in 2003 and mostly set in the outback of Western Australia and Sunday too Far Away, also set in Australia but made in the 70's. Both Australi ...

(5 pages) 32 0 3.0 May/2006

Subjects: Art Essays

The Stolen Generations

n 1943 and at the age of 19 months was forcibly removed from her mother's arms in the South-West of Western Australia. Bessy spent 14 years of her life at the Annesfield native institution where she w ...

(1 pages) 1018 0 3.0 May/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History

"The Shark Net" written by Robert Drewe essay: How does Robert Drewe shape the reader's response towards people and places and events in his memoir "The Shark Net"?

been used to juxtapose the culture, the way of living in Melbourne compared to the way of living in Western Australia. He refers to the "Sand People" to be living close to the dunes, and "Sun and wind ...

(3 pages) 29 1 3.0 Jun/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

Essay on "Cloudstreet", by Tim Winton

treet'"Cloudstreet" by Tim Winton is an intriguing insight into the lives of two families living in Western Australia during the middle of last century. The challenges and ordeals faced by the Lambs a ...

(9 pages) 49 0 2.6 Jul/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature