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Australias Over the Past 50 Years

Over the last 50 years, Australians have experienced more change than the history of the nation.

We have fought in wars, changed our views on women’s rights in the family, and in the work place, opened our arms to people in need of safe refuge as well as coming to terms with our past treatment of the aboriginal community.

We have hosted the “best ever” Olympic games, and have gone from being a new country to well established, being shown high respect from overseas, not only for our cooperation towards other countries in need of troops to help them keep peace in countries such as East Timor, but we have also been highly commended for our willingness to accept people of other cultures, and accept them as our own.

In 1946, Ben Chifley’s labor government opened Australia’s doors to the immigrants of Europe; fleeing the destruction that world war two had left behind. 100,000 to 150,000 people from all around Europe took the chance to start fresh. Since then, more than 5 million immigrants have seeked permanent living arrangements in Australia. This number includes 500,000 refugees, who have come to Australia, seeking a way of life, from their war-torn home countries.

Since the white-Australia policy was scrapped in 1973, a large p

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I also believe that this is the reason so many people are un-employed, for the women are taking the jobs that the men traditionally occupy, then, rather then leaving to look after their children, they are staying on, depriving others of careers, and good lives.

This shows how much peoples views have changed, even since the late 70’s when aboriginals were not even allowed to swim in the same pool as the Anglo-Saxon community, and they were condemned for entering pubs owned by non-aboriginals. But I feel that we have had it too good for too long, and that, soon, we will have to do something to put our feet back on the ground. This was not surprising, as the belief was that if South Vietnam was taken over, it would be a direct military threat to Australia, with our allies, the U.

Of course there is really no point to doing this, as by the time they get around to paying the fees for these services, there is only the money from one of the spouses jobs to put food on the table. Instead, they had their own bars, and were only allowed to swim in the community pools at certain times of the day.

In 1965, a group of about 30 Sydney University students, including two Aboriginal people undertook a 3,200 km bus tour of northern NSW towns investigating and protesting discrimination against Aborigines. There were no UV rays to harm the kids, and so they would spend most of their time outside.

In the future, I can see the indigenous Australians being given an even better deal, as far as funding and education are concerned, and I believe that, the whole community will accept them, and they we will live side by side. During the 50’s, it would have been a disgrace to divorce. I feel that part of the reason children are becoming less active, is because the computer is a great babysitter, while the mother works tirelessly for no real reason, only personal greed. When war broke out, it was seen as further communist aggression, like that of Korea from 1950-1953. Those choosing to marry later in life (the average is 25, compared with 20, 30 years ago) are then finding that it it’s easier to escape their problems by divorcing rather than working through their problems.

The family would have had 8 children, and their weekends would be spent either at the park, or on the beach. It’s like a boiler without a pressure release valve; it builds up and builds up, until it explodes… I can’t mix with people…I was married twice.

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