The Australian social security system has been in place for many years. Its purpose is much like other social security systems throughout the world. The system provides financial payments to those who are aged out of the workforce as well as those who are disabled and cannot work. The original socia...

The coming of World War II in 1939 saw almost 800 thousand Australian men and women leave the country serving the Australian Armed Forces. For the many women left behind this created vast opportunities for them to develop their economical and social status. Their patriotism was targeted in many area...

Art Essay: Australian Art 1901 to 1930 Australian art from 1901 to 1939 was very much affected by styles from Europe. The major artists of the era were Rupert Bunny, George Lambert, Sydney Long, Margaret Preston, Hans Heysen and E Phillips Fox. The era did not have a distinct movement but modernis...

A film producer's motives for making a film are varied but they all have a common goal, that is, they aim to provide the viewer with an insight into a certain topic or issue. 'Australian Rules', directed by Paul Goldman, looks at issues of masculinity, father/son relationships, black...

An Australian film Rabbit Proof Fence directed by Philip Noyce is reliable to an historian studying the Protection policies of the Australian Government during the 1930's in that it tells a true story about three Aboriginal children who were taken away from their families because they were half-cast...

As I walked into the lecture hall, I saw people ranging from the literary community's elite to high school students. Taking my seat, the crowd hushed as a rather distinguished looking man walked to the podium. The man prepared his notes and I waited silently in awe of his presence, anticipati...

Judith Wright is a respected Australian poet is also known as a conservationist and protester. Her poetry has captured the most amazing imagery of Australian Culture. For Australian students to understand their own culture and history it is necessary to study the best poetry and Judith Wright's...

Equality of wages in Australia is of high concern, and has been for a long period of time. On no account of Australia's history, have women and men's wages ever been equal, rather they have always had a significant gap between them. This has seen women as undervalued, causing a lot of disc...

This essay will examine articles written by Professor Mark Dadds, "Letter: Madness is expected of detainees" The Australian, 16th February 2005. 43 and Amanda Hodge "Bewildering trail of all who failed Cornelia" The Weekend Australian 12th- 13th February 2002. 2. I will compare ...

The Saudi Arabian education system and Australian education system have many similarities and many differences. This essay shall compare and contrast the similarities and differences between the Saudi Arabian Education system and the Australian Education system. At the time the Kingdom of Saudi Ara...

THE COTTON INDUSTRY IN AUSTRALIA 1. Introduction Cotton is one of the oldest fibres used by human beings. Archaeologists have found cotton 5000 years old. Alexander the Great, around 300 BC, brought cotton goods into Europe but only the rich could afford it. The cotton plant grew wild in East Af...

Two-time winner of both the Archibald Prize for Portraiture and the Wynne Prize for Landscape Painting, Australian painter William Robinson is still able to amaze many with his beautiful portrayals of the Australian landscapes. In 1976 his work fetched the then flattering price of seven hundred doll...

SUMMARY SHEET Brief Life History • John Flynn was born at Moliagul in Central Victoria on 25 November 1880 • Flynn graduated in 1910, and was ordained as a Minister of Church in January 1911 • In 1911 John Flynn took up his first job at Beltana Mission in the north of South Aus...

Australian poetry is full of meaning and passion. Many Australian poets have been recognized for their work all over the world. Many Australians enjoy the words from poets such as Judith Wright, Michael Dransfield, Gwen Harwood, David Cambell and many more. The selected poem "Australia" by...

Introduction This morning more than 20,000 Australians will wake up in a prison cell. What will their day bring? In Australia a person over the age of 18 who offends or who is apprehended for allegedly doing so, is dealt with in the adult criminal justice system. Once convicted the prisoner c...

Some of the other policies and practices that have been deeply entrenched within the fabric of Australian society since invasion, and of which have been constantly employed to reinstate socio-economic domination by 'mainstream' society include, the ideals of terra nullius, dispossession, ...

Australia has always spent time to remember the men who went and fought on the beaches of Gallipoli, despite what people say about that the Gallipoli campaign being a huge failure. In recent years there has been a huge increase in people displaying respect for those who died in the Gallipoli battle....

Gough Whitlam was elected to power in 1972 following a fiery election campaign. The election was like know other. Whitlam managed his campaign in a way that made the majority of Australians warm to his unique style of political salesmanship. The election of the Whitlam government was a turning point...

Ruprt McCall Jason McCall, more communally known as Rupert McCall has been called the modern day banjo Patterson and Henry Lawson. He has the ability to express his emotions though his poetry with a warm and compelling simplicity. He has the ability to combine passion with humor in his poetry whi...

Introduction Racism is a weapon used by those who are in a position of assumed power, against those with obvious cultural characteristics, seen as inferior. Racism hurts the victim both physically and emotionally and often has serious consequences as serious as death as a result of murder or suic...

It wasn't long after the federation of Australia that this new nation would have the most formative experience in its entire history. In 1914 at the outbreak of world war one Australia couldn't have possibly for seen what this would do for their country and how much it would change their national i...

Australia is the only country that is also a continent. In area, Australia ranks as the sixth largest country and smallest continent. Australia is located between the South Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. The part of the Indian Ocean that is south of Australia is called the Southern Ocean in th...

The musical instruments collection of the metropolitan museum holds approximately five thousand examples from six continents and the pacific islands dating from about 300B.C. to the present. In this exhibit we can find all categories of instrument present in our history. Indeed, classified by contin...

Alec Derwent was one of Australia's greatest poets, who touched the lives of many throughout the world. Within the 7 stanzas of "Australia", A.D hope gives us a very negative one-sided approach to the poem. His poetry explores the spiritual poverty of our land. He insinuates that it...

Town life in Australia Houses There are three periods in the growth of housing development; the first stage is the Log-hut. Thus also known as the 'weatherboard cottage', and eventually is taken over by the second and third stage brick and stucco. The log-hut stage is well past its...