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The Australian Capital Territory was declared on the first of January 1911 and became a self governing territory in 1989. It was Sir Walter Gurley Griffin who designed Canberra. In 1901, through the federation of the 6 states under a single constitution, the commonwealth of Australia was formed. Edmond Barton became Prime Minister and Lord Hopetoun became governor-general. One of the first acts of the new Commonwealth Parliament was to pass the immigration restriction act, which restricted migration to people of primarily European
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The Sea FM studios were set up inside the 4RO building in Victoria Parade. At the same time, DMG Regional Radio, launched 4CC's FM sister station Hot FM, to rival Sea FM. The Hot FM studios were built in an office in Quay Street in Rockhampton. In 2004, RG Capital Radio and DMG Regional Radio merged to form Macquarie Regional Radioworks, which meant the four major commercial stations broadcasting in the Rockhampton/Gladstone market were owned by the same company. The merger meant that the newly formed company was required by Australian law to offload two radio stations, as one company cannot own more than two radio stations in the same market.
The West in 15OO 1 ] Today, Canada is one of the most urbanized nations in the world, with over eighty-twp percent of the population living in towns and cities. Back in the 1500’s the West was completely opposite. The majority of the population lived in the countryside. Agriculture was a primary economic activity and farm workers were spread across the land. Unlike today there were only a very few important cities although they contained a very small population in comparison to what our cities are made up of today.
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In addition, aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are living in main cities, regional, remote, and very remote area. However, According to the Australian bureau of statistics (2001), estimated that about 4,58,250 people are indigenous. This amount is 204% within total population of Australia. 90% of them are recognised as aboriginal, 6% are identified them as Torres Strait Islander and rest of the them which is 4% being of dual aboriginal. In 2006, Australian bureau of statistics indicates that 407,00 people announced they were aboriginal and 17,811 respondents declared they were both aboriginal and
They are the largest racial group in the precinct followed by black people and white people. Asian people are those who are not in a big group. The precinct economically is dominated by working class because most of people are renters. The rent of apartment complex is low (range from 500 to 1200 dollars). But there are few house owners who are usually the white people.
Australia became an independent nation on 1 January 1901. The British Parliament passed legislation allowing the six Australian colonies to govern in their own right as part of the Commonwealth of Australia. The birth of our nation is often referred to as 'federation'. This is because the Constitution created a 'federal' system of government. Under a federal system, powers are divided between a central government and several regional governments, which are known as the states that make up this country.