| The Australia Flag Debate: | Should Australian Change Their Flag Now? | | Jinxing ZHOU (Chow) | 2014/5/22 | | The Australian Flag Debate: Should Australian Change Their Flag Now? Australia, which official name is the Commonwealth of Australia, is one of the British Commonwealth Nations. And it is a young country which is like the USA. In the 18th century, when the first British settled down here, Australia became a colony of Britain.
Australia has been one for over a hundred years now. Australia’s adopted a Federal Constitution on 1 January, 1901 which distributed legislative power over public policies between the Commonwealth and the State governments (Grewal and Sheehan, 2003). Eccleston et al. (2009, pp.34-35) finds that prior to becoming a federation, the six colonies in Australia had considerable political and economic independence which they did not want to relinquish. This essay will explain the federal structure of government and discuss why countries choose to adopt federalism in the first place.
The attitudes and perceptions held about Indigenous Australians by Australians of European descent have changed over two hundred years of colonisation. Social Darwinism is among the leading ideological paradigms that have formed and maintained attitudes and perceptions, and influenced laws from 1770 to the present. Darwin’s theory of natural selection is a biological theory about how new species are formed and existing ones become extinct. Darwinism maintains that variations between existing organisms within a species confer differences in their survival and reproductive success. Progeny that inherit advantageous characteristics have an enhanced ability to survive and reproduce, ensuring that, over time, adaptive change will modify a
1623 Dutchman Jan Carstenz described several armed encounters with Aborigines on the northern coast of Australia. Shots were fired and an Aboriginal man was hit. 1697 Englishman William Dampier visited the west coast of Australia. 1768 Anticipating that Captain Cook would discover the great southern land he was issued with special instructions to "with the consent of the natives take possession of convenient situations in the name of the King... or if you find the land uninhabited Take Possession for His Majesty". 1770 April 29 Captain James Cook in the Endeavour entered Botany Bay.
Geography Migration Task: Australia, an island country and continent in the southern hemisphere, in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, a member state of the Commonwealth of Nation. A country made up of people from all around the world, a multicultural country. Australia accepts migrants and refugees from all around the world.About 24% of the Australian population is made up of people born in other countries, migration is not a new thing in Australia, migration is what made Australia what it is today. The first migrants were the European settlement when the convicts from Brittian and Irland were transported to Australia and soon after voluntary immigrants followed. The discovery of gold just outside Bathurst in 1851, Australia's migration
One hundred years ago the Commonwealth of Australia was proclaimed, heralding in a supposedly new era of prosperity for the "lucky country" and its inhabitants. For Aborigines, however, 1901 marked year 113 of resistance to dispossession and racial oppression. One hundred years later, indigenous Australia continues this fight. The modern movement for indigenous rights began in the 1920s when the first Aboriginal political organisations were formed including the Australian Aborigines Protection Association, the Association for the Protection of the Native Races of Australia and Polynesia and the Aboriginal Union. The following decades saw the formation of probably the two best known of all the early groups, the Australian Aborigines League
Individual Essay “How has the Americanisation of Australian culture influenced the franchise industry of Australia, and has this had a positive impact?” Prime Minister John Howard once quoted stating that ‘cultural vitality has a role in shaping national identity’ (Howard, 1995). Australian identity has shaped dramatically through the American influence rising in the 90’s and well into present times. To understand this change we have to analyse not only the impact it has had on Australian culture but also the impact on Australian businesses which are driven by the consumers of Australia. Looking at the Franchise sector, a $131 billion business with over 73000 franchise units currently operating we can see what type of business Australian consumers are driving. A massive opportunity then is available to capitalise on the strong influence of
Distinguish between the federal court hierarchy and the state court hierarchy . By: Ali Younis Introduction: Australia is a federation and as a result there are two levels of law that apply: state and federal law. The Australian constitution grants certain legal powers to the commonwealth (Federal) Government and others to the state and territory governments. Consequently there are separate state and federal jurisdictions, each having it’s own court structure. Paragraph 1: All courts have an original jurisdiction; that is, the power to hear certain cases for the first time.
This is the reason Britain took over countries. These countries were made into colonies. This is called colonisation. British people went to work and live and these colonies. On one hand it could be said that having an empire made Britain great because British values were spread.
Secondly, the BEIC introduced a joint-stock ownership system, which catered for the Companies economic benefits and allowed them to reap in the rewards of such a mechanism as the joint-stock ownership. Thirdly, limited liability widened the “pool of capital”, from which investors and other interested parties could become involved. The BEIC was granted “royal charter” by the British state. This then encouraged the Company to monopolise on the trade with the East. In turn, this control and dominance lead to the power behind the BEIC.