The conditions of the houses were very poor; they were mostly made out of cheap materials, were very small and packed closely together. The houses were small firstly to fit more houses into an area (creating more homes) and secondly because a small place and a house built with cheap materials was all the working class families could afford. In conclusion Australia in the 1900 was far from a ‘working man’s paradise’. This can be said because compare to today’s standards, the living and working conditions were quite poor. They received unfair pay, had horrid living and working conditions and worked longer hours compared to today.
Every image tells a story and the histories that echo in the King’s family album of the early 1900s are filled with hope, promise and optimism. The images reveal a vision of progress at a time of change moving into the new century. Men and Women at Work Life and working conditions in the early 1900s were extremely tough, unsafe and unhygienic. Australia, however, had a reputation as the ‘working man's paradise.' This reputation was set because of shorter shifts and benefits which were thought preposterous in Europe.
Men, Money and Markets Stanley Melbourne Bruce supported the upper class and didn’t support the working class. His aims were mainly to make the working conditions of the upper class even better and have policies that they would gain from.The overall policy of the Bruce page nationalist party government was to continue the economic development of Australia hence benefiting from primary and secondary industries. Thus to sustain this idea, the ‘men, money and markets’ policy was put forward. It was also referred to as a slogan which the nation’s prosperity plans summed up. The men sector related to increasing Australia’s population through migration.
Not just through his set design was Australia prominent, but through the characters themselves. Roo represented everything masculine about Australia, its middle class men who worked their fingers to the bone to earn and honest living, their arrogance and independence was portrayed through Lawler’s characteristics in Roo. Barney was a symbolic larrikin, living for the Australian dream but never taking himself too seriously while providing the comic relief. Dowd represented a young Australian generation, fit, healthy and masculine. You could say he embodied all that Roo did in his prime, before he injures his back.
Keating’s position as the Prime Minister forces him to speak to all Australians. This is vital to Keating’s cultivation of a shared Australian identity. Keating’s exordium employs repetition of inclusive language - ‘we’ - to appeal to a larger audience than Bandler’s use of ‘I’. Unlike Bandler, Keating insists that whilst differences do occur and always has we still share a common Australian identity. This is highlighted with the continuous use of asyndeton breaking down the cultural, social and environmental binaries that everyday Australians face.
Aborigines could choose to stay where they were and fight the settlers, though soon it was obvious that spears were no match for the guns that had been brought over. The second option was to leave and risk encroaching on the land of other tribes and start fights. The final option was to stay and try to forget their Aboriginal ways and live alongside the British as one of them. Michael Connor mentions in his book "The invention of Terra Nullius" that Terra Nullius is in fact wrong and there never was the use of it when the British landed in Australia. Connor is very smug about his views of Terra Nullius and he believes there are mistakes that have been made throughout history that many historians are not aware of or choose to ignore.
History assignment. Federation in Australia in 1901 was beneficial for the six colonies is an accurate statement for many reasons. Federation meant an all round safer and equal country, for reasons such as defence, independence, laws, and trade and business. By merging Australia’s colonies together under one government in Federation, Australia’s forces become stronger. Prior to Federation Australia’s defence forces consisted of 6 separate small armies running in different ways, these armies would operate in-cohesively if faced with danger.
Australians were making it very clear that they wanted to defend their colonies as a place for only white people. By the year 1890, all colonies of Australia had its own anti Chinese law in place to try to reduce the number of Chinese immigrants in Australia. In the decade of public debate leading up to Federation in 1901, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples were not included in any of the conventions and consultations, and they were largely ignored. After federation aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders were excluded from Australian society generally, and from the rights, responsibilities and benefits which other Australian citizens enjoyed. Not only did this effect on the lives of aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, it affected all non-European cultures in Australia.
In the past few years there’s been a lot of controversy over whether or not modern day Australians should apologize for the past events of the stolen generation. This essay will support the statement made by John Howard which was “Modern Australians shouldn't be required to accept guilt and blame for past action.” The reasons we shouldn't have to accept guilt and blame for past actions are , we are not responsible for past actions, we directly had nothing to do with it, we are new Australians, and we have made up for our wrong by granting them their rights. The first reason as to why we should not have to apologize to the aboriginals is because we are not responsible for past action. The actions of past Australians towards the aboriginals
Though only fifty years ago, the post WWII ear held an immensely different set of rights and freedoms for indigenous people. From settlement to 1950, Aboriginals were considered little more than “part of the landscape.” Indeed, paternalistic attitudes through the Policy of Protection ensured that they were not counted in the Australian census, instead considered fauna. These attitudes and the rights and freedoms corresponding to them have been altered by the gradual policy changes between WWII and the present era. In 1950, the policy of Assimilation was introduced- the first step away from the restrictive policy of protection. Assimilation was completely culturally insensitive- in fact, the purpose of assimilation was to eradicate and Aboriginal culture or language through a forced induction