Australia
Commonwealth of Australia
CAPITAL: Canberra
FLAG: The flag has three main features: the red, white, and blue Union Jack in the upper left quarter, indicating Australia's membership in...
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Australia
Of the seven continents, Australia is the flattest, smallest, and except for Antarctica, the most arid. Including the southeastern island of Tasmania, the island continent is roughly equal i...
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Australia
The Commonwealth of Australia, a country in the South Pacific Ocean, occupies the smallest continent and covers an area of 2,966,200 mi2 (7,682,000 km2). Along the northeast coast of Austr...
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Australian and New Zealand Perspectives
Although they maintain their distinct identities, Australia and New Zealand are linked closely and together are often referred to as Australasia. Both countries...
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Australia
Australia is unique as a single nation within an island continent. For tens of thousands of years—indeed, as far back as scientific dating can reliably tell—Aboriginal peoples ...
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Australia
POPULATION 18,972,350ROMAN CATHOLIC 26.7 percentANGLICAN 20.7 percentUNITING CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA 6.7 percentPRESBYTERIAN 3.4 percentOTHER CHRISTIAN 8.5 percentMUSLIM, BUDDHIST, HINDU, JEWISH...
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Class is a key idea related to inequality, prejudice and discrimination in Australian society. It has been considered out of fashion, because some Australian people think that there is no class differ...
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After Federation in 1901 Australia still had Ties with it Mothering country Great Britain. These ties included major things like Foreign Affairs and Political ties, to more minor issues like Flag and ...
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Multiculturalism is defined as being `the practice of retaining the individual characteristics of the various cultures within a society'. The policy of multiculturalism was introduced to Australia bec...
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Many people have endeavoured to define the typical Australian and each come up with as many definitions as there are Australians. This is due to the diverse and derivative nature of Australian culture...
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Australia is highly perceived to be a land of beer drinking ockers, living in the country with blue-eyes and blond hair. Reality tells us that this is not entirely true. Yes we do have a vast majority...
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Policy of Protection
In the 1830s and 1840s the influence of the evangelical altruistic was at its height and the British government at that time was taking a strong line for the protection of the p...
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Australia has contributed significantly to international conflicts in the 20th century. A prime example of this contribution is highlighted in the peacekeeping missions in both Papua New Guinea (Bouga...
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Answer this simple question: is Australia a racist country£¿Yes or no? With two-thirds of Australians believing that there is underlying racism in this nation, the answer is, indeed, rather ...
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