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History of Australia Information
2,831 words, approx. 9 pages
 The history of Australia began when people first migrated to the Australian continent from Asia, at least 40,000-45,000 years ago. The written history of Australia began when Dutch explorers first sighted the country in the 17th century. The...




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History of Australia.
06/11/1994: 503 words, approx. 2 pages READING Manning Clark's influential, and controversial, six-volume "History of Australia" is a bit like tilling a field with a knife and fork. This intelligent abridgement reduces the task to a manageable size without sacrificing the sweep of Clark's original vision. The story stretches...
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A Military History of Australia
10/01/2000: 1,027 words, approx. 3 pages A MILITARY HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA by Jeffrey Grey, (Cambridge University Press, 1999), $24.95, 300 pages Professor Jeffrey Grey has expanded and updated his earlier overview of Australian military history, which is renowned as one of the most acclaimed pieces of work on...
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Exterminator sentenced for stealing
4/20/2007: 296 words, approx. 1 pages An exterminator was sentenced to prison Friday for stealing more than 2,000 exhibits including dolphin, leopard and bat skeletons in Australia's biggest museum theft.Dutch-born Hendrikus van Leeuwen, 50, was sentenced in the New South Wales state District Court to seven years imprisonment for stealing the...



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Australia's Labor Situation at the Beginning of the 20th Century
894 words, approx. 3 pages
 Austalia at the beginning of the 20th century was considered to be the best place for a working man, because of shorter working hours, a basic wage, increased leisure time, invalid pensioners, workers compensation and maternity allowances. Yet, it wasn't a working man's paradise because Australians still had to work long hours for little pay in often unbearable working conditions.
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Issues Faced by Australia in the 1950's
754 words, approx. 3 pages
 Outlines major issues of the 1950's in Australia, both social and political. These include the Korean War, Immigration and Communism. Discusses the Menzies government.


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