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A Biography of William Charles Wentworth an Australian Poet (950 words, 2 pages)

The reason that I picked William Charles Wentworth was because he was very important to the way we live today in two ways, the first was opening up new grazing lands by going over the blue mountains, but most importantly the way the government system was set up to today. ... Read More

An Analysis of Australian Political History (683 words, 1 pages)

Gough Whitlam was elected to power in 1972 following a fiery election campaign. The election was like know other. Whitlam managed his campaign in a way that made the majority of Australians warm to his unique style of political salesmanship. The election of the Whitlam government was a turning point ... Read More

Reversing Diabetes by an Organ Transplant: The Results of Research in Toronto (420 words, 2 pages)

Toronto scientists have developed an organ transplant procedure that could, among its many benefits, reverse diabetes. The procedure was developed by Bernard Leibel, Julio Martin and Walter Zingg at the University of Toronto and the Hospital for Sick Children. The story of their work began in 1978, when they delved ... Read More

The Origins and Development of Securitisation in the American and Australian Market (3543 words, 7 pages)

Table of Contents Executive summary 2 Letter of transmittal 3 Development and growth of securitisation5 Securitisation Structure 7 Securitisation and the Capital Market 9 Securitisation and the Capital Market 11 Future Direction and Growth of Securitisation in the Capital Markets 13 Appendix 15 Bibliography 16 References18 Executive Summary This report ... Read More

AIDS Still an Epidemic in Africa (1313 words, 2 pages)

Sub-Saharan Africa has turn into a ''virtual killing field'' with the worlds worst undeclared war. What do you do when an epidemic with no cures sweeps through a nation? What do you do when you dont have the needed resources to contain the disease with treatment? What do you do ... Read More

Sir Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant, the Great Australian Physicist (580 words, 3 pages)

Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant, was the eldest of five sons, and was born in 1901 in Kent Town, near Adelaide, South Australia. His father was a civil servant and his mother was an artist. Oliphant was interested in a career in medicine or chemistry, and in 1919 started studying at ... Read More

Non Violent Activism and the Example of Australians for Just Refugee Program (1790 words, 3 pages)

Theories of social movements have been influential?but as a rule they are not adequate to comprehend the course of non-violent action in the radical tradition (Bruyn Severyn T. Nonviolent action and social change, 1979, pp31). ?Social movements? cannot be formally defined according to structure or lack of structure, as they ... Read More

An Analysis of the Australian Law Reform Commission (1639 words, 3 pages)

Introduction. Recommendation 38 of the Australian Law Reform Commission should be acted upon. Undertaking Pro bono work would enhance appreciation of ethical standards and professional responsibility among law students. This appreciation in light of its importance to the legal community and public is essential for law students to have. Additionally, ... Read More

Knowledge and Prevention of Epidemics (777 words, 1 pages)

Preventing an Epidemic Africa has warm ocean beaches, beautiful sunsets, exotic scenery, exciting new cultures, and oh yeah, two of the most deadly hemmorrhagic viruses known to man. With this overlay it can be hard to realize that this mysterious place can be so deadly. Now that people are moving ... Read More

The Representation of Indigenous Australian People in the Media (865 words, 4 pages)

One of the biggest problems with Aboriginal people gaining widespread acceptance in the Australian community is the negative stereotyping created by the mass media. The average media stereotype of an Aboriginal person is uncivilized, ill tempered, unemployed, violent, and often inebriated. While not all media portray this, the few that ... Read More

Australian Imperial Forces (AIF) in France During WW1 (348 words, 1 pages)

The conditions in France during WW1 for the AIF were horrendous because of the stalemate in the trenches, disease, rainy conditions and new weapons of war. The stalemate and the war of attrition took a heavy toll on the troops of the AIF. There was constant enemy fire and the ... Read More

An Open Letter to the President of the Australian Olympic Federation (317 words, 2 pages)

To President of the Australian Olympic Federation Dear Sir, As a leading sponsor of the Australian Olympic team, I am writing this letter to you to express my disapproval in regard to the Australian Swimming Authority's decision to disqualify one of our leading sportsmen, Ian Thorpe out of the year ... Read More

Dr. Fiona Wood, Australian of the Year in 2005 (257 words, 1 pages)

On the 12th of October 2002 two bombs exploded in Paddy's Bar in the town of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali, killing over 200 people and injuring 209. Eighty-eight of those killed and many of the injured were Australians. Others hurt and dead were from Indonesia, Japan, New ... Read More

A Report of the E. Coli Epidemic in Canada in 2000 (711 words, 1 pages)

Canada's E. Coli Epidemic Claims Fifth Victim 144 p.m. ET (1744 GMT) May 26, 2000 WALKERTON, Ontario (Reuters) A fifth person died on Thursday in what may be Canada's biggest E. coli epidemic, as police and health officials were set to decide whether to launch a criminal investigation into the ... Read More

Boredom and Low Self Esteem is Killing Young Australians, Not Drugs (1003 words, 4 pages)

In 1999, 737 Australians died of a heroin overdose. This is double what it was in 1993. Prime Minister John Howard was elected in 1996, and only now, after 5 years has he finally acknowledged the drug problem in Australia. Recently the government has introduced a 27 million dollar anti-drugs ... Read More

Diabetes is the Most Common Health Problem Faced by American Indians (1130 words, 2 pages)

"Diabetes Mellitus" Diabetes mellitus is one of the most serious health problems facing the Native American Indians today. The disease is very common in many tribes cross the United States. "Diabetes plagues our Navajo people and will continue to be an epidemic disease until each of us takes action". Diabetes ... Read More

Reformation of Australian World and Culture through History (327 words, 1 pages)

A culture that evolves and changes through time is a healthy culture indeed. From the early pagan warriors to the artisans of the Renaissance, the European world dramatically reformed. After 16 years in Malaysia and 2 years in this country, I love my adopted country more than the one of ... Read More

Australian-China Bilateral Relationship since 1945 (2428 words, 4 pages)

This essay analyses the Australian-China bilateral relationship since 1945 and in particular its political significance to Australia. Many global factors have influenced this relationship, including the advent of the Cold War, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the collapse of the Soviet bloc European nations. In addition, internal political ... Read More

Complexities of Australian Society in Hannie Rayson’s Play Hotel Sorrento (1061 words, 2 pages)

What is the sum of us? Are we, as Australians, more than beer and cricket? As Australian artists, more than a floundering voice struggling for independence from our European and American counterparts? Are we more than the sum of our familial parts? Or is that precisely who we are? Playwright ... Read More

An Analysis of the Rights of Australian Aborigines (899 words, 2 pages)

The rights of the Australian Aborigines are an important and ongoing issue of Australia. The referendum of 1967 gave Aborigines rights that had been denied for almost 180 years, inclusion in the Australian census and the right to vote. That however, was only the beginning. Since that historic vote, many ... Read More

An Analysis of Australian History Wars (1155 words, 2 pages)

What has become known as "the Australian History Wars" has sparked a large amount of political, social and academic controversy in recent history. The debate is over the calibre of British settlementinvasion of the Australian continent in 1788 and the British dealings with aboriginal people. There are two main sides ... Read More

Health Literacy and Its Association with Diabetes Knowledge, Self-Efficacy and Disease Self-Management Among African Americans with Diabetes Mellitus (1806 words, 9 pages)

In " Health Literacy and Its Association with Diabetes Knowledge, Self-Efficacy and Disease Self-Management Among African Americans with Diabetes Mellitus," the study aim is to examine health literacy and its relationship with diabetes knowledge, perceived self-efficacy and disease self-management among African Americans with diabetes mellitus (McCleary-Jones, 2011). As a result, ... Read More

Chronic Diseases: Diabetes (1794 words, 7 pages)

Only after having a member in my family who has diabetes, I have realize what diabetes can do to ones body and especially what that persons family goes through. In 2011 when my aunty was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, my whole family was devastated, but once someone is diagnosed, ... Read More

Learning I Had Diabetes (690 words, 2 pages)

Every second felt like my throat was becoming harder and drier I gaspedfor air but couldn't swallow. I felt someone pick me up and place me ona stretcher, but I couldn't make out a face. My eyes slowly started tofade away, only seeing slight glimpses of light. I arrived at ... Read More

Proposal for Increased Sample Size for the Culturally Tailored Diabetic Self-Management Education for African Americans with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (1052 words, 4 pages)

This is a proposal based on the quasi-experimental, cross sectional, pre and post study by Collins-McNeil, Edwards, Batch, Benbow, McDougald, Sharpe (2012). According to the authors, effective self-management of diabetes T2DM typically involves a long and complex regimen of healthy eating, weight control, medications, glucose monitoring, and exercise on a ... Read More

Both Maroubra and Kogarah are famous suburbs of Australia. Maroubra is a beach suburb in the south-eastern whereas Kogarah is a residential suburb in the southern. This report will compare and contrast the services, housing and people of these two suburbs.Maroubra and Kogarah are similar with regard to services such ... Read More

Attending a Diabetes Support Group (610 words, 2 pages)

There is much to be gained from people of all walks of life, particularly those with a difficulty that they must endure their entire life. I attended a support group where I learned about the lives of those who are suffering with diabetes. This group provided its participants with support, ... Read More

An Analysis of Emily Listfield’s The Underage Drinking Epidemic (694 words, 3 pages)

200,000 students hospitalized, over 1,700 students dead- this is a result of an underage drinking epidemic thats sweeping over the nation. This epidemic, and research is showing that not only are students drinking, theyre binge drinking. Binge drinking is consuming four beers for a female and five for a male ... Read More

Coping Mechanisms of Australian POWs in WWII (1926 words, 4 pages)

Eventually 11 chaps were taken out of the camp and were strung up outside Japanese headquarters and beaten for several days and that was the last we heard of them says Max Eddie Gilber an ex-POW. This short but effective quote recognises the brutal and inhumane experience that the POWs ... Read More

A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Australian Commonwealth Games (1117 words, 4 pages)

At present, Australia is the only country in the world to host the Commonwealth games on a record of four occasions, and lead the way with a staggering 803 gold medals and have over 2000 medals. In this manner, Australia aspires to continue its effulgent success for the upcoming 2018 ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013