Australia country profile Australia ranks as one of the best countries to live in the world by international comparisons of wealth, education, health and quality of life. The sixth-largest country by land mass, its population is comparatively small with most people living around the eastern and south-eastern coastlines. The country's first inhabitants, the Aboriginal people, are believed to have migrated from Asia tens of thousands of years before the arrival of British settlers in 1788. They now make up less than 3% of Australia's 23 million people. Years of mass immigration after the Second World War heralded sweeping demographic changes, making modern Australia one of the world's most multicultural countries. In shaping its foreign and economic policy, Australia first looked to Europe and the US but in the last 20 years has developed stronger ties with Asia. Although Australia remains part of the Commonwealth, the future role of the monarchy has been a recurring issue in politics. Image copyright Getty Images
Art Gallery of South Australia :: Visit :: Visit - Iceweasel Founded in 1881, the Art Gallery of South Australia is home to one of Australia's great art collections, housed in one of Adelaide's most beautiful buildings. Located at the heart of Adelaide's cultural boulevard, North Terrace, between the South Australian Museum and University of Adelaide, the Art Gallery welcomes more than half a million visitors each year. Opening Hours 10am to 5pm (closed 25 December) A printable PDF floorplan of the Art Gallery is available here. Admission General admission is free. The CollectionThe Art Gallery's outstanding collection of 38,000 works of art comprises Australian, European, North American and Asian works including paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, photographs, textiles, furniture, ceramics, metalwork and jewellery. The Art Gallery also houses a comprehensive collection of Australian art from the time of European settlement in the early nineteenth century to the present day, including one of the most important collections of Indigenous art.
Aboriginal Australia: History, Culture, and Conflict Aboriginal AustraliaHistory and culture of Australia's indigenous peoples Who Are Aborigines? Aborigines are Australia's indigenous people. Recent government statistics counted approximately 400,000 aboriginal people, or about 2% of Australia's total population. Australian Aborigines migrated from somewhere in Asia at least 30,000 years ago. "The Dreamtime" Aboriginal spirituality entails a close relationship between humans and the land. Unlike other religions, however, aboriginal belief does not place the human species apart from or on a higher level than nature. Storytelling, Art, and the Didgeridoo The oral tradition of storytelling informs aboriginals' vibrant cultural life. In the Northern Territory, aboriginal art includes sculpture, bark and rock paintings, and baskets and beadwork. Aboriginal music is often recognizable for its most famous instrument, the didgeridoo. Land Rights Movement Land and property rights fueled an important civil rights movement in the 1970s.
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Giving an Oral Presentation : Academic Skills Centre : University of Canberra - Iceweasel Preparing your oral presentation First of all, think ... Think about what you want to achieve: do you want to inform your audience, inspire them to think about your topic, or convince them of a particular point of view? Then ... Brainstorm your topic and write a rough outline. Organising the content Introduction (may be written last) Capture your listeners’ attention: Begin with a question, a funny story, a startling comment, or anything that will make them think. The Body Present your main points one by one in logical order. The Conclusion It is very important to leave your audience with a clear summary of everything you have covered. Delivering your presentation Talk to your audience, don't read to them! A presentation is not the same as an essay. If you read out your presentation as if it were an essay, your audience will probably understand very little and will lose concentration quickly. So use notes, cue cards or overheads as prompts, and speak to the audience. Watch your language! Overheads
Handbook on Report Formats - Iceweasel Summary: This resource is an updated version of Muriel Harris’s handbook Report Formats: a Self-instruction Module on Writing Skills for Engineers, written in 1981. The primary resources for the editing process were Paul Anderson’s Technical Communication: A Reader-Centered Approach (6th ed.) and the existing OWL PowerPoint presentation, HATS: A Design Procedure for Routine Business Documents. Contributors:Elizabeth Cember, Alisha Heavilon, Mike Seip, Lei Shi, and Allen BrizeeLast Edited: 2013-03-11 10:28:48 Report Formats An overview of the how, what, and why of organizing different types of reports How do you select a format and use it? Purposes and types of report formatsParts of a reportSpecific advice for writing reports What is format? A plan of organizationA means of structuring materialA framework for arranging information Why should you use a format? Your readers Before you write a report, you must consider your readers. Who are my readers? General report format guidelines
Essay Writing - Iceweasel Summary: The Modes of Discourse—Exposition, Description, Narration, Argumentation (EDNA)—are common paper assignments you may encounter in your writing classes. Although these genres have been criticized by some composition scholars, the Purdue OWL recognizes the wide spread use of these approaches and students’ need to understand and produce them. Contributors:Jack Baker, Allen Brizee, Elizabeth AngeliLast Edited: 2013-03-01 08:12:47 This resource begins with a general description of essay writing and moves to a discussion of common essay genres students may encounter across the curriculum. The four genres of essays (description, narration, exposition, and argumentation) are common paper assignments you may encounter in your writing classes. Overview The essay is a commonly assigned form of writing that every student will encounter while in academia. Before delving into its various genres, let’s begin with a basic definition of the essay. What is an essay?
Skills4Study.com: Study Skills - Iceweasel Home > Study skills > Learning strategies > Reading strategies Being able to read effectively means more than just being able to understand what is written on the page. In this section, you can explore different reading strategies to ensure your reading, and in turn your assignments, are first-class. Reading for different subjects Different reading strategies are needed for different subject disciplines, and even for different kinds of writing within the same subject. You may also be asked to read about the same topic from different angles. Science subjects tend to require slower and closer reading of smaller amounts of text. Reading for any subject 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Reading for different purposes For all subjects, you will need to know how to change quickly from one kind of reading to another. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Reading for understanding The main purpose of reading is to understand - not to get through text at speed for the sake of it. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Change the text 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.