Northern Territory Essays

  • Northern Territory Intervention

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    present in the findings of the Little Children Are Sacred Report and the Northern Territory Intervention. Yet Zizek’s hypothesis suggests that a focus on subjective violence means that objective violence is often ignored (Zizek, 2008). As a result, this essay asserts that in the case of the Little Children Are Sacred Report, both subjective and objective violence were identified and considered. Yet in the Northern Territory Intervention’s case, the focus on subjective violence ultimately led to the

  • Globalization and the Northern Territory Intervention

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    dimension. The following essay will expose the complex interconnection between the political, economic and cultural dimensions of globalization through the analysis of a contemporary issue, the Northern Territory National Emergency Response (commonly known, and hereafter referred to, as the Northern Territory Intervention, which encompasses both the NTNER bill and subsequent legislation). An argument will be made that proponents of neoliberalism need to be held accountable to the inevitable effects

  • Northern Territory Youth Detention

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    Northern Territory Youth Detention Centre Staff Training Change Management Plan Youth Detention and Juvenile institutional centers are a field in which receive substantial attention, though is an area which has little research into effective management in comparison to adult equivalents (Ahonen & Degner, 2014). Roush and Jones (1996) noted that youth detention centres need more thorough assessments of the general structures in detention facilities, decision making, everyday operations, and the vital

  • Double Jeopardy Advantages And Dis

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    Should the doctrine of double jeopardy be retained or not in the Northern Territory? Double Jeopardy by definition is the process that dis-allows a defendant from being tried again for a charge that he/she was legitimately acquitted or convicted of . The doctrine of double jeopardy has both advantages and dis-advantages. Prior to issuing a conclusion of whether or not double jeopardy should or should not be retained in the Northern Territory, I will outline the major advantages and dis-advantages. This

  • History Of Travel In Australia

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    as Australia is situated in the Southern Hemisphere. In total Australia has six states namely New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, and Western Australia. It also has two large mainland territories-the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). With an overall area of 7.7 million square kilometer it is the sixth-largest country in the world and hosts a population of 22.9 million. Its neighbouring countries include Indonesia, East Timor, Papua New Guinea

  • Meta Description: Darwin: Northern Territory

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    URL: http://www.tourismtopend.com.au/darwin Meta Title: Tourism Top End | Darwin | Northern Territory Meta Description: Darwin is a lively city well-known as Australia’s gateway to world-class experiences. Now, you can easily book 5-star hotels or budget accommodation in Darwin. Body: Darwin Darwin is a lively harbour city well-known as Australia’s gateway to world-class nature and cultural activities and experiences. With a population in excess of 130,000, it is a destination renowned for its tropical

  • Six Box Organizational Model

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    are showing their lack of knowledge as well as little to no ambition to learn to adequately operate Cummins, Ford, and Freightliner software. In order to be able to repair and maintain units they must learn to uses this software. In the southern territory mechanics are not able to keep up with work request or perform complex work in a timely fashion. This area also has the negative attitude that everything is a problem and someone else needs to figure out how to resolve the problem. They have very

  • Kakadu Community Essay

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    Cromie Yr9 Introduction Kakadu National Park is the largest national park in Australia, located in the Northern Territory, Australia (coordinates 12°25'16"S, 132°40'23"E). It is 171km South East of Darwin and is 19,804km2. Kakadu was named after the mispronunciation of Gaagudju- a aboriginal language formally spoken on the northern side of the national park. Established around 1978, Kakadu was founded during a time when the Australian community was becoming more and

  • Tropical Cyclones And Flooding Rains

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    Droughts and Flooding Rains Assessed Research and Data analysis – Tropical Cyclones, Floods and Droughts DUE DATE: MONDAY 12th MAY PART A. Cyclones Question 1. Complete the following table using data from www.bom.gov.au. T.C. name Rainfall in a population centre (mm) Wind strength (km/h) Storm surge (metres) Category (1-5) 1. Cyclone Yasi 471 285 5 5 2. Cyclone Tracy 250 240 4 5 Question 2. For each cyclone: - What damage was caused? 1. The category 5 Cyclone Yasi caused an extensive amount of

  • Essay About Uluji

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    Uluru is an inselberg which means ‘island mountain’ and is around 600 million years old. It is located 450km away from Alice Springs in the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in the Northern Territory. It has the geographical coordinates of 25º 20’ 42” S and 131º 01’ 57” E. Uluru is made of sandstone, covers an area of 3.33 square kilometres and has a circumference of 9.4km. It is 348 metres tall and over 860 metres above sea level. It extends almost 6km underground. Uluru was formed by massive geological

  • Indigenous Australian Exhibitions

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    Australian exhibition halls have had an initiative part in the more extensive acknowledgment of the wealth of Indigenous Australian society and in tending to the historical backdrop of contact between Indigenous Australians and those whose familial starting points lay somewhere else. Late decades have seen real changes in semi-lasting and interim Indigenous displays in every single real exhibition hall, and there have been various occasions and symposia, for example, the Australian Museum's two

  • Uluru Essay

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    ULURU DETAILS: Uluru, also commonly known as Ayers Rock, is a large sandstone rock located in the Northern Territory, Australia. Uluru is the Aboriginal name of the rock however it officially has dual names, both Uluru and Ayres Rock, and this official dual naming policy was introduced in 1993 to allow both names and cultures (Aboriginal and English) to be recognised. It is believed to be over 600 million years old and has an extreme climate. Winter nights can be as cold as -8oC, and summer days

  • Western Music vs. Indigenous Music

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    Introduction: Defining ‘reconciliation’ alone can be a cumbersome task. It has been defined as many things such as “a collection of lived practices – a culture, a cultural project, a sea-change in the psyche of a nation and a product of the imagination of the ‘lunar left’ (Rigney & Hemming, 2011).” The main idea one should keep in mind when reading this paper, is the discrepancies between Indigenous and Western worlds and the way in which they conceptualise music. When understanding music as a tool

  • Yolngu Boy: The Story of Three Adolescents

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    Yolngu Boy is a traditional film which explicitly tells the story about three adolescents, Lorrpu, Milika and Botj. (Johnson, S 2001)The film indicates the obstacles that adolescents would face, such as the peer pressure, the quest of the identities, and conflicts with each others. However, three of them had a same dream which is to become the great hunters. ( Villella, F.A 2001) However, dream is hard to attain. As Botj has just came back from the six months detention as he stole a motorbike. Milika

  • How To Promote Aboriginal Culture

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     Age: 18 yrs – 70 yrs  Place of birth: all the different states within Australia such as VIC, NSW, WA, QLD, Tasmania and SA.  Disability: yes and no  education: minimum high school graduated and TAFE graduated  first language: English  gender: both female and male  household income: minimum $35,000  indigenous Australian: yes  languages spoken at home: English, Thai, Indian, Cantonese, Indian, Vietnamese, Polish, German, French, etc.  marital status: single, married, divorced, de facto

  • Broken Hill Research Paper

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    Broken Hill, Outback New South Wales Introduction Broken Hill is a small, isolated mining city in western New South Wales. It is about a 12-hour drive from Newcastle and has a population of around 20,000 people. It was the first city in Australia to be included on the national heritage list because of it’s magnificent heritage significance to the country. It is home to some of the largest silver, lead and zinc mines in the world. Broken Hills landscape is what some people see as the epitome of

  • A Brief on Australia and Its Culture

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    width of the continent is 2,265 miles wide. There are six states New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, and Western Australia. There are two major main lands and several minor territories, the major mainland territories are Australian Capital Territory and Northern territory. (Compton Encyclopedia) The first people to inhabit Australia were called Australian Aborigines they inhabited Australia for tens of thousands of years before the Europeans arrived. They lived in a hunter

  • Aboriginal Customary Law VS European Law

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    European invasion, but only recently has the clash come into the open. Stuart MacMillan of the Aboriginal Resource and Development Services in the Northern Territory says that remote Aboriginal communities there and in Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland see no reason why they should submit to "whitefella law". The governments of the Northern Territory and Western Australia are investigating how indigenous law can be incorporated into state law. Chris Sidoti of the Human Rights Council of Australia

  • Western Indians

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    culture Natives had. Thomas Fitzpatrick was an Indian agent that had convinced the Natives to move and live in the west side of the Mississippi River. Natives thought they would be safe there because it was illegal for Americans to go in their territory. Even with that protection of the land Americans will sneak in to find gold, which caused for the Indians to be displaced again. It made the Cheyenne and Arapaho move from the land that was once promised to them. Thus to find steady to the invasion

  • The Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas

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    at the portage between the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, probably in present Columbia County, Wis., U.S., when first reported by Europeans in the late 17th century. The Kickapoo were known as formidable warriors whose raids took them over a wide territory, ranging as far as Georgia and Alabama to the southeast; Texas and Mexico to the southwest; and New York and Pennsylvania to the east. Early in the 18th century part of the tribe settled near the Milwaukee River and, after the destruction of the