Persuasive Essay On Eureka Stockade

Today I am here to present a pitch about the Eureka Stockade. With help from you financially, this documentary will be very successful and I feel that it is an important topic to cover as it was a significant stepping stone in Australians history.

Good Morning Members of the discovery channel, today I will be conducting an argument of why The Eureka stockade, a key turning point in Australian Democracy should be transformed into a documentary for your discovery channel. I think this event is important for the Australian Public to learn about, due to the effects it has on modern society today.

The gold rush had a lasting impact on the political development of Australia. The uprising of the Eureka stockade formed the basis for democracy that we have in Australia today. The Eureka Rebellion was an important step towards democracy. It was an uprising against authority. The conditions on the goldfields were difficult. The monthly licensing fees that the diggers had to pay were quite harsh and unfair. A digger had to pay it even if he didn’t find any gold. The way the police collected the fee was also harsh. These people were ready to fight for change. The miners wanted better rights. They protested and pressured the government for better conditions, in hope to abolish the fees. The gold rush gave the diggers a

“Hey guys! This is the last communication you shall receive from me. I now walk out to live amongst the wild. Take care, it was great knowing you” (Qtd. In Krakauer 69). After graduating from Emory University, Christopher McCandless abandoned everything, gave his entire savings account to charity, and then hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wild. In the novel, Into the Wild, Was McCandless justified in shunning society? McCandless was justified in shunning society because he simply wanted to find himself and be independent without any distractions from his friends or family.

The Eureka Stockade, lead by Peter Lalor, is viewed as the birthplace of Australia’s political system. It was a key event in history that changed the democracy of Australia forever.

When you think of the “land down under” you don’t really think of the kind of government they have. I chose to write about the Australian government because I really don’t hear much about Australia. It currently has a pretty interesting story to tell when it comes to their government. I became a bit interested in Australian politics when I saw a political animated cartoon on the internet that depicted Kevin Rudd, the last Prime Minister, on a news television show and it was quite humorous. I am going to give a quick history lesson on Australia then go into how the government formed and came to be. Then I will talk about the Australian constitution, the Australian arms of government, their federal system, political parties and Australia’s

For starters the aboriginal’s stockmen actually got their equal pay to the white stockman. The wave hill was part of the major push for the aboriginals to get their own land. The wave hill along with 1946 Aboriginal Stockmen's Strike, the 1963 Yolngu Bark Petition/ Pilbara strike were major protest for the rights. In 1976 the aboriginal land right act was made, this act help give the back to their traditional owners. To prove that the land is yours you must prove their traditional connection to the land you want. Research by anthropologists, and the aboriginal’s must supply enough evidence before the taking it to Aboriginal Land Commissioner who is the judge of the Federal Court or the Supreme Court. (Clc.org.au, (2015). Under the act, 50% of the Northern Territory was returned to traditional Aboriginal owners in the following 30 years (Korff, J. (2015). The Wave hill walk off had impact on the northern territory land and aboriginals rights, it also gave hope to other indigenous community suffering the same

Political activism in Australia was a major factor achieving changing rights and freedoms for Aboriginals people because of this indigenous people were able to take action to rise up for their opinions.

When European colonists settled in Australia they treated the Aboriginal people extremely different to that of their fellow white men. The Aboriginals were not seen as first class citizens through the European eye and as a result were victims of extreme oppressions and had nearly no rights or freedoms. Since then Aboriginal people have fought to be treated equally to the white men through various different ways. I will discuss the previous struggles faced by the Aboriginals, the Australian strife for equality and finally the level of success and degree of rights and freedoms given to Aboriginals in modern Australia.

Australia in the early 1900s has developed a reputation as a ‘working man’s paradise’ for its greater opportunity to success and an egalitarian society. However not all workers proved this to be true. In order to determine this statement, Issues to be discussed include firstly the hours of work for different genders, secondly the working conditions and finally the dispute for the right to fair treatment to women and Aboriginal natives throughout the 19th century.

The referendum campaign effectively focused public attention on the fact that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians were second class citizens with all sorts of limitations - legislative and social - on their lives. This decade-long campaign to change the Constitution came to symbolise the broader struggle for justice being fought during these years. Activists presented the case for a Commonwealth government

During the ongoing visits on ‘The Freedom Rides’ around the many towns like Bowraville, Boggabilla and Moree, the students had observed the kind of segregation and refusal of service the Aboriginal people faced in places like pools, clubs and shops. In reference to the image in source 3, the itinerary showed the expected dates for stops, demonstrations and surveys and when they would return back to Sydney which would altogether take place over 2 weeks. The students filmed and filed reports to the ABC of the kind of treatment and racism Aboriginal people received, for instance their living conditions and locations which Charlie Perkins in source 4 describes as ‘at river banks, shanties, huts or at the end of a road where there’s (a) rubbish tip’. The main reason of their filming was to show people the truth on what was happening in country towns and to not believe what the news covered Australia to be; that racism did not exist. The publicity gained from The Freedom Rides raised awareness of the racism in Australia and influenced the 1967 Referendum and other campaigns in the future with similar purposes.

relevance of federalism both from an increasingly globalised national perspective and within a nation of small population and relative cultural homogeny; and

The piece Advance Australia … within reason, was conveyed on the 5th of January by Amy Mackintosh, at the annual “University of Students for Youth Political Activism’ meeting held at The University of Melbourne. Mackintosh steadily argues the reasons why Australia should not have become a republic, and how the country should stay as a monarchy. The tone of the speech is very colloquial and even sarcastic, with the middle part being more analytical and serious. The speaker gives the impression that the argument for Australia to stay as a Monarchy is unbiased and logical.

In 1788 the first Fleet arrived in Australia bringing European soldierse, convicts and settlers. This bought aboriginals in contact with white people for the first time. Some aboriginal groups tried to resist this occupation and they used violence and force the archive it. This essay will explain why that resistance was justified by examining the causes, identifying some examples of Indigenous resistance and will assess short and long term effects of this conflict.