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    Gold Rush Research Paper

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    earth with a 4 meter thick layer. 2.0 Location of Minerals As I said the Bathurst gold rush was followed by discoveries in Victory. Gold Fever attracted thousands of immigrants from all different parts of the world to the Australian colonies. Ballarat and Bendigo in Victoria became major gold rush sites. 3.0 Extraction of Minerals

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    weeklytimesnow.com.au/) According to another report, “...And the group is threatening that “customers are watching and hoping you’ll make the decision (to) not support such events in the future” as part of its campaign. At least five sponsors of last month’s Ballarat Rodeo last week received a letter from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals demanding they withdraw support for what it called a “cruel and wrong” event.” PETA is ruining the lives of rodeo associations all around the world do to their propaganda

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    Understanding and responding: for professionals working with children who have experienced sexual abuse Child sexual abuse Acknowledgments Published by Office for Children, Victorian Government Department of Human Services Melbourne, Victoria May 2009 © Copyright State of Victoria, Department of Human Services, 2006 This publication is copyright. No part may be reproduced by any process except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act 1968. This document

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    The eureka stockade is major event which took place on the 3rd of December 1854. Mining fees and corrupt police became the result of this event. Only 22 died but a total of 125 were arrested and 115 were charged with criminal convictions. The diggers were defeated but they help shaped the future of Australian laws around mining. The intention of this essay is to prove; How did the Triumph of the Eureka Stockade help Australian Ideals and Democracy? The Eureka stockade was a triumph for modern Australia

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    the world. I have traveled both around Australia and overseas with and without my family. Through the amount of travel I have done, I am confident I will adjust to studying and living overseas. My school had a compulsory term in Clunes, outside Ballarat, where, as a year 9 student in 2009 I had my first experience of living and studying away from home. While being a part of a group

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    This was Australia’s first major Gold rush. This event was a first major gathering of all different races in the Australian olden days. On the Ballarat diggings there were corrupt Joes, which kept the law in force, however, these Joes were demanding and rude especially to the

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    Exclusion(s): | Nil | Credit Points/Progress Units: | 15 | ASCED Code: | 080505 | Adopted Reference Style APA 1 COURSE ORGANISATION: 1.1 Handbook/s For full details of programs and school procedures, please refer to the University of Ballarat handbook (http://www.ballarat.edu.au/current-students/publications,-policies-and-forms/handbook/2012) and The Business School Programs Handbooks

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    The Eureka Rebellion was an important part of the gold rush and a crucial step towards democracy. It was a falling-out between the diggers and the trooper, the diggers were protesting the high price of their licence fees, after the confrontation in Ballarat changers were implicated. For those reasons the Eureka rebellion is known as the start of Australian democracy. There were some bad long-term affects that came with the gold rush as well, it caused a larger exclusion of the indigenous people as more

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    Mars, Inc. is an American global manufacturer, founded by Franklin Clarence Mars. It is a company known for the confectionery items that it creates such as Mars bars, Milky Way bars, M&M's, Skittles, Snickers, and Twix. They also produce non-confectionery snacks, such as Combos, and other foods, including pasta sauce brand Dolmio and Uncle Ben's Rice, as well as pet foods, such as Pedigree and Whiskas brands. The objective of Mars is the manufacture and distribution of food products in such manner

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    their sector, and provide the workers with the best conditions. Adherence within McCain: McCain Foods Australia factory workers fit into the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU). McCain has had some issues with the AMWU, recently workers in Ballarat had gone on strike, and tensions were increase with non-union members being flown in to work in plant to counteract the strike. Further, there have been repeated arguments around previous instances of non-union members being used, and penalty rate

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