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    -3. Name of Lake and location lake. - Lake Eyre, South Australia - Lake Argyle, Western Australia - Lake St. Clair, Tasmania 4.-6. Name of River and location of river. - Yarra River, Victoria - Marry River, New South Wales - Cooper Creek, Through Queensland and South Australia 7.-9. Name of mountain and location of mountain. - Mountain Ossa, Tasmania - Mountain Coolum, Queensland - Mountain Kosciuszko, New South Wales 10.-12. Name of desert and location

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    guide your study. Five Research questions I would use for an essay on convict life would be why were the convicts sent to Tasmania in the first place, so what did they do, this would be good to include because it could be the foundation of an essay. Other research questions I would use would be how long did the convicts stay in Tasmania, how did the convicts arrive at Tasmania, what did they spend their time doing while being a convict and also what punishment did they get, so was it harsh meaning

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    simply, until (relatively) recent years the Aboriginal culture has been largely unrepresented in Tasmania. There are recent improvements, for example members of State Government will sometimes acknowledge the traditional owners or an elder may give a welcome to country at events. When white man colonised Tasmania they massacred the local tribes where

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    In defining ‘this region’ I have a broader meaning and a narrower meaning. My broader meaning covers where we live as in, our continent and the islands and seas that surround us but my narrower meaning is my region, the North West of Tasmania. In the broader sense I think this region is the area of Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and other neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. The most similar to my definition would be Australasia. Australasia is located in the larger known region of Oceania

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    Tasmanian Devil Disease

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    Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) populations on the island of Tasmania have experienced a rapid decline during the past twenty years due to the spread of a cancer called Devil Facial Tumor Disease or DFTD. DFTD is a deadly contagious cancer that is characterized by red oozing lesions or tumors that form on the face and mouth of the Tasmanian devil. The cancer spreads from one devil to another when a DFTD infected devil bites a healthy devil thereby infecting the open wounds with cancer cells

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    Lion Film Analysis

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    The setting of “Lion” commences in India and shifts across to the Australian island state of Tasmania. There are twelve filming locations that are identified throughout the duration of the film. The two major locations shown are Kolkata, West Bengal, India and Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Each location are in stark contrast with each other with the sense that India is perceived as a third world country and Australia is portrayed as the “lucky country”. The cinematography in which Greig Fraser frames

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    Kangaroo Research Paper

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    Ever wonder what kangaroos are like? Or what do they eat or even live? Well I have for a very long time and have now decided to research, take notes and write a report on the “Australian animal” the kangaroo. We will be going over that the look like what they eat where they live and even what predators they need to watch out for. First lets go over what a kangaroo looks like. A kangaroo has tall long ears kinda like a rabbit. They have long ears to help sense danger. They also have a long tail

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    extinction of the Tasmanian tiger (Thylacine). During the 1940’s the Devil species became protected due to large numbers being killed as a form of pest control. The protection of the Tasmanian devil was important as they are crucial to the ecosystem of Tasmania (live science Tasmanian Devils' Mysterious Cancer May Come in Two Varieties). The protection of the devils was necessary as the population have low genetic variability and a history of genetic bottlenecks making them more susceptible to drastic population

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    PCEHR Analysis

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    The NEHTA found that only 271 pharmacies in Australia were registered to PCEHR. They also found that there were three areas that had more registered pharmacies than the rest of the country; Tasmania, Queensland and Victoria. All the more Tasmania had 48% of their pharmacies registered (NEHTA 2013, p.3). Compared with the survey from 2015 where 1,164 pharmacies were registered to PCEHR (Department of Health 2015). Percentage wise the increase since 2013 has been over

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    Black War Analysis

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    to conflicts between Aborigines and white European soldiers and settlers on the Australian island of Tasmania (then called Van Diemen’s Land) • Armed conflict began in May 1804, when a military detachment

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