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    A key figure in the Eureka Rebellion was Peter Lalor. Peter was significant to Australia because Peter Lalor was the leader of the miners' rebellion in Ballarat, which came to be known as the Eureka Stockade. This is considered the birthplace of Australian democracy. Lalor was born on the 5th of February 1827 in Raheen Hospital, Laois Ireland. Peter Lalor emigrated to Australia with his brother Richard Lalor

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    I agree with this statement to a strong extent. Sovereign Hill is a very popular tourist attraction for heritage, cultural, pilgrimage and media tourists with 717,289 admissions in 2012/13. It also plays a critical role in preserving the gold rush heritage and creating many jobs, supporting Ballarat and Victoria with income and work experience. On the other hand, the number of visitors is unchanging and some tourist attractions are less famous than others. Sovereign Hill greatly contributed towards

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    Gold Rush Research Paper

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    phones, due to research gold used to play a significant historical role in Australia, which the first gold rush occurred in 1851 after the mineral was discovered in Bathurst, New South Wales. After the Bathurst gold rush, it was followed by recent discoveries in Victoria. During the formation of earth molten iron sank to its centre which caused it to make the core. This took the mineral with vast majority to become one of the earth’s precious metals, which include metals such as gold and platinum, which

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    Ellen Clacy True, Diarist and Illustrator This is the writing of a true, Diarist and illustrator who wrote about her life on the gold fields of Ballarat. Her name is Ellen Clacy. If we didn’t have her books we wouldn’t have known about a lot of the importance of the gold rush as we do nowadays. Ellen Clacy was born in the year 1820 in London, England. She had one brother named Frederick, a mother called Ellen Louisa Sturma (1830-1901) and a father called Charles Berry Clacy (1825-1882). Ellen

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    there are over 200 different languages in Australia. Approximately 15% of Australians speak a language other than English at home. There are many religions represented in Australia and the country does not have an official religion. The majority of Aussies are Christian (65%), with 25% of those being Roman Catholic. Approximately 3% of Aussies practice Buddhism, 2.5% Islam, 1.3% Hinduism, and 0.5% Judaism. Australian culture has its roots in British culture, but also has major influences from

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    China Threat To Australia

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    threat to Australia due to its proximity to Asia. Being the island nation with no large allies within a close range Australia has over the years held a strong concerns about the Asian nation. This threat is not new, as even in the colonial period Australians held a great fear for the ‘Asian Invasion’. However, Australia still has the radical differences with China. These differences are not only in the running of the country, but also in the ideological sides of the respective nations. This growth

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    Chinatown Research Paper

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    economic centre for the Chinese community and proudly stands as one of Melbourne city’s most popular venues. It is one of Melbourne’s distinctive and iconic precincts. When was Chinatown established? Established in 1851 with the onset of the Victorian gold rush, tens of thousands of Chinese passed through here en route to the goldfields. Melbourne’s Chinatown has been an integral part of the City of Melbourne since the goldrush days of the 1850’s. Who does Chinatown influence? People living and working

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    During the 19th century, five main phases have characterized immigration in Australia. The Gold Rush period in 1851, led immigrants from Europe and East Asia to migrate to Australia in search of gold finds (Spinks, 2010). The second phase of immigration occurred in 1871, when Egypt expanded its passage of the Suez Canal and migrants from Northern Africa and the Middle East were able to gain access to Australia’s southern seaports (Boulus, Dowding, and Pietsch, 2013). In 1901, however, the new Commonwealth

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    provision of a wide variety of services supporting mining and mineral exploration. The discovery of the gold in New South Wales and Victoria has forced Australia into the group leader in mining countries since 1851. This essay will focus on the mining in

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    California Gold Rush that refer to the immigrants that traveled to the west. The migrants were considered “forty-niners” because they began to arrive in the year of 1849. From a book titled, Daily Life during the California Gold Rush, “California is nicknamed “The Golden State;” and the official state motto is “Eureka” meaning “I have found it” in Greek- a reference to mining success” (Maxwell-Long). The author of this book wanted to make this known to readers that were not aware of the Gold Rush what

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