Wars involving Australia

exhibitions and publications, Australia first came into contact with Modernism in the mid-1910s. The modernist movement in Australia was at it’s most influential for over five decades, including global wars, economic depression, technological advances and massive social change. (http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/modernism) This article, however, will be focusing on Australia’s development of Modernity, Modernisation and Modernism between the inter-war period of 1919 to 1939. With

The discourse surrounding an appropriate defence policy in Australia has been an intense debate, extending back to the beginning of the 20th century. Stemming from the Creswell-Foster divide has emerged two sides, the state centric, geostrategic concept of the ‘Defence of Australia’ and the alliance-centric concept of the ‘Security Based Defence’. As well as these policy approaches is the state coercive notion of ‘puritive deterrence’. The following paper aims to compare and contrast the main arguments

World War 1 was a war that changed the world. It lasted from 1914 to 1918 involving almost all the countries with two different sides, the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance. The war was inevitable due to its causes. Those causes are nationalism, imperialism, militarism and alliances. Nationalism was one of the biggest contributors of starting the war. It is a feeling of devotion towards a country. This makes one country think they’re greater than the other. Nationalism war promoted during the

Globally, the process of migration is a complicated phenomenon involving huge numbers of people moving from one country to another in order to escape from unstable conditions and to seek better living conditions and opportunities . Recent political upheavals have increased the number of those people who are seeking asylum in far off areas from their own land . Since last two centuries, Australia has been shaped by immigrants. Immigration plays a key role in Australian population growth and economic

tests and trails he faces in his life, develops the idea of identity. The idea of identity is a major issue for Najaf and is most apparent at times in Afghanistan, his time in the refugee camp of Woomera and even to the time when he is accepted into Australia where he struggles to adapt to the new culture. In all three locations in which the text is set Najaf faces key ideas or problems, which in turn

homelands) and changed the location of the story from Sydney to Germany (Zusak, Interview with Heidi Stillman). He heard a quote that he thought of that made him think about personifying Death to be the narrator. “Here’s a book set during the war. Everyone says war and death are best friends” (“In His Own Words. A Conversation With Markus Zusak”). For research he interviewed his parents and then a lot of reading. He actually went to Germany to check everything after he finished his manuscript (Zusak

Isolation and alienation are two recurring factors that have occurred throughout history and are ongoing aspects which materialize in contemporary society. These forms of isolation and alienation are caused and influenced by the power of language, discriminating against individuals and groups due to their religion, culture, values, beliefs, appearance, gender, etc. The knowledge and understanding towards particular minority groups have been drastically affected by segregation and the misleadence

Air Vice Marshal Francis Hubert (Frank) McNamara Medals and Awards On March of 1917, the allies had planned an attack on Gaza and they had subjected repeated attacks on Junction Station, an important Turkish supply centre, to be carried out by No. 1 Squadron, and No. 14 Squadron, R.F.C. During the attacks on 20th of March, an aircraft piloted by Captain D. from No. 1 Squadron, was forced to land due to being hit by ground fire. Despite the aircraft being a two-seater, he had been flying the aircraft

Fog Of War Carl von Clausewitz is originally credited for coming with the term “Fog Of War” which means confusion caused by chaos of war or battle. Even though it is said he never used the term. Fog was used as a metaphor meaning that the war was unclear or things that were happening was uncertain. Once a battle begins information that is skillful or tactic can be quite confusing or make things very distort to the people fighting in the war. It was very difficult for them to see the pattern within

documents are generally refugees and asylum seekers who have fled their country for their safety. They are denied the right for entrance into Australia due to the ‘Australian Migration Act 1958’ and are put in detention centres indefinitely. The Issue with Australian Law Those detained may only be released if granted a visa or removed from Australia, children are no exception to this. Detainment facilities are usually detention centres that are either in remote