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- 141: Jungle and The Rain Forest
- ... Africa, and on both the mainland and the islands off Southeast Asia, where they are especially abundant on Sumatra and New Guinea. Small areas are found in Central America and along the Queensland coast of Australia. Temperate rain forests, growing in higher-latitude regions having wet, maritime climates, are less extensive than those of the tropics but include some of the most valuable timber in the world. Notable forests in this category are those on the northwest coast of North America, in southern Chile, in Tasmania, and in parts of southeastern Australia and New Zealand. These forests contain trees that may exceed in height those of tropical rain forests, but there is less diversity of species. Conifers such as REDWOOD and Sitka spruce tend to predominate in ...
- 142: Princess Diana 3
- ... of the Royal family. Her first tour with the Prince was a three-day visit to Wales in October 1981. In 1983, she went with Charles and the infant Prince William on a tour of Australia and New Zealand. At the end of their tour to Italy in 1985, Diana and Charles were joined by William and baby Henry. Other official overseas visits with the Prince included Australia, Brazil, India, Canada, Nigeria, Cameroon, Indonesia, Spain, Italy, France, Portugal, and Japan. Their last visit overseas together was to South Korea in 1992. Diana's first official visit overseas on her own was in September ...
- 143: Nuclear Weapons and Their Hazards
- ... Northern Hemisphere. Smaller temperature decreases might occur in low latitudes but more importantly in these regions rainfall would probably decreases because monsoons could not develop. Like in On The Beach, all the radiation move towards Australia and everyone innocent people died. A large-scale nuclear war would lessen food production over large expanses in the Northern Hemisphere, this could occur through acute climatic conditions which chilling or freezing temperatures occurring for ... in the Northern Hemisphere could be shut down or significantly reduced for the first growing season after war and maybe several growing seasons. Only the major grain-producing countries such as United States, Canada, and Australia had enough stored food to keep their populations alive if they lost the crops from a full growing season. For countries and thus for most of the people on earth, the food would run out ...
- 144: Great Expectations - Chapter Summaries
- ... name is Abel Magwitch a.k.a. Provis The convict is the suitor who is paying for Pip’s fortunes, in return for helping him while ago The convict got rich from sheep- farming in Australia If the convict’s return was known in England, he would be put to death. Pip and Herbert agree to hide the convict Chapter 27 Setting: London the next day; Pip faces facts While coming ... name is Abel Magwitch a.k.a. Provis The convict is the suitor who is paying for Pip’s fortunes, in return for helping him while ago The convict got rich from sheep- farming in Australia If the convict’s return was known in England, he would be put to death. Pip and Herbert agree to hide the convict Chapter 27 Setting: London the next day; Pip faces facts While coming ...
- 145: Educating Rita
- ... Even though Willy Russel was trying to create a love story, he did not succeed completely. There was never real love between Frank and Rita. At the end of the play, when Frank leaves for Australia, he asks Rita if she will accompany him, hoping that she will. "The thing is, why don’t you – come as well?" Rita responds with a negative answer. "Tigers asked me to go down to ... might even have a baby. I dunno." Now that she has learned a great deal of what she wanted to know, she has much more choices to life. Frank was given a year off in Australia, because he got drunk too often. Rita is still young and does not need to go with Frank. It is not clear what she will do in her future, although she could have gone on ...
- 146: Criminal Law Investigation
- ... accused to do what he/she did. The other two are self explanatory. The maximum penalty is 5 years imprisonment, but commonly punishments include fines, good behaviour and community based orders. A recent case in Australia was of a man who was stabbed outside a nightclub by a group of people. Rape Rape is any introduction of any object into the vagina or anus of another person without their consent. To ... could say the victim consented to go along with them. The penalty is a maximum of 20 years imprisonment. A case that I can remember is when a man from some foreign country, came to Australia and kidnapped his son from his ex-wife's care. Theft Theft is the dishonest appropriation of property which belongs to another person with the intention of permanently depriving that other person of his/her ...
- 147: The Banning of "E for Ecstasy" by Nicholas Saunders
- ... has been accepted into various societal groups. A shipment of this book, which was published in England in 1994, was ceased by Australian customs agents in the spring of 1994 and has been banned in Australia ever since. The ban on this book is currently still in place and being upheld by the Australian government due to the way the book portrays the drug ecstasy in a primarily positive way. According ... now available on the Internet, as is the text of many other banned books. E is for Ecstasy can be found at: http://hyperreal.com/drugs/e4x/ While it is ironic that the citizens of Australia can now gain electronic access to this banned book, the more important issue is one of the Internet's ability to give people world wide access to anything. This is just one more example of ...
- 148: Discovery
- ... any contact with Aboriginal People.” The second issue that is faced in “My Place” is historical truth. Know matter how the reader interprets the story, they are always going to be able to read about Australia’s past. As Arthur tells Sally, “There’s almost nothing written from a personal point of view about Aboriginal people. No one knows what it was like for us. A lot of our history has been lost…” In search for her family’s story, Sally uncovers the historical truth of a generation controlled by a white Australia. Paperbark Tree, by Oodgeroo Noonuccal is a short story, who has been cut off from the Aboriginal ways of life, travels the country looking for traces of her tribe. Both Oodergeroo in the story and ...
- 149: Beach Burial
- ... s Beach Burial doesn’t ramble on about the Australian lifestyles and the Australian landscapes, It is a poem solely based on the importance of national identity… heck- it doesn’t even mention the word ‘Australia’ in it! But what Slessor is trying to say here doesn’t refer just to the Australian identity it refers to the importance of every countries national identity and, in the long run, the unimportance ... give you a bit of a background, Kenneth Slessor was an eminent Australian Journalist for a great part of his life, and because of this, When World War 2 came around he was chosen be Australia’s official war correspondent. He was to report on the Australian activities in the War and after it was all over he was to write the official history of those activities. He actually resigned in ...
- 150: Speech On Euthanasia
- ... reasons, but to shop this person from SUFFERING. Although he might have to face murder charges, but he think that this is a worthwhile attempt to gain publicity as he wants VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA legalised. In Australia, euthanasia is a HOT issue. A few years ago, the Northern Territory legalised euthanasia. After two people had been euthanased, with MUCH publicity, the federal government stepped in and over ruled the law. That is where it is still – there is no where in Australia where euthanasia is legal, this issue will obviously come up again. Finally, I am in favor of euthanasia, but feel that its must be strictly defined, and legislation established, so that it can NOT BE ...
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