Uluru is an inselberg which means ‘island mountain’ and is around 600 million years old. It is located 450km away from Alice Springs in the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in the Northern Territory. It has the geographical coordinates of 25º 20’ 42” S and 131º 01’ 57” E. Uluru is made of sandstone, covers an area of 3.33 square kilometres and has a circumference of 9.4km. It is 348 metres tall and over 860 metres above sea level. It extends almost 6km underground. Uluru was formed by massive geological and erosional processes over millions of years. Today it is still being shaped and eroded by the weather. The oxidisation of the minerals on Uluru’s surface gives it its rusty red colour. Uluru is known for appearing to change colour depending on the time of day and year. During sunset it appears to glow red but during rainfall it seems …show more content…
He named it ‘Ayers Rock’ after Sir Henry Ayers who was the chief secretary of South Australia at the time. Over time Ayers Rock became a tourist attraction and provided regional and economic benefits. In the early 1900s the government took ownership of Uluru and the surrounding land and by the 1950s tracks were made to Uluru by tourists and miners. As the tourism grew the remaining Anangu living at Uluru moved to nearby regions in Central Australia. With the increased environmental impacts of tourism, in 1973 the accommodation at the base of Uluru moved to a new site. It was not until 1979 that a National Park was acknowledged, in recognition of the Aboriginal owners of Uluru. In 1983 Prime Minister Hawke announced the intension of the government to give back ownership of the land to its traditional owners. This was under the condition that the Anangu people would lease it back to the Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service for 99 years and it would be jointly
Eddie Mabo is widely known for his plight to regain land rights for both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. In 1982, along with four other Meriam people from Murray Island, he initiated legal proceedings in the Queensland Supreme Court claiming customary ownership of their lands on Murray Island. This original claim was rejected by the Supreme Court, but rather than backing down Mabo chose to present his case to the High Court of Australia. The basis of his case explores how “’Australia’ is morally illegitimate to the extent that it is founded on European denial of the continent’s prior ownership by indigenous people…” (Rowse, 1994)
Australia is a very unique place, along with our multiculturalism there is also a strong heritage surrounding us. At first thought of Australian heritage we think about such landmarks as Uluru, The Sydney harbour bridge and The Sydney opera house, The Great Barrier reef and other internationally recognised places. But our heritage goes much deeper than that; it is far more than outstanding icons. Along with these icons there are also unsung places like the old cattle stations, Aboriginal missions, migrant hostels, War memorials, our unique wetlands and the towns and cities we have built. Adding all of these things together, helps to tell the story of who we are and how we have shaped this land in the unique identity it has today.
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Introduction Ulta Beauty is the largest beauty retail store in the United States. They specialize in cosmetics, fragrances, skin care products, and salon services. Ulta Beauty has been in business for 25 years and has grown to be the top in their industry. With a wide selection of beauty products, their slogan is “all in one place”. The contents within this paper will provide a SWOT Analysis for Ulta Beauty.
Land rights now referred to the continual legal exertion to reclaim ownership of the land and waters that was called home prior to British colonisation (Creative Spirits, 2011). Australian Museum (2015) and Creative Spirits (2011) acknowledge the struggle to gain legal recognition and ownership of Indigenous land is difficult and expensive. Furthermore, the history behind the struggle in earlier years often resulted in violence as Indigenous Australians were dispossessed of their land (Australian Museum, 2015). Subsequently, the struggle for land rights continued through the legal and political systems; as demonstrated in 1982 when Eddie (Koiki) Mabo and four other Meriam people decided to pursue declaration of their customary land rights in the High Court of Australia (Hill, 1995). Based on the findings of Creative Spirits (2011) Indigenous Australian land rights appeared promising in 1983 when the Hawke Government promised legislation to ensure that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s land rights are protected throughout Australia. The legislation was said to permit Indigenous Australians to exercise the right of control over mining on Indigenous Australian land to ensure sacred sites are protected (Creative Spirits, 2011). However, in 1984 the mining companies fought back to repossess control over land. Mining and pastoral industries were considered too powerful and
Australia Zoo is a 1500-acre zoo with over 500 staff located in the state of Queensland owned by Steve Irwin. It was first opened in 1970 by Steve’s parents under the name of ’Beerwah Reptile and Fauna Park‘(Australia Zoo, 2013). Today, Australia Zoo has become the biggest and the best wildlife conservation facility in Australia.
It all started in 1859. Australia was slowly becoming populated with European pioneers who sought the newness of the great, unsettled continent. However, there were a few things from home from which they just couldn’t part.
Uluru has spiritual meaning mainly to the Aboriginal people. Aboriginal tribes gave each feature of the rock a specific meaning in their own language. It has more spiritual meaning as the Aboriginal made a dreamtime story of how the rock was formed.
Now I shall give a bit of a quick history lesson. The land of Australia had two types of people living there before the European settlers came to the country the Aboriginal and the Torres Strait Islanders and in 1688 a man named William Dampier was the first British man to explore Australia (Austrailian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade). This is similar to how America had Native A...
Veron, J. E. N. A Reef in Time: The Great Barrier Reef from Beginning to End. Cambridge, MA:
According to Smithson, Walmart can expand its markets to new and emerging markets especially in the third world countries, which can significantly increase its revenues. Secondly, the company can reform is employment practices and improve the quality standard and in doing so, attract more customers and improve its brand image. On the other hand, the company faces threats such as the rising healthy lifestyle trend I that the company in most cases does not provide customers with healthy goods. At the same time, the company can capitalize on this aspect and increase its revenues. Aggressive competition from other discount retailers such as Target creates a great threat to the company (Smithson, 2015).
Uluru, also commonly known as Ayers Rock, is a large sandstone rock located in the Northern Territory, Australia. Uluru is the Aboriginal name of the rock however it officially has dual names, both Uluru and Ayres Rock, and this official dual naming policy was introduced in 1993 to allow both names and cultures (Aboriginal and English) to be recognised. It is believed to be over 600 million years old and has an extreme climate. Winter nights can be as cold as -8oC, and summer days as hot as 48oC! Its average temperatures are from 5.6oC to 38.6oC. It stands 348m above the desert and 863m above sea level, and is 3.6km long by 1.9km wide! Approximately 2.5km of the rock is underground. The rock has valleys and ridges and no vegetation. The area around Uluru does however, have many
Within Kakadu National Park, Jabiru is the only major urban centre. In many ways the town is a unique Australian community. It was originally built to house uranium miners and their families, however, the town is now the centre of Kakadu’s rapidly growing industry and the home of scientific and environmental specialists whose task is to study, protect and manage the park.
The SWOT analysis is a useful tool for identifying our personal strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to our plans and goals. According to a “Fuel My Motivation” article (2010), this analysis considers internal influences that can positively or negatively affect our ability to achieve our goals. The internal factors are our strengths and weaknesses. Also considered are opportunities and threats, which are external influences that can have a positive or negative impact on the ability to achieve our goals. I will share how the self-assessment instruments and self-exercises in this course have contributed to assessing and understanding my strengths and weaknesses. I will also discuss techniques I will use to leverage my strengths and understand my weaknesses. In addition, I will consider opportunities that I can take advantage of and the threats that can possibly impede my progress.
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