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I am always fascinated by Australia, especially Victoria, when I was told to choose my bachelors option from number of cities including Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, I chose Melbourne.
The best thing about Victoria I like is its diversified culture. There is something for everybody, even as an Indian, I never felt dejected here, it feels fresh and like my second home here. It’s the cultural and sporting capital of Australia. I think Melbourne should be the cultural and sporting capital of the world because, it celebrates every culture whether its Indian, African, Chinese, Indonesian, Malaysian, Shrilankan and many more. I am simply mesmerized with Melbourne culture. I love to see every sport held in Melbourne, let it be cricket or the local footy. I enjoy both and my favorite footy team is Geelong Cats.
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I graduated in Melbourne and learned about its freedom. I belong to Mumbai, India, a place, which I think has the most number of crimes and over populated, and filthy as compare to Melbourne, Victoria. Since I came back in 2011, from the day 1 itself, I was reluctant to move back to Australia and make Victoria my permanent home. But because of some family issues, I was not able to do so. The city’s infrastructure fascinates me, start from federation square, flinders street station, Docklands, Great ocean road, MCG, Yarra river, crown casino, everything’s turn me on, whenever I get references from Melbourne during watching any movie, I feel like, I belong to the city. This is the city of my
The 2014 Walkley Award winning documentary, "Cronulla Riots: the day that shocked the nation" reveals to us a whole new side of Aussie culture. No more she’ll be right, no more fair go and sadly no more fair dinkum. The doco proved to all of us (or is it just me?) that the Australian identity isn’t really what we believe it to be. After viewing this documentary
It is the 21st century: more than 85 per cent of Australians inhabit the urban areas sprawling along the coasts, and more and more rural areas struggle to survive.
In this essay I will be discussing the issue of push and pull factors of Sydney`s climate and environment. Sydney has long been hospitable city for people from Australia and around the world. Some people come here to visit, and some stay forever. Furthermore, people move here to find work and accommodation.
Maestro by Peter Goldsworthy provides an insight into 1960s/70s Australia and helps reinforce common conceptions about Australian culture. One common conception Goldsworthy reinforces in this text is Australia’s increasing acceptance of multiculturalism. Maestro, set in the 1960s to 1970s, shows Australians growing more accepting and tolerant of other cultures. This shift in perspective was occurring near the end of the White Australia/Assimilation Policy, which was phased out in the late 1970s/early 1980s. An example of this shifted perspective in Maestro is Paul’s father’s opinion about living in Darwin:
The following commissioned report was compiled for the Health Studies Faculty of Brisbane Girls Grammar. The purpose of this report is to evaluate the nature of women’s sport, not only in society, but also at the Brisbane Girls Grammar School.
...ause of its beautiful beaches and mild year round temperature; especially persons who want a break from cold temperatures.
There were mixed feelings with the end of Victoria’s reign. At the time Australian culture still revolved around Britain and most Australian’s were either born in Britain, or had relatives residing there.
Terrence and Jordin Tootoo grew up in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, in Canada’s arctic region. They were like other Inuit children in Rankin Inlet in many respects: They were brought up to respect the customs of their people and they enjoyed the resources the land around them provided- they learned to hunt and fish for food like the others. However, the brothers were also different from their peers in one main respect- they were blessed with a love for the game of hockey, and also with extraordinary amounts of talent which would enable them to leave their native community to pursue the dream of professional hockey. While the brothers were growing up they were inseparable; however, after leaving Rankin Inlet to pursue the professional game their respective careers took strikingly different paths. Jordin’s journey took him to the top- he was drafted into the National Hockey League and signed a lucrative contract with the Nashville Predators. However, Terrence’s road to the professional ranks was filled with hardship and tragedy, ultimately resulting in his suicide in August of 2002. The contrasting paths taken by the brothers is an illustration of how professional sporting careers can have varying impacts on the lives of Native American and Canadian athletes and their communities. In the following few paragraphs I will outline the history of Native Americans and Canadians in sports. I will examine how successful Native athletes are able to help their communities, both financially and by serving as role models for younger Natives. Also, I will argue that their still exist barriers and challenges to Native athletes that do not confront other athletes. For example, Native athletes are often placed under increased scrutiny because of their positions as role models. I will conclude by commenting on how Native athletes fit into pro sports today, and speculate on what can be done to increase the amount of success enjoyed by Natives.
Family bonds, cultural heritage and citizenship all work together to form a person’s identity.’ If a person is stripped of these it can be very difficult to feel that they fit in and belong. It also plays a major role in the way we act and the decisions we make as individuals. As ‘Delicious and DeLIGHTful’, a multicultural festival approaches, it is important for us to talk about the struggles of people who have immigrated to Australia from foreign countries. Both Najaf Mazari’s autobiography ‘The Rugmaker of Mazer-E-Sharif’, (Mazari and Hillman, 2019) and Garth Davis’s motion picture (Lion, 2016) demonstrate that without their identity a person’s behaviours, values and beliefs can all change.
Soccer, or also known as “Football”, is one of the most popular outdoor team sports in Australia. In 2006, a total of 970,728 people in Australia played soccer, with 435,728 as registered players, and 535,000 as unregistered players. With coaches and referees included, it is estimated that about 3.1 million people are involved in the sport, which is higher than any other sport in Australia.
There are many different ways of living in our Multicultural Australian Society, but is there a right one? You could be either rich or poor, Catholic or Christian, skinny or fat, popular or unpopular, all of which are different ways of living. The poems which Komninos composes, the article written by Laura Demasi and the television show Big Brother, all explore the aspects of living in an Australian society and the affects they have on people.
Aboriginals have inhabited Australia tens of thousands of years before any European powers had reached the land. Aboriginals lived simply lives and valued the lands which they lived on. Lifestyles of Aboriginals were threatened with the arrival of British colonizers in the late 1700s and early 1800s, who tried to integrate them into their society. The colonizers also saw the Aboriginals as a backwards, inferior people who were unable to develop. The notion that Aboriginals are inferior to whites may have caused the impacts Aboriginals have had in shaping modern Australia to be overlooked. This effect appears to be apparent in the development of Australian sport, however, Aboriginals have played a significant role in shaping Australian Rules
Throughout Australia’s history, international migrants have made vital contributions to Australian regional areas through trends of; population growth, revitalising local communities, helping to fill workforce shortages and by creating new jobs (through the increased demand in services). Currently regional areas face a range of challenges including; ageing populations, population decline and skills shortages. However, regional Australia is also presented with some major opportunities including; an increased demand of exports due to booming International economies (particularly south-east Asia and China), rapidly-evolving technologies, energy, telecommunications, water and transport opportunities for our regions, growth of towns (particularly
Within Sports Management the effect of Government policy will have an effect on the way in which their work is carried out. New Labour’s vision for sport is contained within a document called ‘A Sporting Future for All’ published in 2000. It is not a policy but more a statement of intent. In this essay we will look at its purpose and what proposals the government have in tackling sport in this country. Furthermore, we will look at its strengths and weaknesses and consider whether it fits with the government’s wider social policy.
So whether it is the crazy, energized, stress-filled life of living in the city you prefer or the laid-back, relaxed way of life the country has to offer, both have their advantages. The choice is dependent on what is important to each individual. I have many fond memories of living in the city during the first part of my life; however, it is the move to the countryside that has had more of an impact on my life. Industrial employment opportunities were greater in the city and extracurricular activities were in abundance, nonetheless, I prefer to treasure the slower paced life in the country, the kindness of friends and neighbors I have here, and the down-home flavor of rural living.