settlement effected Australia from 1770 till today. 4) How global was the consequence? European settlement/colonisation has not only happened in Australia but all over the world stretching out from the Americas to Asia, Africa New Zealand and the Pacific islands. 5) How has Hindsight history explained the event? Australian history is not taught properly, kids at schools learn more about the European colonisation side of Australia and how they developed the country rather than the Aboriginal
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In this piece of work I am going to look at the causes and effects of the floods in Australia 2010 and 2011. Australia is found in the Southern Hemisphere, lying to the south of South East Asia, and dividing the Indian and South Pacific Oceans. The main places affected by the floods were Brisbane and Queensland. The worst affected areas were those along the banks of the Burnett River and the Fitzroy River. The areas around the Fitzroy River flooded and forced a thousand people out of their homes
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only reason he can’t go any hire is due to family members in the | | | |business controlling those positions. His current company having sales about the average in| | | |the Pacific Rim is very attractive and he has a great reputation in the area. | | | | | | |
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Chapter 60 was about the beautiful scenery at night on the Pacific Ocean. It literally said “For the first time, I noticed-as I would notice repeatedly during my ordeal, between one throe of agony and the next-that my suffering was taking place in a grand setting.” (196), showing that even in all of his struggles, Pi found the ocean to be beautiful. The chapter describes a starry night with a perfect crescent moon, all of which seems timeless. The timelessness is important in the story because it
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1.1 WHERE AND WHO ARE THEY The Lower Kootenay First Nation, locally called Yaqan Nukiy, is located in south eastern British Colombia in the spectacular Creston Valley along the banks of the Kootenay River. It clarifies on the official webpage that “the name Yaqan Nukiy literally means ‘where the rock stands’ and refers to an important place in Creston Valley” (Our History, Par.1). It has approximately 6,000 acres of community land for various uses that “4000 acres being prime agricultural land suitable
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up settlements in America. In Clovis, New Mexico the first ever clovis evidence was found by archaeologist Johnson. The artifacts were dated to 12,000 years ago. The Maritime theory is based on early humans in watercraft moving South along the Pacific coast From modern-day Russia past Alaska, Canada, and Central America to Monte Verde, Chile by 12,500 years ago or earlier.
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Some scientists discovered the historical and scientific evidence for a megathrust earthquake that generated a tsunami along the Cascadian subduction zone in 1700. A few geologists used radiocarbon dating and found that at least 900 kilometers (560 miles) along the fault ruptured between 1960 and 1720 (National Geographic Society [NGS], 1996). In 1996, Japanese researchers showed North American colleagues a tsunami that struck Honshu Island in 1700 to geological reports at the Cascadia subduction
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megaships now being able to pass through the canal, western rail companies could be severely impacted. One western railroad mentioned in the Business Insider article is BNSF. According to Nerijus Pokus, an international shipping expert, BNSF and Union Pacific could see a decrease in freight volume while eastern-based rail companies like CN and CSX could see a large
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ENG101 Lesson 5 In my search for planning a Hawaiian vacation I first took to google.com knowing that I would have a large range of choices. In doing so I found GovisitHawaii.com. I learned that the site is geared towards first time travelers to Hawaii. The site was started by a vacationer who first experience in Hawaii was poorly done by an online travel agency. Her excursions were not only the wrong ones but they were ones that were physically impossible for her to even attempt. Her trips
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Introduction: The waʻa, or the canoe, played a very important role in Hawaiʻi's history and traditional lifestyle. When the early settlers migrated from Kahiki to Hawaiʻi, they journeyed by double-hulled canoes (waʻa kaulua). The main tree used for canoe building were large healthy koa trees; the trunk of the tree were the hulls of the canoe. There were various types of canoes built for various purposes. The larger canoes were used for voyaging, certain canoes were built for wars and others were
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