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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! In Australian Aboriginal mythology, The Dreaming or Altjeringa (also called the Dreamtime) is a sacred 'once upon a time'in which ancestral Totemic Spirit Beings formed The Creation. Fred Alan Wolf opens chapter nine of The Dreaming Universe (1994) entitled The Dreamtime with a quote from The Last Wave, a film by Peter Weir: Aboriginals believe in two forms of time; two parallel streams of activity. One is the daily objective activity, the other is an infinite spiritual cycle called the "dreamtime", more real than reality itself. Whatever happens in the dreamtime establishes the values, symbols, and laws of Aboriginal society. It was believed that some people of unusual spiritual powers had contact with the dreamtime. ... Read more

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The origins of rock art in Australia are probably as old as that of the hunter-gatherers of Western Europe, well-known for the prehistoric caves of Altamira and Lascaux. That the practice of painting and engraving on rocks continues today in parts of Northern and Central Australia emphasises the importance of this art as a source of visual information for Australia's indigenous communities, Rock art can be 'read' to determine cultural processes and provides a durable record of thousands of years of cultural change. This book is an up-to-date survey of Australian rock art, presenting detailed case studies revealing the significance of both recent and ancient art for Australia's living indigenous communities. Archaeological data provides evidence of the ways in which rock art traditions have changed over 15,000 or more years in response to changes in the environment, the development of new forms of social organisation and the impact of European colonial settlement. ... Read more

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This big bouncy collection of contemporary poetry draws on both popular and high culture. The poems have energy, imagination, humor, and lively speech rhythms. They are light, weighty, topical, intellectual, gory, sad, wild, and tender all at once. ... Read more

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I don't read poetry all that often since graduating from the university, but I discovered this poetry collection gem through John Dolan's newspaper "the eXile" and all I can say is I forgot how great poetry can be! "People With Real Lives" is highly readable poetry, often funny and at times quite violent, and amazingly diverse in themes. Whether calling for the canonization of Mark David Chapman "He gets my vote for heaven/Shot him the required three times: 3 miracles" or lamenting a mouse that he kills by burning him in his oven in "How I Killed the Mouse" every poem is a small trip to somewhere unexpected. The saddest poems, however, deal with fate, the fate of Dolan, perhaps, or the fate of all of us, such as "No One's After You" or "The Problem is How To Thank". Our lives our small. We are so ungrateful. We deserve so much less and we received even less than that. This is the sadness underneath the violence and humor of this wonderful collection. ... Read more

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The authors talked to hundreds of migrants now based in Australia from around the globe, delving deep into their attitudes, perceptions, hearts and minds to find out how they adapted and coped in their new country, specifically in their new workplaces. Provides insights & advice for any worker or business in Australia. ... Read more

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"From Pop to Punk to Postmodernism" is a study of Australian popular music and popular culture. Drawing on a variety of critical perspectives, the contributors examine the connections between popular music, youth culture and national identity. They look at the conditions of production in the music industry and the implications this has for female and Aboriginal musicians, as well as the question of whether there is a distinct Australian musical style. Individual chapters focus on Midnight Oil, INXS , Kate Ceberano, Kylie Minogue and the House Music and Dance Party scene. "Philip Hayward lectures in drama and mass communications at Macquarie University, Sydney, and is the author of "The pop music industry" (1988), and editor of "Picture this -- media representations of visual art and artists" (1988), "Culture, technology and creativity" (1990) and "Screen space and cyberspace" (1991). ... Read more

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Chapters: Colombian American, Leo Goldseed, Colombian Australian. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 25. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: American English, Spanish, Colombian Spanish, Italian Colombian Americans are citizens of the United States who trace their nationality or heritage from the South American nation of Colombia. They are the largest South American ethnic group in the United States. Economic problems and violence have led to an emigration of Colombians to the United States, particularly South Florida (especially in the suburbs of Miami, Florida such as Doral, Kendall, and Hialeah, and the Weston suburb of Fort Lauderdale), Central Florida, New Jersey (North Jersey), Queens County in New York City, the Washington DC metro area, eastern Long Island, and an expanding community in California, mainly in the Los Angeles area. Jackson Heights in Queens County was heavily Colombian during the 80's, but other immigrant groups have settled in the area, notably Mexicans. Many of the displaced Colombians have moved to close areas such as Elmhurst, East Elmhurst, Corona, College Point and Flushing. Queens County still has the largest concentration of Colombians in the United States of any county (roughly 75,000). Colombians are among the largest South American immigrant groups to the United States. As of the 2000 Census, 228,400 Colombians were living in the New York metro area and 169,271 Colombians were living in the Miami metropolitan area. The largest Colombian community lives in the South Florida area (Doral, Kendall, Weston, and Hialeah) with a population of 138,768. The top 25 U.S. communities with the highest percentage of people claiming Colombian ancestry are: The top 25 U.S. communities with the most residents born in Colombia are: Ethnically, Colombians are a diverse p...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4439852 ... Read more

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Chapters: Yagan, Moondyne Joe. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 33. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Yagan (pronounced ; rhymes with pagan) (c. 1795 11 July 1833) was a Noongar warrior who played a key part in early indigenous Australian resistance to British settlement and rule in the area of Perth, Western Australia. After he led a series of attacks in which white settlers were killed, a bounty was offered for his capture dead or alive, and he was shot dead by a young settler. Yagan's death has passed into Western Australian folklore as a symbol of the unjust and sometimes brutal treatment of the indigenous peoples of Australia by colonial settlers. Famous throughout Australia, he is considered a hero by the Noongar people. Yagan's head was removed and brought to London, where it was exhibited as an "anthropological curiosity". It spent over a century in storage at a museum before being buried in an unmarked grave in 1964. In 1993 its location was identified, and four years later it was exhumed and repatriated to Australia. Since then, the issue of its proper reburial has become a source of great controversy and conflict amongst the indigenous people of the Perth area. To date, the head remains unburied. A member of the Whadjuk Noongar people, Yagan belonged to a tribe of around 60 people whose name, according to Robert Lyon, was Beeliar. Lyon's information is not entirely reliable, however, and it is now thought that the Beeliar people may have been a family subgroup of a larger tribe that Daisy Bates called Beelgar. According to Lyon, the Beeliar people occupied the land south of the Swan and Canning Rivers, as far south as Mangles Bay. It is evident, however, that the group had customary land usage rights over a much larger area than this, extending north as far as Lake Monger...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=406910 ... Read more

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Although there have been studies examining the current low employment rates of older workers, the identification of negative stereotypes associated with older workers, and related problems and challenges (such as age discrimination), no study of the working intentions of older Australian workers has been reported. Therefore, the aim of this research is to explore the meaning of working for older workers to better understand whether and why older Australian workers might want to continue working. In particular, this thesis explores what it is about working that makes some people want to continue beyond the traditional age of retirement, while others wish to cease work as soon as they are able. There are clear implications for individuals, organisations and public policy emanating from the extension to working lives and for many countries around the world which, like Australia, are similarly predicting a shortage of labour supply due to their ageing workforces ... Read more

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Pursing the professional project - professionalismin a rapidly changing environment becauseincreasingly demoralising for professionals in the1980s and 1990s.There was concern by socialworkers that they were pursuing the past not thefuture. Professionalism was pursued and theideological control of professionalism influence theprofessional relationship, values, practice,practice boundaries, occupational norms,accountability, knowledge and skill. However theideological control of professions changed as partof the changing cultural hegemony. The case examinesthe influence of the professional projects ofprofessionalism and new professionalism andillustrates that the way to the future is to pursueand engagethe professional project of 'newprofessionalism'. ... Read more

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An outgrowth of the circus as re-cast in a modern form in London in the late 18th century, an Australian circus profession has existed almost continuously since 1847. Australia's circus entrepreneurs took the principal features of English, and later American, circus arts and management and reworked them to suit their new Antipodean context. The athletic, intellectually undemanding nature of equestrian-based entertainments harmonised with patterns of modern Australia's emerging way of life Despite its pervasive role in Australia's cultural life over more than 150 years, examples of serious research into Australian circus are few. The primary aim of this study is to demonstrate the major themes evident in Australia's circus history, in terms of society, enterprise and culture, between 1847 and 2006, framed within the broader influences and events apparent in Australian society and history. ... Read more

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The Australian fitness profession has grown rapidly in the past three decades, but there has been unequal growth in the ethical practices of its workers. The purpose of this book is to examine the ethical beliefs and behaviours of Australian fitness professionals. Several questions are of particular interest: 1) How ethical are the beliefs and behaviours of Australian fitness professionals? 2) How do the ethical beliefs and behaviours of Australian university trained fitness professionals compare with TAFE (community) college trained fitness professionals? This book explores the ethical knowledge and practices of Australian fitness professionals and compares their beliefs and behavious with practitioners from other helping professions such as psychology. Issues examined in this book include: 1) the ethics education of fitness professionals; 2) the regulation of questionable behaviours by practicing members of the fitness profession; 3) and the professional boundaries of Australian fitness workers. ... Read more

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It is commonly believed that children are naive and ¿colour blind¿. However, research demonstrates that children not only notice differences in skin colour and facial features, but they also start making value judgements about these characteristics from an early age. Drawing on the data from semi-structured face to face interviews with three, five and seven year old participants, this book explores children¿s racialisation of difference within a framework of Bronfenbrenner¿s ecological theory. This book makes an important contribution to our understanding of how children¿s racist assumptions are formed. It demonstrates that children¿s awareness of ¿racial¿ differences does not correspond with their own attitudes and preferences. It argues that from an early age children are active in making sense of their social experiences and often struggle in their attempts to reconcile the multiple racialised discourses to which they are exposed. The book will be of interest to anyone who interacts with young children, especially parents, educators, child care workers, as well as academics and policy makers within the field of education and care. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Pacific Islander Americans, also known as Oceanian Americans, are residents of the United States with original ancestry from Oceania. They represent the smallest racial group counted in the United States census of 2000. They numbered 874,000 people or 0.3 percent of the United States population. They are most concentrated in Hawaii, Alaska and the West Coast, specifically California, although they are to be found in other US States as well. In the 2000?2010 U.S. Census the term "'Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander' refers to people having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Tonga, Samoa or other Pacific Islands. ... They are of Polynesian, Micronesian and Melanesian cultural backgrounds." The US Census counts Indigenous Australians and M?ori, the natives of New Zealand, as part of the Pacific Islander race. ... Read more

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Australia?s population, foreign policy, trade patterns and everyday culture have changed noticeably in ways which reflect closer connections with Asia. To what degree does this new orientation towards Asia reflect the perceptions and attitudes of ?ordinary? Australians? There have been claims that Australia?s ?Anglo-Celtic working class? has been slow to accept the change or even that it displays active hostility. This is reminiscent of similar claims that the Asia-phobic ?white Australia policy? of the past could be explained by the political and industrial strength of the Anglo-Celtic working class. This book investigates the response of Anglo-Celtic working-class Australians to Asia, fitting the ?small picture? perspective of ordinary people within the ?big picture? of Australia?s national engagement with Asia.It finds that the values of Anglo-Celtic working-class Australians form an important basis for a more open and Asia-friendly sense of what it means to be an Australian.The book will interest readers in cultural studies, Asian and Australian studies, social and community studies, and policy studies. ... Read more

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What is the nature of firearm ownership and gun club activity in Australia? This book explores cultural aspects of consumer behaviour in Australian target shooting clubs. It is the culmination of nine years ethnographic research.Three themes are explored; firstly, the intrapersonal relationships between shooters and guns, secondly, the interpersonal relationships between members of the shooting fraternity, and thirdly the perceptions and attitudes of shooters vis-à-vis the larger community. Analysis of the data not only confirmed the intuitive expectation that shooters love their guns, but revealed a rich extended web of meaning and possibilities afforded by firearm possession and usage.The inexorable evolution against shooting as a valued and legitimate recreational pastime is also documented along with the implications of this on fraternity attitudes. While shooters are well aware they are becoming more anachronistic and alienated over time they are largely powerless to influence this process, which in turn does not bode well for the future of the sport. ... Read more

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The distribution of economic wellbeing is a keyindicator of a society and is a function ofinequalities in income, wealth and consumption. However, almost all studies have relied upon incomeas the sole measure of economic wellbeing. Theomission of wealth overlooks that wealth providessecurity, freedom and power. These features are notcaptured by income alone. This book attempts to enhance our understanding ofthe distribution of economic wellbeing and inequalityin Australia by using wealth as the measure. Itprovides trends and estimates of the level andinequality of wealth in Australia at the currenttime. It estimates future wealth inequality. Finally, it provides some insights into a number ofwealth-related social policy questions. The author is able to these very detailed projectionsthrough the use of a technique not previouslyemployed in Australia to estimate wealth - dynamicmicrosimulation. This book should be especially useful tomicrosimulation modellers, social policy researchers,those with an interest in the economic impact of anageing population, or anyone interested in trends inwealth inequality. ... Read more