Australian Archaeology

Archaeology in Australia have three subfields, the first is the Aboriginal Archaeology (studies Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, before and after European colonization), historical Archaeology (studying the facts that occurred after European colonization) and Maritime Archaeology. These subdisciplines of bridge is the important concept of the management of Cultural Heritage comprising Aboriginal and Islander sites of Torres Strait, historic sites and maritime sites.

The Australian Archaeological Association Inc. (AAA) is an archaeological site in Australia, created by the government to promote the archeology.

Membership is open to anyone interested in the promotion of archeology in Australia, a definition that includes prehistoric archeology, historical and industrial archeology, (although not overlap here with the Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology) ethno-archeology and marine archeology, while there are no limitations on the composition,

The aim of the Association is further archeology in Australia with the stated purpose: ... to promote the advancement of archeology, to provide an organization for the discussion and dissemination of archaeological information and ideas, to convene meetings at regular intervals to publicize the need for the study and preservation of archaeological sites and collections, and , to publicize the work of the Association
The Association publishes refereed Archaeology of Australia, published since 1974

This is a list of some archaeologists who have made a contribution to the Australian archaeology.

• Iain Davidson
• Jim Allen
• Judy Birmingham
• Diane Barwick
• Peter Coutts
• Roger Cribb
• William (Bill) Culican
• Vere Gordon Childe

Australian Sociology

Raewyn Connell is a very famous and successful Australian sociologist, born in 1944. She is currently University Professor at the University of Sydney.
Raewyn Connell is a transgender woman,[3][dead link] and changed her name from Robert William Connell. She remains widely known under the initials R.W.

Connell became known for research on large-scale class dynamics ("Ruling Class, Ruling Culture", 1977 and "Class Structure in Australian History", 1980), and the ways class and gender hierarchies are re-made in the everyday life of schools ("Making the Difference", 1982).

She developed a social theory of gender relations ("Gender and Power", 1987), which emphasised that gender is a large-scale social structure not just a matter of personal identity. In applied fields she has worked on poverty and education ("Schools and Social Justice", 1993), sexuality and AIDS prevention, and labour movement strategy ("Socialism & Labor", 1978).

Connell is best known outside Australia for studies of the social construction of masculinity. She was one of the founders of this research field, and her book "Masculinities" (1995, 2005) is the most-cited in the field. The concept of "hegemonic masculinity" has been particularly influential and has attracted much debate.

Recently Connell has developed a sociology of intellectuals in the context of neoliberal globalization. Her latest book "Southern Theory" (2007) critiques the northern bias of mainstream social science, and surveys social theories that arise in the global periphery. Her current work concerns neoliberalism.

Connell's style of sociology tries to combine empirical research, structural theory, social critique, and relevance to practice. Much of her research uses biographical (life-history) interviewing. She has written or co-written twenty-one books and more than 150 research papers; her work is translated into 15 languages.


S A Hosseini

S A Hosseini is another famous Australian sociologist and lecturer at the University of Newcastle, Australia, born in 1970.
He works in the fields of the global social movements, global social problems, sociology of knowledge, and the political sociology of ethnic minorities in the West.

His original research interests were in the political sociology of Iran and Islamist thoughts. This resulted in a series of articles published in an Iranian leftist magazine, through which he criticised the applicability of mainstream Western social theories in non-Western societies like Iran.

His PhD research at the ANU was in the area of social movements, focusing on the so-called anti-globalization movement. This resulted in Alternative Globalizations, a book which set out the main ideational features of the movement and developed a new way of theorising the (trans)formation of ideas, identities, and solidarities in globalized social movements.

His recent studies and publications have contributed to Social Sciences by developing new concepts such as accommodative consciousness, interactive solidarities, activist knowledge, social nexuses of inequality, ideological visions, transversal cosmopolitanism. It provides researchers in the areas of social movement and social ideation studies with a new integrative approach which accommodates major theoretical disputes.

Australian Education System

The education structure
Australia has an education structure of a three parts which include primary education (primary schools), secondary education (secondary schools/high schools) and tertiary education (universities and/or Vocational Education and Training).

We can classify Australian schools according to sources of funding and administrative structures. There are three such categories in Australia:

1)Government schools (also known as public schools or state schools)
2)Catholic schools
3)Independent schools (known as private schools).

Public schools in Australia are secular, but they can offer optional religious education if they decide so. Private schools usually have religious affiliations. Overall, around 64% of children in Australia attend public schools and 34% attend private or Catholic schools. Regardless of your choice of school, all are regulated by the same high standard curriculum framework (http://www.workinginaustralia.com/education/system/overview#.UI8kE28sD04).

The school year in Australia runs from January to December, with four school terms. The longest holiday is over the Christmas period (the Australian summer). Most educational institutions close for at least six weeks over Christmas. There are three other two-week school holidays during the year, in April (Easter), July and October.

Vocational Education and Training (VET)

One aspect that is very important and different from the Australian education system is Vocational Education and Training. In Australia VET is mostly post secondary and provided through the VET system by registered training organisations. This system encompasses both public and private providers in a national training framework.

Technical and Further Education (TAFE) institutions provide a wide range of predominantly vocational tertiary education courses in Australia. Fields covered include hospitality, tourism, construction, engineering, secretarial skills, visual arts, computer programming and community work. TAFE colleges generally award qualifications up to the level of advanced diploma. In many instances TAFE study can be used as partial credit towards bachelor degree-level university programs.

Individual TAFE institutions (usually with many campuses) are known as either colleges or institutes, depending on the state or territory. TAFE colleges are owned, operated and financed by the various state and territory governments. Students who enrol in these undergraduate degree courses at TAFE are required to pay full fees and are not entitled to Commonwealth Government supported student fee loans.

 

 

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Australian Anthropology

The Australian Association of anthropology represents all anthropologists of Australia, the aim of this association is to promote the advancement of anthropology as a professional discipline that is based on the pursuit of knowledge. It also promotes the practice of anthropology, through support for university departments and schools and post-graduate degrees.

Anthropological Society of Australia is a member of the World Council of anthropology. In this link, www.wcaanet.org, you can find information about the World Council of anthropology.

In this other link you can find the Anthropological Museum of Australia: http://anthropologymuseum.uq.edu.au/.

Dr. Lester Richard Hiatt (1931-2008), "investigated Australian Aboriginal societies also promoted studies on Australian Aborigines, both in academia and in the public sphere, for almost 50 years.It is considered one of the anthropologists Australia most important.

In 1982, the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (RAI) awarded its annual prize to a film ethnographic film ("Waiting for Harry ') registered in Maningrida, in which Dr. Hiatt participate, both in shooting , as an "actor in the film.

Specialist Clinical Psychologist

Anthony M Cichello, Specialist Clinical Psychologist 

 

 

He is a trained Clinical Psychologist of over 20 years of experience within the public mental health sector and private practice.
He utilise evidence-based psychological assessment and therapy, and specialise with the broadest range of mental health issues for adults and youth, sexuality, sex therapy, and relationship therapy.

http://www.psychology.org.au/about/international-profile/

APS Journals

Australian Journal of Psychology

The Australian Journal of Psychology covers the entire spectrum of psychological research and receives articles on all topics within the broad scope of the discipline.

The journal publishes reports of experimental and service studies, including reports of qualitative investigations, on pure and applied topics in the field of psychology. It also publishes occasional reviews of specific topics, theoretical pieces and commentaries on methodological issues.

Occasionally, special issues devoted to a single topic, and guest edited by a specialist editor, are published.

The APS publishes the journal, which is issued four times a year.

Australian Psychologist

The Australian Psychologist is concerned with a wide spectrum of clinical and applied issues, spanning from directly clinical matters including therapy and assessment through to issues of the workplace and the wider society.

The journal includes sections on both theoretical interpretation of clinical and applied nature as well as contemporary literature reviews and essays on matters of general relevance to psychologists.

The APS publishes the journal, which is issued four times a year.

Clinical Psychologist

 

The Clinical Psychologist publishes material of applied and professional interest to clinical psychologists. The APS publishes the journal, which is issued three times a year.

Australian Psychology

What is psychology?

Psychology is an academic discipline that involves the scientific study of mental functions and behaviors. Psychology has the immediate goal of understanding individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases,and by many accounts it ultimately aims to benefit society.

In this field, a professional practitioner or researcher is called a psychologist, and can be classified as a social, behavioral, or cognitive scientist. Psychologists attempt to understand the role of mental functions in individual and social behavior.

APS (Australian Psichological Society)

The Australian Psychological Society (APS) is the largest professional association for psychologists in Australia, representing over 20,000 members.

The APS is committed to advancing psychology as a discipline and profession. It spreads the message that psychologists make a difference to peoples’ lives, through improving scientific knowledge and community wellbeing.

APS members form a dynamic group that advocate for psychologists at all levels of government. They are constantly promoting the contributions psychology makes to people's health and wellbeing, and to understanding important social issues facing Australian society.

The APS is well positioned to seize opportunities that will benefit APS psychologists and the science and profession of psychology. Extensive planning has ensured the Society has a firm, clear view of the organisation's mission and objectives.

Mission

The APS is dedicated to advancing the discipline and profession of psychology for the benefit of our members and the communities they serve.

Politic in Australia

The politics of Australia take place within the framework of a federal constitutional parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy. Australians elect parliamentarians to the federal Parliament of Australia, a bicameral body which incorporates elements of the fused executive inherited from the Westminster system, and a strong federalist senate, adopted from the United States Congress. Australia largely operates as a two-party system in which voting is compulsory.

                                                                                      Parliament House, Canberra.

The Commonwealth of Australia is made up of six states and two mainland territories. It is an independent Western democracy with almost 22 million people. 

The Australian Government is based on the liberal democratic tradition, which upholds the right to freedom of speech and association and a commitment to religious tolerance.

Australia is a constitutional monarchy, recognising Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain as head of state. Her representative in Australia is the Governor-General.

The nation's political structure, as well as its legal and educational institutions, is based on British and American models. The Constitution gives the Federal Government power over defense, foreign affairs, trade and commerce, taxation, customs and excise duties, pensions, immigration and postal services while other powers are held by the States.

Political Parties

The main political parties are the Labor Party, Liberal Party and the National Party. For the last 50 years Australian politics has been dominated by two political groupings - a Conservative coalition of the Liberal and National Parties and the Labor Party. Currently, the Labor Party is in power and the coalition is in Opposition.

The current Australian Prime Minister is Julia Gillard and the Deputy Prime Minister is Wayne Swan.

                                                   Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australiasince 2010

                                                           Australian Politics

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The following is a website of Australian Political Studies Association:

http://auspsa.anu.edu.au/about/exec_com.htm

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http://www.australianmusic.asn.au/
http://nga.gov.au/AustralianArt/

AUSTRALIAN MUSIC

The first to create music in Australia were aboriginal people, their culture conveyed it by this means, the wind instruments accompanied their songs, for example the didgeridoo. In the beginning the music of non-indigenous origin was style folk (a term used for the traditional music of the variety of immigrant cultures and the original Australian inhabitants), usually the theme of the music were the hidden and secluded spots, in Australia the relationship with the land is a constant in the cultural manifestations. Some of the songs were dedicated to the hardships and feelings of the new lands.


Country music.
 The origins of australian country music should be traced to the second half of the 19th century, the legacy of the music brought to the oceanic continent by European immigrants. Andrew Barton "banjo" Petterson (1864-1941), is the author of the unofficial anthem of Australia, "Waltzing Matilda" (1905).
 Most famous of this genre is: Catherine Britt (born 31 December 1984) began singing at the age of 11. This young country singer has triumphed in Australia and in the United States since I was very young, she is one of the few singers 100% country music.

Video Catherine Britt - Can't Change A Thing

Jazz music.
Jazz emerged in Australia after the musical sensation created in New York USA. in 1917-1918 by the Dixieland Jazz Band. The first known group of Australian jazz, formed by Billy Romaine, appeared in Fuller's National Theatre in June 1918, then formed other bands following this musical trend. Until the 1950s the primary form of accompaniment at Australian public dances was jazz based on dance music. After the Second World War the australian jazz began to diversify, since bands could have access to recordings of African-American groups and in this way to influence your style. Jazz in Australia suffered a major drop in popularity during the Decade of the 1960s, as well as in many other countries, but there was a remarkable revival in the Decade of the 70', 80' and 90'.
 Vince Jones was born in 1954. It is singer, songwriter, and trumpeter. His music includes original songs and versions of contemporary jazz. He believes that his love for jazz comes you from when I listened to the album Miles Davis's Sketches of Spain when he was fourteen years old. He began his career as a trumpet player in bebop style. To mid the 1980s suffered an attack. This sabotage was possibly due to his very active in protests against the felling of trees in the forests of the region.

Video Vince Jones in a 'Big City'

Rock music.
The first signs of the rock in Australia were performed by the spread of American rock, to mid-1950. In 1953, the American Gordon Lee comes to Australia with his show called "big show", which meeting stars the rock as Bill Haley & His Comets, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, etc. With this show increased popularity of rock in Australia. Gordon lee, was instrumental in the emergence of the first star Australia rock: Johnny O'Keefe.
In 1964 the Australian rock is strongly influenced by the Group of the moment. "The Beatles". From May to October 1970, the radio was banned in Australia, making it difficult for artists to post their songs on stations.
AC/CD is one of the rock groups better known around the world. It was formed in 1973 in the city of Sydney, Australia, by the Scottish brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. They were honored with the Ted Albert Award Award for his outstanding service to Australian music.

Video AC/DC - Highway To Hell

Opera.
 In 1956 they formed the first company of opera in Sydney, called the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust, to commemorate the bicentennial of Mozart, then in 1957 he changed his name to Elizabethan Theatre Trust Opera Company. the Australian opera company is currently one of the most prestigious in the world and offers concerts in various locations, including Auckland, in New Zealand.
Opera Australia is one of the most prestigious in the world. The Sydney Opera House is known worldwide, this building's peculiar shape, which looks like the sails of a sailboat, is the icon of the city, also is the most recognized place for carrying out of concerts and shows live. Each State has its own Symphony Orchestra, with the effort as a whole and in particular that leads to the creation and musical representation throughout the country it is no wonder that the cultural quality of Australia is the delight of residents and tourists.