Sunday, 17 May 2015


The  bar graph indicates  Global warming and people awareness in America.
70% of Americans people believe global warming is very real.
12% of Americans who believe global warming is not happening. 
54% of American who believe global warming is caused by human activity.
58% of Americans who say they are "somewhat" or "very worried"
about global warming.
78% of American who say they trust climate scientists as a source of information about global warming.
90% of climate scientists who believe global warming is being caused by humans.
1% of all carbon dioxide that is emitted by man made sources.
















Sunday, 22 March 2015

Brian Syron - Forgotten Aboriginal Hero of Theatre
TIMELINE
19 November 1934 - 14 October 1993
  • 1934 Brian Syron was born one of eight children in 1934 in the Sydney suburb of Balmain
  • in 1960 he studied under the late Hayes Gordon who was a New York trained American actor/director.
  • 1961 Brian left Australia to further pursue male modelling work in Europe with fashion houses such as Dior and Cardin.
  • 1961 he had the honour of being the first Australian accepted into the legendary Stella Adler Studio in New York
  • 1965 Charles Perkin's Freedom Ride had made international headlines
  • 1967 Referendum had resulted in a dramatic groundswell of support for Aboriginal people.
  •  In 1968 Brian toured the Southern states of America playing in Atlanta, Georgia; Roenoke, Virginia; Nashville, Tennessee and Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina.
  •  1969 Syron had taught a group of urban Aboriginal actors to study Stanislavsky or acting from an Indigenous perspective.
  • 1970 Syron joined the Old Tote Theatre in Kensington
  • 1972 with workshops and acting classes held at the Black Theatre Arts & Cultural Centre in Redfern
  • 1973 as a foundation member of the Peter Summerton Foundation Syron organised with his mentor Stella Adler to travel to Australia
  • 1974 film Time to Dream angrily and eloquently denunciating a Northern Territory arts administrator.
  • 1993 Brian Syron DIED  

Sunday, 15 March 2015

Nelson Mandela 

TURNING POINTS 
  • When his father died, Mandela and was groomed for becoming chief of his local tribe
  • Whilst At university Nelson Mandela became increasingly aware of the unjust nature of South African Society
  • Mandela became involved in politics
  • Mandela and Tambo opened the first Black Law firm in South Africa
  • Mandela had to resign from the ANC and work underground
  • Mandela and several others were charged with treason.
  • Sharpeville massacre of 63 black South African’s changed the whole political climate.This led Mandela to advocate armed struggle through the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK).
  • Mandela had been arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment in the notorious Robben Island prison. 
  • He helped to keep other Men’s spirits high and never compromised his political principles when offered earlt release
  • Mandela’s release in 1990. 
  • Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first democratically elected State President of South Africa
  • Nelson Mandela recently lost his eldest son to this disease and Mandela has worked hard to campaign on this issue(HIV)
  • Nelson Mandela has continued to be an international figure of great stature
  • He is one of the few politicians who have gone beyond a political role.
ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Mandela was able to finish his degree and qualified as a Lawyer.
  •  First democratically elected State President of South Africa on and was President until June
  • he is widely admired and has received many prestigious awards
  • In 1993 Nelson Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prizejointly with F.W. De Klerk

Tuesday, 10 March 2015

Justine Saunders, Actress


  • (1953) Born next to a railway track to her mother,  around Quilpie in Queensland
  • (1974) She had become a professional actress
  • (1976) Saunders first came to prominence in Number 96
  • (1981) Mini-series enabled Aboriginal women to bring their stories to a national audience.
  • (1987) She was awarded  as well as for the assistance she gave in the establishment of the Black Theatre and the setting up of the Aboriginal National Theatre Trust.
  • (1991) She was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for services to the performing arts and to the National Aboriginal Theatre
  • (2000) She gained wider national prominence
  • (2004) Her last role was alongside Barry Otto in The Last Cab to Darwine
  • (2007) Died from cancer at Hawkesbury District Hospital in Sydney.

Sunday, 8 March 2015

Nelson Mandela 

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  •  (1918)  Nelson Mandela was born at Qunu, near Umtata.
  • (1944)  Mandela helped found the ANC Youth League
  • (1949)   Programme of Action was adopted by the ANC
  • ( 1952 )  Mandela and Tambo opened the first Black Law firm in South Africa. 
  • (1952) Defiance Campaign and later acts of sabotage.
  • (1960) Tthe Sharpeville massacre of 63 black South African’s changed the whole political climate
  • (1962) Mandela had been arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment in the notorious Robben Island prison
  • ( 1990) A negotiation were painfully slow and difficult, they eventually led to Mandela’s release 
  • (1993) Nelson Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with F.W. De Klerk
  • (1994)Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first democratically elected State President of South Africa
  • (1999) Maldela was President until June 

FRED HOLLOWS TIME LINE 



  • (1929 ) Fred Hollows was born in New Zealand
  • (1960) Fred got a job in Australia.
  • (1965) He was head of the Eye Department at a Sydney hospital
  • (1970's,) He helped launch a national program to attack eye disease in Aboriginal Australians
  • (1980) Fred was travelling all over the world to help set up eye health programs
  • ( 1989) Fred Hollows knew he was dying of cancer
  • (1993) Fred died at home