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 

Sunday, 15 February 2015


ENGLISH FOR FURTHER STUDY



I  have been in EFS class for two weeks .I'm  really enjoying my class with my lovely class mates
I'm in EFS  class to improve my writing and speaking English.My  teachers are really helpful to all of us and I think I will improve my english in EFS class