Alcohol

Alcohol is produced by the fermentation of yeast, sugars, and starches. It affects every organ in the body. Also, it is metabolized in the liver by enzymes. Alcohol use slows reaction time and impairs judgment and coordination, which are all skills needed to drive a car safely. Moreover, alcohol use by people under the age 21 minimum legal drinking ages, and it use by pregnant women.

 

Immigration to Australia

This bar graph shows immigration to Australia 2002 from different parts of the world

Immigration to Australia graph

William Cooper,

William Cooper

Turning points 

-He married Annie Clarendon Murri in 1884, and her wife died in  1889

-William was one of many workers forcibly retained by the Moira and Ulupna station        managers

-He was sent to the Melbourne home of Sir John O'Shanassy as coachman

-He led the first Aboriginal deputation to a Commonwealth minister in 1935

Achievements

 -He circulated a petition seeking direct representation in parliament

- Became matron of the first Aboriginal hostel established in Melbourne in 1959

Nicole Kidman, timeline , achievements

                        Nicole Kidman

Timeline

• In 1967 - She was born in Sydney, Australia

• In 1983 - Kidman began her acting career in Australia with the Bush Christmas.

• In 1989 - Her breakthrough came with the thriller Dead Calm and the television miniseries Bangkok Hilton.

• In 1990 - she made her Hollywood debut in the racing film Days of Thunder.

• In 1990 - She married Tom Cruise for 11 years.

• In 1992 - She went on to achieve wide recognition with leading roles in the romantic drama Far and Away. 

• In 1995 - the superhero film  Batman Forever, and  the crime comedy-drama To Die For . 

• In 1999 - the erotic thriller Eyes Wide Shut 

• In 2001 - She made horror-thriller The Other.

• In 2003 - The epic war drama film Cold Mountain .

• Between 1994 to 2006 - Kidman has been a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF .

• In 2006 - Kidman was made a Companion in the Order of Australia 

• In  2012 - The thriller  The Paperboy

• In 2016 - Kidman earned a fourth Oscar nomination for playing a troubled mother in the biopic Lion

Achievements

• Nicole participated in film Far and Away,Batman Forever, and To Die For, for which she won a Golden Globe Award.

• She received two consecutive Academy Award for Best Actress nominations for playing a courtesan in the musical Moulin Rouge in 2001

• She received Golden Globes for film The Hours .

• she achieved critical acclaim for roles in independent films, including the dramas Dogville in 2003, Birth in 2004, and  Rabbit hole in 2010, for which she received a third Best Actress Oscar nomination.

• She returned to television in 2017 with a highly acclaimed performance as a victim of domestic abuse in the HBO , miniseries, Big Little Lies. For which  Award she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

• Kidman has  dual citizenship in Australia and the United States.

Nelson Mandela

                               Nelson Mandela

Achievement

• Mandela  finished his degree and qualified as a Lawyer.
• In 1959 , He  opened the first Black Law firm in South Africa and was instrumental in pushing the ANC .
• Mandela was awarded Nobel Prize in 1993.

Turning points

• In 1960 , Nelson Mandela changed the whole political climate.
• In 1962, he had been arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment in the notorious Robben Island prison.
• In 1994 , Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first democratically elected State President of South Africa on and was President until June 1999.

Edith Dircksey , Timeline

Edith Dircksey

In 1861 -  She was born in Western Australia

In 1868 -  Her mother's died in childbirth

In 1876  -   Her adolescence was shattered

In 1879  - Married James Cowan

Between 1880- 1891  -  They had five children 

In 1890  - Became involved in voluntary 

In 1894  - Alexandra Home for Women

In 1906 - A foundation member of the Children's Protection Society 

In 1907 - set up the Children's Court

In 1909 - She pioneered nursery for working mother's children

In 1911 - Was prominent in the creation of the Western Australian National Council of Women

In 1916 -  Leded finally to the opening of the King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women

In 1917  - The first women appointed to its bench

In 1920 - She was  an early woman justice of the peace and constantly urged the appointment of women to such positions, she took on a wide range of war work

Between 1903 and 1912 - She went overseas delegate to the sixth convention of the International Council

In 1923  - The Women's Legal Status,  introduced  as a private member, opened the legal profession to women

In 1924 - She lost  elections West Perth 

In 1926 - She was a founder of the (Royal) Western Australian Historical Society

In 1927  -  She failed again

In 1929 - She was active in planning the State's  centenary celebrations

In 1932 - She died