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qwerty

Jul 19, 2009

Writing Feedback / Least Favorite Place Essay [8]

Croydon is a fairly large town on the outskirts of London. It has a popular shopping center and several large businesses have their head quarters there. M any of the people who work in London catch a train from Croydon which is about half an hour away .

I went to school in Croydon for 6 years and I never liked it. In the first place, there are hardly any historical buildings, so it is a rather dull town. Secondly, it is full of unfriendly people who are too busy to stop and chat. Lastly, because it is on a main road into London, the streets are always full of traffic and sometimes the air is so polluted that it's almost impossible to breathe.

As far as I'm concerned, I wouldn't mind if I never went to Croydon again.

qwerty

Jul 19, 2009

Research Papers / Comparing pre and post Gold Rushes of the 1850s in Australia. [14]

For this essay so far, I have decided on focusing on a few sub questions.
- social changes
- economic changes
- political changes
In the end, I'm only going to choose 2 sub questions but I haven't decided yet which 2 I'll choose (depends on how much research I gather on each).

Right now, I've mostly found research on the impact that the Gold Rushes had on Australia afterwards but nothing on what it was like BEFORE the Gold Rushes so I can't do much comparing.

I'm finding a bit of difficulty getting good websites and I have yet to look at some books but I plan to soon.
If anyone could just list a few helpful websites that'd be really good.
Thanks in advance.

qwerty

Jul 21, 2009

Research Papers / Comparing pre and post Gold Rushes of the 1850s in Australia. [14]

Nope. I haven't searched it up using google books or google scholar but I will now. Thanks for the advice :)

qwerty

Jul 23, 2009

Research Papers / Comparing pre and post Gold Rushes of the 1850s in Australia. [14]

Thanks for the websites Notoman.
I'm just a bit worried that if I discuss about the Aborignals, prisoners and settlers prior to the Gold Rushes I might go over the word limit which is 1000.

I was leaning towards what life was like in general.

qwerty

Jul 24, 2009

Research Papers / Comparing pre and post Gold Rushes of the 1850s in Australia. [14]

I guess I should have said what the entire question was asking.
it says along the lines of:
"The Gold Rushes of the 1850s was an important turning point in the history of Australia. By comparing pre and post Gold Rushes, how valid is this statement?"

so for me to point out the negative effects that it had on the Aboriginal communities, how would I show it was a turning point?

From my research so far, I'm thinking that it was a turning point for the better...unless it doesn't matter whether it was a turning point for the better or worse.

Does that make sense?

qwerty

Jul 25, 2009

Research Papers / Comparing pre and post Gold Rushes of the 1850s in Australia. [14]

I did a bit more in-depth research on the Aboriginals and apparently some communities benefitted from the Gold Rushes whilst others were negatively impacted.