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Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809- April 15, 1865) was the _________________Grant____________ President of the United States of America. He served as President from March 4, 1861, until April 15, 1865 (he was re-elected in 1864). Lincoln's ___Vice President_was Andrew Johnson (1808-1875).
Abraham Lincoln was born in a ________log_______________ cabin in ____Kentucky_______. He had very little formal schooling. He eventually became a lawyer and a Republican politician. Lincoln earned the nickname "Honest ____slavery_______." He married Mary  Todd______ in 1842.
During Lincoln's presidency, the ___Northern___________ states seceded from (left) the Union because Lincoln and the Northern states were against _________________________. Six weeks after becoming President, the _________Civil_____________ War began. In this war, the Southern_________ states (which stayed in the Union) fought the Southern states (called the ___________Abe____________________). The Civil War lasted from 1861 until _____________1865___.
On Jan. 1, 1863, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which eventually led to the ___________confederacy_______ of all slaves in the USA. During the Civil War, Lincoln gave many speeches, including the Gettysburg _______________________________________ (Nov. 1863), a short speech in which he stated how a country must be dedicated to human freedom in order to survive. Lincoln was ____________16th________________ President in 1864.
General Robert E. Lee (from the Confederacy) surrendered to General Ulysses S. ______Johnson________ (from the Union) on April 9, 1865, effectively ending the Civil War.

Lincoln was shot on April 14, 1865, by John Wilkes Booth (an actor). Lincoln had been attending a ___assassinated____________ at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. Lincoln died the next morning. He was the first US president ever __________________________. Andrew _______________________________________ (Lincoln's Vice-President) became the next US __________President_____________.

Roberta Sykes

Roberta "Bobbi" Sykes

Turning points

·         Sykes left school at age 14

·         she was pack-raped by four white men

·         She first became an activist in the lead-up to the landmark to census and make laws of Aboriginal people

·         she became deeply involved in the emerging ''black power'' movement

·         she was one of the founders of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra

·         she married an English migrant

·         she divorced

·         She returned to Australia from Harvard determined to create more educational opportunities for others and devoted herself to being a proactive voice for indigenous Australians.

·         Sykes suffered a stroke at her unit in Redfern in November 2002

 

 

 

Achievements

·         She graduated in the 1980s with a doctorate in education

·         She was awarded the prestigious university's highest academic award

·         Sykes went on to be awarded the Australian Human Rights Medal in 1994

·         She became the first secretary at the embassy

·         She authored 10 books, among them two on poetry

·         She had used the Aboriginal snake motif in her acclaimed autobiographical trilogy, Snake Dreaming - made up of Snake Cradle (1997), Snake Dancing (1998) and Snake Circle (2000)

·         She began writing in the 1970s and in a 10-year period as a freelance writer, contributed many more articles on Aboriginal disadvantage and indigenous politics to various outlets, as well as film reviews and poetry

·         She also worked as the education and publicity officer for the newly established Aboriginal Medical Service in Redfern. From 1975 to 1980

·         Her first book of poetry, Love Poems and Other Revolutionary Acts, was published in 1979.

·         Sykes went off to Harvard with her young daughter in tow and completed her master's degree in a year, followed by a PhD in Aboriginal education in a further two years.

·         She gained a creative writing appointment at Macquarie University

·         She went on to be a consultant to several government departments, including the NSW Department of Corrective Services and the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody

·         David Bardas, the former owner of the Sportsgirl stores, has offered to commission a portrait of Sykes to be hung in the National Portrait Gallery to honour her place in Australian history.

·         Bardas recalled visiting Sykes on the campus at Harvard

 

 

 

Roberta "Bobbi" Sykes
1943 - 2010

• 1943    - born in Australia
• 1957    - left school and worked shop assistant and nurse's assistant in Townsville
• 1960    - she was pack-raped by four white men
• Mid 1960 - she took the stage name Opal Stone and performed striptease dancer in Kings Cross
• 1960    - married an English migrant
• 1967    - lead-up to census and make laws of Aboriginal people.
• 1971    - divorced
• 1972    - One of the founders of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra.
• 1970 -1980 -  a freelance writer, articles on Aboriginal disadvantage and indigenous politics  
• 1975-1980  - worked the newly established Aboriginal Medical Service in Redfern

·     1979    - Published  first book of poetry, Love Poems and Other Revolutionary

• 1981    - completed master's degree
• 1981    - ghosted the award-winning autobiography of well-known
• 1983    - completed  PhD in Aboriginal education
• 1994   -  awarded the Australian Human Rights Medal
• 1997    - used the Aboriginal snake motif made up of Snake Cradle
• 1998    - used the Aboriginal snake motif made up of Snake Dancing
• 2000    - used the Aboriginal snake motif made up of Snake Circle
• 2002    - suffered a stroke at her unit in Redfern  
• 2010    - died aged 67 year old

Fred Hollows (1929 - 1993)

Fred Hollows (1929 - 1993)

• 1929     -  born in New Zealand 
• 1960    - got a job in Australia
• 1965    - head of the Eye Department at a Sydney hospital
• 1970    - helped launch a national program to attack eye disease in Aboriginal 
• 1980    - travelling all over the world to help set up eye health programs 
• 1989    - dying of cancer
• 1993    - died aged 64 years old

Time line

Maureen Watson

1931 - 2009

• 1931               - Born in Rockhampton in central Queensland
• 1942 -1950     - worked beside her father 
• 1952               - married Harold Bayles
• 1970               - moved to Brisbane
• 1970               - joined the fledgling Aboriginal rights movement 
• 1982               - to produce six more poetry
• 1982               - protests against the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane 
• 1996                -received the Australia Council Red Ochre award
• 2009                -died aged 78 years old

Profits of Blackmores

Notes

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2. Profits of sale
3. Business growing in Vitamins and supplements
4. Sales rose 63 %

Summary

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Refection

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Government increase HELP loan

Government increase HELP loan

Notes

·         University students will pay an average of $50,000 for a three year degree.

·         The government’s higher education loan.

·         Policy into its analysis of the rising costs of student loan.

·         Significant pressure on the government.

·         Help loan are now rise to nearly 22% by 2025-2026.

Summary

University students pay $50,000 per degree and the government have policy help student for study in university .In 2025-26 Help loan will increase to 22%.

 

Refection

I think good news for who want to study in university because the government increase Help loan.

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