Tuesday, 27 October 2015
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Tuesday, 18 August 2015
Maureen Watson Time line
1931 - Born in Rockhampton in central Queensland
1952 - married Harold Bayles
1970 - moved to Brisbane with her family
1982 - Published her first collection of stories and poems, Black Reflections , forefront of Aboriginal protests against the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane
1996 - awarded the Australia Council Red Ochre award,
received the inaugural United Nations Association Global Leadership Prize
1952 - married Harold Bayles
1970 - moved to Brisbane with her family
1982 - Published her first collection of stories and poems, Black Reflections , forefront of Aboriginal protests against the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane
1996 - awarded the Australia Council Red Ochre award,
received the inaugural United Nations Association Global Leadership Prize
Sunday, 16 August 2015
Turning points and Achievements
Turning points
- He became chief of his local tribe after his father died
- Whilst at university Nelson Mandela became increasingly aware of the unjust nature of South African Societer
- long with his good friend and comrade Oliver Tambo was expelled from Fort Hare for organising a student strike
- Mandela had to resign from the ANC and work underground
- Sharpeville massacre of 63 black South African’s changed the
- Mandela had been arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment in the notorious Robben Island prison
- Although negotiations were painfully slow and difficult, they eventually led to Mandela’s release in 1990
- Nelson Mandela lost his eldest son because of HIV diseas
Achievements
- In 1944 Mandela helped found the ANC Youth League, whose Programme of Action was adopted by the ANC in 1949
- In 1952 finish his degree and qualified as a Lawyer
- In 1993 Nelson Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize jointly F.W DeKLerK
- Mandela and Tambo opened the first Black Law firm in South Africa
- Conducting their own defence they eventually proved to be victorious
- He helped to keep other Men’s spirits high
- Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first democratically elected State President of South Africa on and was President until June 1999.
- He received many prestigious awards
Sunday, 9 August 2015
Nelson Mandela Time line
1918-was born at Qunu,near Umtata
1944- helped found the ANC Youth League
1952-Mandela and Tambo opened the first Black Law firm in South Africa,Defiance Campaign and later acts of sabotage
1962- arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment in the notorious Robben Island prison.
1990-released
1993-awarded the Nobel peace prize jointly with F. W De Klerk
1994-President of Afric
1999-retired as president
2013-died
1944- helped found the ANC Youth League
1952-Mandela and Tambo opened the first Black Law firm in South Africa,Defiance Campaign and later acts of sabotage
1962- arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment in the notorious Robben Island prison.
1990-released
1993-awarded the Nobel peace prize jointly with F. W De Klerk
1994-President of Afric
1999-retired as president
2013-died
Fred Hollows time line
1929 - was born in New Zealand
1960 - Got job in Australia in Sydney
1965 - Head of the Eye Department at a Sydney Hospital
1970 - Helped eye disease in Aboriginal Australians
1980 - Traveled all over the world to help set up eye health programs
1986 - Fred knew he wouldn't live to see all his idea happen
1993 - died at home because of cancer
Sunday, 26 July 2015
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