Pharrell Williams - Happy ( Melbourne)

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Melbourne SHEEPT
SHEEPING MELBOURNE WHAT EVIDENCE HAVE YOU FOUND DURING THE WEEK TO SHEEPT MELBOURNE
SOCIO- CULTURAL How would you describe the people who use the city of Melbourne? How do the people of Melbourne use their city? What do you believe Melbournians value about their city? How can you tell?	From Melbourne’s public transport systems to it food and restaurants it all keeps in touch with our history. Most of our cities identity excluding some aboriginal landmarks such as the totem poles is influenced by English and European cultures. Many restaurants in the laneways of Melbourne are full of Italian and French cuisine which further embraces Melbourne’s multicultural identity
HISTORY How do we acknowledge the original custodians of the land? What is the name of their nation? What historical evidence did you find and what did it tell you about Melbourne’s history? What do Melbournians value about their history? How can you tell? What can you find out about Marvellous Melbourne? Where did the money come from to build our city in the late 1800’s?	Find reminders of Melbourne's rich history in the numerous historical buildings and monuments around the city. Originally the home of the Kulin nation and made up of five Aboriginal language groups, Melbourne began as a tent city of 50 settlers but quickly grew to a population of 700,000 by 1869. We acknowledge our aboriginal custodians in a number of ways. One is putting various aboriginal monuments around the city to commemorate their land and heritage. Things like the totem poles and Sandridge bridge have the purpose of commemorating aboriginals. Another is for the government, through these commemorations facilitating the ability for Melbourne’s citizens to experience and understand our original, aboriginal culture.
ENVIRONMENT Describe Melbourne’s environment? How do Melbournians use their outdoor space? How is the outdoor space decorated? What development can you see? What do we value about our city environment and how can you tell? How safe did you feel in Melbourne’s CBD? What made you feel safe or unsafe? What are the positives and negatives of the way Melbourne has organised its environment?	Melbournes environment is, to put it simply vibrant. Everyone around you and others seems to put off an aura affect, where you can truly see how vibrant and sophisticated everyone is at once. Its also shown through public art like busking or sculptures and commemorations for famous Australians. Melbournes CBD gives all its citizens a constant feeling of safety. The copious amounts of people may be attribute to this. The amount of aware people and publicity gives people a sense of belonging and safety alike.
ECONOMICS Australia is a mixed market system. How does Melbourne earn its income (money)? What businesses can you identify? Is Melbourne a rich or poor city? How can you tell? Does everyone enjoy the opportunities Melbourne has to offer? How can you tell?	Australia and Melbourne’s economy is dependent on tertiary industries (mainly focussed on services). Things like accommodation, food, art and entertainment are all very large in Melbourne and allow the city to thrive in the wealth that it gains from its tertiary industries. Over 30 per cent of the buildings in Melbourne’s CBD are in some way linked to food, weather it be a restaurant, fast food or a café. Melbourne’s economy is relying on these industries thriving, and they are. Because of the thriving economy we have the ability to continuously expand on our city from public transport to new buildings.
POLITICS There are 2 government structures that are based in Melbourne. Where would you find the Local City Government & the Victorian State Government? Who is Victoria’s premier? What political Party does he belong to? What is the responsibility of theses two levels of Government? How can you tell if our governments are doing a “good” job? Think about ·       Rubbish control ·       Policing ·       Roads & footpaths ·       Public Transport ·       Provision of services ·       Heath ·       Shops ·       Food regulations ·       Use of open spaces ·       Pollution ·       Noise pollution ·       Parks & gardens ·       Rules & regulations ·       Building maintenance ·       Services ·       Roads	Melbourne is one of the only cities in the world to adopt and keep trams throughout its modern transformation. Trams add to our effective public transportation system and add some extra character and identity to our lively city. Since 1884 we have had over 1700 total tram stops within Melbourne. Giving trams a rich history in our cities transport system. Melbourne is a city for its people. The well-designed CBD road system is used efficiently to allow people to get around the CBD quickly. It is in a grid system and easy to remember, so no map is needed after you know your way through the simple to navigate city that is Melbourne Melbourne is also a city that contains many rules and regulations. Although some of these may be redundant or annoying these laws keep the city in a clean and condition with low crime rates and general cleanliness.

Australian Identity (unfinished)

Australians are unable to express their national identity because we do not have one

Since the Australian convicts, first arriving in 1788 we have been looking for an embodiment of our unique national identity. However some points and changes in history and our values dictate that we one; cannot express identity and two; dont have the ability to gain one. Australians have tried to create the illusion of national identity with things like the diggers in Gallipoli, the Bush poets and painters and the convicts from the english industrial revolution. But Australians aren’t fooling anyone but themselves.

When the convicts arrived and Australia was colonized by England we had a very rich English identity. However, after we became a vibrant, sustainable and independent society quickly because of the industrial revolution we had no interest in being involved the the English or English identity, with the exclusion of the continuing constitutional Monarchy. This is expressed constantly with the Australian stereotype of the English. We picture them either as dirty and poor middle aged men from the Victorian Era, or as Tea drinking ‘weirdos’. Because of Australia's ignorance towards the English and the stereotypes we see them as we may have lost the only chance that we may have had at retaining a national identity. We have only recently realized the mistake we made and are scrambling to find an embodiment with things like Gallipoli, the convicts or Australia day. Also without geographical location, it would show that we could’ve had one of Asia’s many diverse cultures, but still ended up with none whatsoever.

After the English colonized us and we became ‘English-Australia’ we developed very quickly from the industrial revolution without the side affects that hit England. Within the next 100-200 years of Australian society and culture growth we became one of the most multiculturally diverse country in the world. We became extremely diverse so quickly that it was almost too late for us to even begin the development of a national identity. Because of this huge shift in our so

Thai aus culture

Culture	Australia		Thailand
What language do they speak	About 18% of Australians speak a language other than English. Australian Indigenous languages are spoken by about 0.3% of the total population. The most common languages other than English are: Italian, Greek, Cantonese, Arabic, Mandarin and Vietnamese.		Thailand has roughly 73 different total languages that are fluently spoke by a variety of people. The Karen, which is the tribe we are going to see in Thailand is located on the Myanmar, Thailand boarder and the Karen groups languages consist of the ‘Karen Languages’ which can be specific to certain groups of Karen, much like Indigenous Australians.
Capital City/Cities	Australia’s capital city is Canberra or the ACT, but each state, like Thailand has its own capital. VIC: Melbourne NSW: Sydney SA: Adelaide NA: Darwin WA: Perth TAS: Hobart QLD: Brisbane		Thailand’s many provinces (Over 70) have their own capital cities, however the Capital city of the country is Bangkok, located in a bay at the Gulf of Thailand.
Pictures of Leaders	Australian Prime minister: Tony Abbott ENGLISH Queen (Constitutional Monarchy): Queen Elizabeth  II		Thai prime minister: Yingluck Shinawatra Thai king: Bhumibol Adulyadej Excluding rest of royal family (only politically influential leaders)
How do they Govern themselves	Australia is a democracy, meaning that although everyone may not be equal everyone has and is within his or her rights. All the people also vote on representatives who then vote on policy and its initiatives. Australia is also in a constitutional Monarchy with England. Dictating that Queen Elizabeth II is our head of state. Australia is a constructional monarchy. We have our own government, constitution and parliament, but still have a monarch, England’s Queen Elizabeth II. However our monachal head of state has little actual power, which is distributed through the governor general. Australia is a democracy, meaning the public (Australian citizens over the age of 18) vote for our representatives in parliament who in turn vote on policy.		Thailand is a Unitary state and a constitutional monarchy. A unitary state is lead by one single power as the central government reigns supreme, any administrative areas use only powers and rights delegated by that single power. A constitutional monarchy is a system in witch the king or queen serves as the head of state.
Number of states or Provinces	Australia has a total of  6 states and 2 territories.		Thailand’s unitary state is divided into 76 total provinces in a 15th of the total land size
Population size	23.13 million		67.01 million
Population Density	http://www.millersville.edu/~cgeiger/GEOG281/MapsText2015/MapsSection1/Maps1UnitH/images/13a_01_00-WorldPopDens.png
GDP per capita	https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Gdp_per_capita_ppp_world_map_2005.PNG
Life expectancy	http://2012books.lardbucket.org/books/geographic-information-system-basics/section_06/d196d1268e5699aeda1e86debbea0d2c.jpg
Religious beliefs as a percentage
Primary Secondary  and Tertiary Industries	A primary industries main concern is the gathering of raw, unpolished and unrefined resources. Primary industries generally involve agricultural farming, mining or forestry. Focusing on obtaining raw resources to be processed. A secondary industry is the next step in the production line from a primary industry. They intake raw resources and process them into things fit for construction or the selling of goods. Also known as the manufacturing industry. A tertiary industry is also known as the service industry. They deal with things like education, food and finance.
What kind of work do they do?	Although Australia’s mining boom may be over we still have a large amount of our income from our primary industries.  Australia being the third biggest mining country in the world means we get roughly 5+ billion dollars a year from our successful mining industries. We also have been recently dealing with a lot of deforestation especially in Tasmania. Although not much action may have been taken it is a possibility and may further increase our reliance on primary industries.	Thailand’s economy involves a lot of secondary industries. Which is the manufacturing of raw resources. These industries make things like plastic and other consumer goods like apparel or furniture. With a large amount of secondary industries in an economy there comes a larger amount of poverty due to an overflow of workers and inadequate wages.
What do the people of the society wear? Include National Dress.
What kind of dwellings do they live in?
How do they judge right from wrong?		The Thai judicial system is similar to European and Australian systems. When a dispute is brought before a judge the court will decide a case. Thai laws derive from two major sources; legislative and executive branches of both central and local governments. Constructional law looks at the powers and relationship of the three branches of government with each other and the relationship between the Government and its citizens in regards to rights and responsibilities. An act is the most common piece of law and is made by parliament Codes are features of civil law in legal systems. Commercial code, penal code, civil and Criminal Procedure Codes are examples.