Australia is a country like no other. An island continent almost as large as the continental United States, with a population of just 20 million, or roughly that of New York State. A vast, ancient and breathtakingly beautiful land that is as unique as it is wonderful.
It is hard to imagine a land that is so big, so diverse, yet for most part, so empty. Imagine that the United States, from Boston to Washington, D.C., and then over to Los Angeles, with only the least populated sections of the American West in between. Imagine a country with no Midwest. Imagine driving for hours and even days without seeing a town, a person or sometimes even a tree – only the red-ochre earth of the Australian outback.
Yet Australia is a land of contradictions. Despite our small population, we are one of the most urbanized nations on earth, with some 70 percent of the population living in the 10 largest centers, and some 40 percent of the population living in just two cities, Sydney and Melbourne.
Civilizations such as the Ancient Greeks and Egyptians wrote of a great land to the south and century’s later Japanese, Indonesian, Chinese, Portuguese and Spanish mariners probably sighted the continent. However, the first recorded sighting of Australia was made by the Dutch in 1606. Subsequent explorers described the land as a wild, inhospitable country. More than a century and a half later, after Britain lost her American Territories in the War of Independence, interest in Australia was aroused. British jails were overflowing and the option of transporting prisoners to colonial America was permanently closed.
In 1788, Australia was established as a British penal colony. From this inauspicious start, Australia has prospered into a sophisticated, modern, English-speaking nation which can no longer define itself culturally or ethnically as simply white Anglo-Saxon. Australia is now a multi-cultural society that has a culture and national identity that are constantly evolving.
Since 1945, the end of World War II, immigration has had a big impact on the face of Australia, with more than 4.2 million people emigrating from some 120 countries. In the immediate post-war period most immigrants were Europeans, many of Mediterranean descent, who brought with them foods, sports, arts and values that enriched our cultural landscape.
The personal essays, and/or statement of purpose, also play a very important role in the process of evaluating your application for both admission as well as financial aid because it gives the faculty assessing your application their most significant impression of you as an individual. A personal statement should include reasons for choosing this particular course, your area of interest, the suitability of your education and experiential background for this course and your personal and present future goals. For more details on various essay topics, tips, sample essays, check out our Essays/Statement of Purpose section.
Most Australian universities accept the graduation system of three years for entry into most postgraduate courses. An Indian bachelor degree like B.A., B.Com. or B.Sc. (ordinary) is equivalent to a Australian Bachelor (Ordinary) Degree. However, some courses and universities may require a qualification equivalent to Australian Bachelor (Honours) Degree, which requires either a honours graduation degree like B.A. (H), B.Comm (H) etc or 16 years of formal education, which would mean another year after graduation or a four year degree course like B.E., B.Tech and other such courses. For most Universities, a good first degree from a leading university in India or its equivalent is essential. For more details on a particular course or university, Please write to us at our special Helpline service
Students applying for admission are required to submit an official transcript from each college or university that they have attended after secondary school with complete details of the subjects, credits involved and other details like correspondence courses, diplomas etc. If the originals are not in English, copies and a good English translation must be enclosed. Please ensure all the copies of these documents are attested.
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