Nel maggio del 1967 viene pubblicata Lettera a una professoressa, scritta dalla Scuola di Barbiana, in scrittura collettiva con la partecipazione di Don Milani
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Perth, Western AustraliaOffset by the vast tranquil waters of the Swan River, the beautiful city of Perth is a tourist's delight. Modern and vibrant, it contrasts with its historic counterpart - the port city of Fremantle accessible within 20 minutes by car from Perth.
Tourists commonly refer to Perth as the ‘friendly city’ and famous notables have also renamed the city after their personal experiences. Astronaut John Glenn called Perth the ‘City of Lights’ after his historic fly-over in 1962 and victorious America’s Cup skipper Dennis Connor referred to it as the ‘most isolated city in the world’.
Whet your appetite with a day on the Swan River, a picnic to the Perth Hills, a visit to a vineyard or a stroll around the city centre or Fremantle. From outdoors to indoors, a fabulous range of city and suburban shops will satisfy even the most particular tourist, with everything from traditional Australian gifts and garments, opals, Kalgoorlie gold and precious diamonds to succulent local seafood, tender red meat and fresh fruit and vegetables.
Most paint Perth as bright, fun, friendly and ‘laid back’ (relaxing) but visitors to the city are sure to find their own descriptions after their holiday. For more information visit the WA Visitor Centre in Forrest Place, opposite the Perth city railway station.
Australia's first inhabitants were Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders. They are believed to have arrived in migratory waves from south east Asia between 40,000 and 150,000 years ago, making Australia one of the oldest continents in the world both geologically and in terms of continuous human history. Australia's indigenous people now make up only 1.5 percent of Australia's total population, with approximately two thirds living in cities and towns and the balance living in rural and remote areas. Some of these people maintain a traditional way of life.
Nyoongar people are the original inhabitants of South Western Australia and archaeological evidence indicates that the area on which the city of Perth now stands was inhabited by relatively high numbers of indigenous people for thousands of years prior to the arrival of Europeans. The Nyoongar people are traditional hunter-gatherers who enjoyed the abundant food and water found along the coastal plain. Being conservationists by nature they took only what they needed to survive and had a high regard for life and the land.
Indigenous Australians believed that their ancestors created the land and were "great spirits of the dreaming" who controlled the movements of the planets and stars, the seasons and the tides. Aboriginal law and custom evolved from the myths that grew up around these ancestor figures. They also believed that the process of telling these myths whether in dance, song or painting enabled them to draw on the power and influence of their ancestral spirits. In a culture which has no written language their very distinctive art form, which reflects a deep connection with the land and the environment, evolved over many millennia to record the beliefs and stories from the 'Dreaming', enabling them to be passed on to successive generations.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are among the most disadvantaged people in Australian society today. Many of their problems relating to health, employment, education and general opportunity are directly due to dispossession from their lands and the resulting disruption to their traditional lifestyles and cultures that followed the arrival of European settlers more than 200 years ago. Indigenous Australians are fighting for respect and equality and for recognition as being the oldest living culture in the world. Public awareness of the process of reconciliation has increased significantly in the last decade and all sectors of society are adopting measures to improve relations with indigenous people and to help us all live together more harmoniously.
The first recorded sighting by Europeans of Western Australia was in October 1616, when the Dutch navigator Dirk Hartog landed at Shark Bay, near Carnarvon. Von Edels discovered land a little further south in 1618, while, in 1619, Frederick Houtman sighted small rocky islands off the coast near Geraldton and named them Abrolhos, meaning 'lookout'.
British authorities settled at the Swan River in 1828 and on May 2 1829, HMS Challenger commander Captain Charles Fremantle raised the British flag at the head of the Swan River and proudly took possession of the territory. Captain James Stirling arrived during the following month on his ship 'Parmelia' and with settlers in tow, founded Perth at a site near the present town hall on August 12, 1829.
The Swan River colony experienced initial difficulties including a shortage of labour, financial problems and poor communication. To cope with such problems, the British Government sent convicts to Western Australia from 1850 to 1868 to assist with development.
