Commonwealth of Nations

Overall Focus: That the British empire played an integral part in Britain’s war effort, which saw members of her commonwealth, as well as colonies, contribute not just war materials and supplies, but millions of soldiers to help protect Britain itself. But, this aid had a steep cost, as it meant that Britain was no longer the power it once was, and in turn paved the way for the empire’s collapse following the war. Brown, Judith, William Louis, and Alaine Low. The Oxford History of the British Empire:

As a part of the marketing team for the commonwealth games hosted in Glasgow in 2014, I have decided to market in Australia. I have chosen Australia, on account of them winning the event 11 times. Personally, I think they will have a larger a fan base due to the fact they are favourites of winning the event once again. Another reason to why I chose Australia is by virtue of them having a longstanding relationship with Scotland. In 2011 a census was carried out and 103,204 citizens where Scottish

The Commonwealth of Australia was formed in 1901 when the six independent British colonies agreed to join together and become states of a new nation. The birth of our nation is often referred to as 'federation' because the Constitution created a 'federal' system of government and under a federal system, powers are divided between a central government and individual states. In Australia, power was divided between the Commonwealth government and the six state governments. Generally speaking there

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games is a multinational, multi-sport event. Held every four years, it involves the elite athletes of the Commonwealth of Nations. Attendance at the Commonwealth Games is typically around 5,000 athletes. The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) is the organization that is responsible for the direction and control of the Commonwealth Games. The first such event, then known as the British Empire Games, was held in 1930 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The name changed

The 23rd Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM; /ˈtʃɒɡ(ə)m/) was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from 15 to 17 November 2013.[2] Commonwealth leaders agreed on Sri Lanka as the 2013 host for the meeting when they met in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, in 2009. Sri Lanka, which was originally slated to host the summit in 2011, was accused of committing atrocities during the Sri Lankan civil war and the summit was instead held in Perth, Australia; Colombo was given the 2013 summit instead

Introduction - Your introduction must address the article’s title so as to attract the reader’s interest. Anticipation for the future arrives with the closing of the 2014 Commonwealth Games as the Glasgow mascot, Clyde the thistle, will be passing the prestigious baton to Australia once again as it plans to the host the next Commonwealth Games in 2018. The next Games will be held in Australia’s largest regional city, the Gold Coast, located in South East Queensland. The Gold Coast is a major tourist destination

circumstances upon the Government and peoples of New Zealand”. Further, the cable speaks of an intention to establish the closest possible relations with the US, while always having regard to New Zealand’s “primary connection with the British Commonwealth.” In making his position clear, Fraser proposed that the New Zealand government “send to Washington a Minister of the Crown on special mission”. The importance of this cable as a whole, particularly the final proposal, cannot be understated

an estimated 6600 athletes and team officials will fly to Brisbane airport from over 70 nations and territories. During the week of the Commonwealth Games – 18 sports and 7 para-sports are being contested and broadcasted to a global audience of an estimated 1.5 billion people (http://trademinister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2017/sc_mr_170404.aspx). The main reason the Gold Coast won the bid to host the Commonwealth Games was that the venues that needed to be built to support certain sports – 80% were

For rugby however, there are 15players on a team and the main objective of the game is to use the ball to have more points than the other team. In this sport a player can run, kick and pass with the ball but they are not allowed to pass the ball forward. It is a contact sport as the players can tackle the opponent/opposition in order to get the ball. There are three ways to score points in rugby, which is by a try, a conversion and a goal kick. A try is worth five points, a conversion is worth two

around you. You may ask, how is this possible? Well the simplest way would be through sports. Introducing the Commonwealth Games in 1930, with it’s motto Humanity - Equality - Destiny is a perfect example on how people of different nations, ethics and believes come together through sports. In spite of the fact that not a single person could be titled as the “founder” of the Commonwealth Games, it was introduced by Reverand Astley Cooper in 1891. An article was written by him in 1891 for the Greater