...proof fence is considered a landmark film and sits under this title by ensuring the film has used certain scenes to contribute towards the development of Australian identity and society. By analysing the film rabbit proof fence, it encourages me to believe that this particular scene has used a variety of film techniques such as using different camera shots and foregrounding ideologies throughout, that will contribute towards and further reinforce the attitudes, values and beliefs of Australian identity and society. Throughout the film rabbit proof fence the lead protagonist is considered to be molly, a young aboriginal girl who is taken away from her family along with her two sisters and put into a campus for aboriginal children at Moree river, but further throughout the film she manages to escape with her sisters and find her way back to her family who are hundreds of kilometres away, but somehow the one of the workers of the campus manages to find them in the end with the help of an expert aboriginal tracker and several more men out searching for molly and her two sisters. Throughout this film molly is proved a hero and is characterized as a brave girl who is determined to take extreme...
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...text, the Australian identity is demonstrated through this idea of mateship as both Gallipoli and the eureka poem demonstrates a portrayal that the term ‘mate’ is represented to identify the relationship between men during times of challenge and how men were seen to be brave people, and would help their mates through tough times. It serves this purpose of mutual respect, and unconditional assistance. Mateship shares an explicit concept that can be betrayed back to early colonial times. For example, the harsh environment in which convicts and new settlers found themselves meant that men and women closely relied on each other for all sorts of help. The Australian representation of mateship is portrayed through the sense of one being brave, fighting against the odds, and to always stick with that one mate to protect one another no matter what comes towards them, and most of all to always have a joke and have fun with each other. The...
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...What is Australian Identity? Around the world, it is usually a big stereotype. The novel ‘Josh’ by Ivan Southall provides an Australian Identity. The novel also helps portray how Josh transits from an Aussie Lad to an Aussie Man. The novel is about how Josh goes to Ryan Creek for a week but uprising conflicts throughout the novel result in him trying to run away back to where he belonged. The book was set in the Great Depression which meant that most people were in poverty. Throughout the novel ‘Josh’, Ivan Southall effectively displays how Josh transitions from an Aussie Lad to an Aussie Man by developing his character, using the setting and theme. Ivan Southall expresses how Josh transitions from an ‘Aussie Lad’ to an ‘Aussie Man’ throughout the novel by developing his character. The novel as stated before was set in the Great Depression, “There’s been a very serious depression and you were lucky. It didn’t hit the Plowmans as it hit many people,” indicating why Josh didn’t understand what it was like to be affected during a depression, as his family were not affected by it. Josh later in...
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...Australia - a Land for Men 2 3. Women in Australia 2 3.1 The “Bush-Woman“ in “The Drover‘s Wife“ 2 3.2 The role of Australian Women 2 3.3 Australian Feminism 2 4.Conclusion 2 5.Bibliography 3 6. Declaration of Authenticity 1. Introduction “[...] she fought a bad bullock that besieged the house for a day“ (Lawson 6). This would probably be a challenge for a man not for a woman. But in Henry Lawson‘s point of view this and fighting snakes and diseases are things women in the Australian bush are capable of doing as presented in The Drover‘s Wife. Henry Lawson (1867-1922) is the finest author and poet in Australia's colonial period and had a big focus on the Australian bush and life. He is famous for his works such as The Drover‘s Wife which got first published 1892 in The Bulletin - an Australian magazine of great importance. In his short story The Drover‘s Wife Lawson presents a mother with her children in a dangerous living situation in the Australian bush, “Lawson‘s story created the archetype of the pioneer bush-woman, a heroic mother left on her own by the drover husband, resigned to her fate, battling against the elements and winning“ (Carrera-Suarez, 140). Lawson, who lived in the Australian-Bush himself is able to judge which attributes are important to survive in it and so created the image of the drover‘s wife. His view of women...
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...Good Morning Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank-you for inviting me to speak to you today about Bruce Dawe, one of Australia’s most highly regarded poets. Bruce’s extraordinary background and ability to express the drama and beauty of everyday life has allowed him to give a voice to ordinary Australians and impact the definition of Australia’s Identity. Put relationship to Bruce Dawe PARA 1 (100 WORDS) Bruce was born into a farming background in Geelong in the 1930s. > When was he born? > Family background > Occupation / Education > How has this contributed in Bruce Dawe impacting Australian Identity? Drifted through early years, found promise as a writer but little direction for his life PARA 2 (100 WORDS) > Poet’s experiences invariably emerge...
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...I have always questioned the importance of multiculturalism and what would happen if it no longer existed in society . As a young Lebanese-Australian within a hybrid society , I became aware that my identity is a combination of not only my culture and religion but also my environment. Whether it be behavioural, aesthetical or ethical, time has had a great influence on how persons in society foster and adapt their personal values, ideas and beliefs regarding their society. This is a clear reflection upon one’s personal identity, as the factors of age, gender, ethnicity and status all intertwine with one another in order to shape one’s perspectives and attitudes towards the diversity in cultures present in our contemporary Australian society. . In order to develop my understanding of a migrant’s identity within a foreign country, I wanted to find out ‘How has acculturation in Modern Australia affected a more homogeneous society?’...
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...Summary Leigh Dayton argues about the risk of using cannabis in her article “Dope Head” which was published in The Weekend Australia on November 5-6, 2005. She states that cannabis leads to an increased risk of mental health problems and provides some research and evidence to proof her points of view. First, the author supports her argument by referring two academic experts’ opinions to blame cannabis. Second, the author outlines some research findings which support more evidence and concludes that regular cannabis use may increase risks of psychosis. Moreover, she states out another finding that cannabis can be used to relieve distress. Third, the author notes that young brains have higher potential being damaged from cannabis and the age at which people start to use cannabis is decreasing. According to a professional journal provides by the author, the cannabis is stronger than before. Next, the author demonstrates the reason why young brains are particularly at risk. She states that is because adolescent brains are still growing and they are subject to extensive internal change. Also, she refers an expert’s research to support that reason. At the end, she outlines more findings that drug and alcohol use affects growing brains, especially parts of the brain at the front of the skull are particularly affected. Further, the author states some possible reasons that why dope smoking may impair the formation of healthy wiring in brain. Last, the author gives...
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...P1- Discuss factors which may affect the development of self- esteem. This essay will be discussing factors which may affect the development of self- esteem. The main topics that will be looked at are, the growth promoting climate, the looking glass self, self-actualisation, ego identity and constructing of self. . Carl Rogers’ person-centred approach to change and understanding personality and human relationships is focused on demonstrating the conditions required for enabling a growth-promoting climate and the tendency, creativity and empowerment of people to achieve their highest potential. The approach provides the conditions for a growth-promoting climate, a relationship that enables people to discover the capacity to use it for growth and change, it is a relationship that doesn’t position itself from a perspective of “how can I treat or cure, fix or change this person?”, instead from a place of “how can I provide a relationship which this person may use for their own individual growth?”. (PCA York’s 2006) The looking-glass self is a social psychological concept, created by Charles Horton Cooley in 1902, stating that a person's self grows out of society's interpersonal interactions and the perceptions of others. The term refers to people shaping their self-concepts based on their understanding of how others perceive them. Cooley clarified that society is an interweaving and inter-working of mental selves. There are three main components of the looking-glass self which...
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...Chosen related text – 10 Mary street- Peter Skrzynecki To form a true sense of belonging individuals must actively participate in the communities in which they exist, as understanding and consideration of societal culture and customs, have a strong bearing on one's ability to form relationships, and thus a true of sense of identity and belonging. This connection is apparent in Peter Skrzynecki Immigrant chronicles poems - '10 Mary Street' and 'St Patrick's college' where the persona experiences a sense of self and belonging through his relationships with his home and family, and conversely a feeling of spiritual alienation through lack of said connections. By employing a variety of literary techniques Skrzynecki has represented how relationships are a landscape for identity, and thus how they affect one's experiences of belonging or not belonging. Relationships significantly impact belonging and are shaped by an individual's participation within particular communities. In '10 Mary Street' and 'St Patrick's College' the persona forms bonds with his family and European migrants,and is conversely isolated at his school due to a lack of consideration for the social values and customs present. The persona's understanding of the set “pre war-europe” routines and customs within the home is enjambed “My parents watered plants - grew potatoes And rows of sweet corn: Home from school earlier I'd ravage the backyard garden” this reinforces the relationships formed with his parents...
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...this simple truth, our personal sense of identity and individuality is under serious threat from two entirely separate, though equally negative entities, alienation and conformity. Holden Caulfield, the protagonist in J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye struggles to find a sense of belonging in a world that he feels is increasingly demanding conformity, resulting in his self-imposed isolation and lack of genuine sense of self. As a young person, about to embrace a largely foreign world, it is imperative for myself and other young people to find a balance between our own individuality and the concession we choose to make in regards to our individuality when seeking connections or relationships with others. Everyone must realise that while we are each unique, we are also members of the human species, sharing universal characteristics and experiences. Therefore, the relationships we have with others will inherently help determine much of who we are. Only once we have made these realisations can we begin to gain a coherent understanding of the functioning of society and avoid Holden’s predetermined fate of loneliness. From birth, we are assigned concrete features of our identity. We cannot control the family or culture we are born into, but the relationships we form with our immediate family, at least initially, will define certain aspects of who we are. Bruce Dawe’s ‘Life- Cycle’ discusses the revered cultural icon that is the Australian Rules football supporter. Every child born...
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...You want to be logical about all of this, but reason has taken a back seat to longing. “I’m trying to make a case for people who don’t have the sense of belonging that they should have, that there is something really worthwhile in having a sense of belonging.” An individual’s interaction with others and the world around them can limit or enrich their experience of belonging. Belonging can emerge from the connections made with people, groups or community. It is something we all feel whether we mean to or not. This belonging gives us an attachment to other people or things and we can gain other certain feelings such as security, happiness, pride, sense of value and acceptance by others as social human beings. It gives us an awareness of identity and builds our self-confidence and self-esteem as we feel part of something bigger. There are also implications for not belonging, our inability to connect can lead to isolation, alienation, vulnerability and dislocated from society. These universal experiences are explored through the poetry of Peter Skrzynecki’s “Immigrant Chronicle”, in particular, Migrant Hostel where barriers limited the migrant’s experience of belonging and Feliks Skrzynecki which portrays the father and son’s contrasting experiences to belonging in a new land. Sean Penn’s 2007 film Into the Wild also examines a person’s quest for a sense of...
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...these three issues is because there will be a large loss of market share if readers, or may better say customers, in the society change the opinions about underlying values and beliefs of News Limited and loss confidence of their future behavior; the change of laws may limit its expansion; and the unethical employment may lead to social issue in the long term. The phone-hacking scandal of one of the News Corporation subsidiaries- News of the World reflects the whole entire business. One of Murdoch’s former top executive said Murdoch invented and established this culture in the newsroom, where you do whatever it takes to get the story, take no prisoners, destroy the competition, and the end will justify the means. As being Australian arm of News Corporation, News Limited tends to be suspected that they share the same underlying value and belief as all the other subsidiaries of Murdoch’s media empire, which drives them to behave similarly. Professor Rolph, from faculty of Law at University of Sydney, said even though there is no evidence that this conduct has occurred in Australia, what mostly like to occur is an enforceable act to privacy as a result. People will defend the news that is sourced unethically. However, the Former chairman and CEO of News Ltd, John Hartigan said, the culture in News Limited is so different from that in UK. People refer a lot of the media as “red tops’ in the UK. They are very aggressive newspaper; they are very sensational,...
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...The plays Ruby Moon (RM) by Matt Cameron and Stolen by Jane Harrison are extrapolations of the Australian identity and the issues and concerns contained within the places, people and the wider Australian community. The societal issues of missing children and national and personal identity are artistically weaved into the stories of the plays. Audiences are not only entertained by these strong pieces of Australian Contemporary Theatre (ACT), they are encouraged to connect with and appreciate the message within. Cameron’s portrayal of an idyllic Australian neighbourhood provides the ideal setting for the message he conveys throughout RM. The sinister characteristics of suburbia are buried deep under the perfect veneer of Flaming Tree Grove, behind the closed curtains of each house. In contemporary Australia the picturesque understanding of a friendly neighbourhood is no longer relevant as nightmares of children going missing and being unable to trust your neighbour occur constantly and nobody can be trusted, this clearly elucidates Cameron’s vision in which he comments on “proximity does not equal intimacy”. The corruption of innocence does not only affect the immediate family of missing children but also extends to the community as each person is trapped within the internal world of Flaming Tree Grove. The fractured fairy-tale motif runs concurrent throughout the entire play. Fairy-tales, which teach morals and warn of wrong doings, are overturned as Ruby is taken upon a visit...
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...Belonging This essay discusses defines belonging. It identifies some elements of belonging, and focuses on selected few. It discussed concept of belonging from my perspective and looks at the significant of that from Aboriginals perspective based on research. It gives a brief history of the cruel nature of colonisation, its impact on Aboriginals and how this colonial mentality is perpetuated through discrimination to the Indigenous Australian disadvantage. It states why the policy introduced by the government does not sound promising, what the Aboriginals wants and human rights implications in the issues facing the Aboriginals. Definition of belonging Belonging is the connection and relationship of individual with the world around him/her. (Jacques Dufresne….) Even though belonging has physical components, it can be felt individually, and develops to diverse stages with time and circumstances. This means that human state of belonging is not permanent. The status of belonging can be explicated by the choices that people make. The concept of belonging Analysing and reviewing sense of belonging I approached it by applying to my own being-that I belong to a family, my mother and fatherland, an ethnic/cultural group, a religious, professional and community groups. Within these groups I have forged good relations. The thrives that keep this profound affiliation going for me is the values we share, that include honesty, caring, sharing, participation, inclusion and respect...
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...Why did the Australian cross the road? Wait, what is "the Australian"? Aussie Films are renowned for their quirky, representation of a character, often using exaggeration to exemplify something significant about the inimitable nature of Australian cultural identity and accent. The 1997 film The Castle, produced by Rob Sitch, is about Darryl Kerrigan, an Aussie battler fighting for his home after they have been told they must move out by the airport authorities. The film shows the chain of events the Kerrigan family must face and how they overcome them. The movie employs the use of a range of techniques to construct the characters of Darryl. Darryl is the prime representation of a typical Australian. Darryl Kerrigan is the Aussie battler described in the film. Australians can identify with Darryl though his actions and morals. This is...
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