CROW COUNTRY Crow Country is an outstanding, imaginative drama that invites readers to understand unique beliefs and characters from different cultures. Author, Kate Constable has mastered this technique excellently. She has constructed representations of Indigenous culture and foregrounded Indigenous beliefs in this masterpiece through Aboriginal spirit being, Waa the Crow. Crow has chosen 13 year old, Sadie Hazzard, who is not blending into the country as she had moved from the big smoke itself, the city of Melbourne. Waa knows something about the human-girl; Crow has work for her to do!
Good morning/afternoon ladies and gentlemen of the Board, I’m here to serve the purpose of informing you about Message Stick’s Program ‘Henry and Bee’ written by Bee King. The program is about a young Aboriginal woman who was removed from her mother at birth. As a teenager, brought up in a white family, she began to feel isolated and out of place as she grew a sense of not belonging therefore she set out to locate and reconnect with her birth parents. It was no easy search and eventually she tracked down her mother and father. Just to give you a brief outline of the production, Message stick is an aboriginal program; it is a constructed pro-aboriginal program.
It is the reoccurring motif of loss in both of her poems that allows the responders to recognize the pain sustained by Indigenous Australians, thus allowing us and the 1960s responders to refine our moral to reconcile the loss. Similarly, ladies and gentlemen, Liz loft house’s picture book presents the loss of peace as a fundamental catalyst to encourage the persona to embark on a journey of discovery. The loss of peace is confronting as it forces the persona to challenge obstacles and discover a prosperous life. This is evidence in the double spread page 12 and 15. The illustrator uses a dull
This is a person, who, through fervent poetry has opened the minds of all Australians in seeing a different perspective of the land we live on. This poet is somewhat of a realist and is not afraid to speak their mind and stand up for what is right. Oodgeroo Noonuccal certainly does not praise Australia, but she has created a better society and environment for all Indigenous peoples of Australia. Oodgeroo Noonuccal, born as
Let me count the ways.” (Line 1 Sonnet 43) The use of first person, authenticates that both poems are written for a personal response, this however cannot be seen in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ apart from when the characters speak. The use of alliteration in ‘Sonnet 43’, confirms that the poem was written for Browning’s lover. The repetition of “I love thee...” Shows it’s a personal poem for her true love. However, ‘Valentine’ could be interpreted as an open poem to allow the readers to understand the experiences Duffy has faced. The use of “...we are, for as long as we are.” (Line 16 and 17) Shows that Duffy is inviting her readers into the poem to help reflect upon how she feels.
When Jennings was 6 he moved to Australia by boat. Jennings went to Bentleigh West, a small primary school in Melbourne. After Jennings left school he wanted to be a teacher & went Frankston Teachers College & after studying taught at a number of schools. After that studied at Lincoln Institute & became a speech pathologist & after numeras jobs that involved writing & speech, Jennings became a full time writer in 1989. “Unreal” Jennings first book was published in 1985 then followed by “Unbelieveable” which was the second instalment in the series.
Believing in yourself and remembering where you come from builds character and you should not let anyone tell you otherwise. Geddes has given me a new take on aboriginal hardships and with proper help hopefully in the future this would be a non-issue. Disregarding a minor disagreement with her story. This is a fascinating memoir of the author's childhood and explains a first hand account of how she grew up establishes a better
In Jane Harrison’s Play “Rainbows End”, set it 1950’s Australia, we follow the journey of a young Aboriginal protagonist Dolly and her experience trying to fit in with both her family and the greater white community. Similarly in Gurinder Chadha’s film “Bend it like Beckham” we experience Jess’ struggles in maintaining her Indian culture whilst living as a teenager in 21st century Britain. Belonging is having a secure relationship and connection with a particular group of people, such as having a sense of belonging within your family. A strong sense of belonging and connection with your family can have positive influences on your life such as motivation and support. in the same way However, when these affiliations do not exist a sense of not belonging can occur which Could in turn have negative consequences.
These protests were really important and it also had impacts on Australians and changes of rights and freedoms in Aboriginal people. Bibliography: National museum Australia. “Collaborating for Indigenous Rights.” [Online] Available http://indigenousrights.net.au/section.asp?sID=33, 2007-2008 Museum of Australian democracy. “Yirrkala bark petitions 1963 (Cth).” [Online] Available http://foundingdocs.gov.au/item-did-104.html, 2005 National museum Australia. “Collaborating for Indigenous Rights.” [Online] Available http://indigenousrights.net.au/section.asp?sID=11, 2007-2008 Wikipedia.
Belonging Both the Poem “We Are Going” by Oodgeroo Noonuccal and the song clip “This Land Is Mine” deals with the concept of belonging by using textual features and details. The poem represents the author’s feelings of kinship towards the aboriginal people and her contempt towards the white invaders. The repetition of the word ‘We’ at the starts of lines nine to fifteen and the poet’s use of words such as tribe best demonstrates this sense of membership while the extended metaphor that stretches from line nine to line twenty shows the affinity the poet has with the land ‘We are the corroboree and the bora ground’. The poem also addresses the notion of not belonging where others might. The simile ‘many white men hurry about like ants’