Australian National Identity
National Identity
* National identity is derived from: * History and tradition – a recognition of the past and how it impacts today (speech writers use evidence from history to give their piece ‘textual integrity’) * a perceived sense of belonging * shared values * a sense of national pride
* All speeches examine what makes an’ Australian National Identity’
National Identity >> Purpose >> Keating and Dean * Aimed to create a national identity based on the qualities of Aus. Life.
National Identity >> Keating and Dean >> Keating >> Themes >> Honour and Resemblance * The Unknown Soldier represents all Australians who have served and died in past conflicts and possible future …show more content…
conflicts and calls us to celebrate the qualities of the Unknown Soldier and learn to “endure hardship and to stick together”. He illustrates that the qualities that the Unknown Soldier is symbolic of (such as patriotism, courage, strength, resilience and mateship) are integral to Aus. National identity.
National Identity >> Keating and Dean >> Keating >> Themes >> Honour and Resemblance >> Techniques and Quotes * Repetition ‘We do not know’ repeated to emphasise the anonymity of unknown soldier to illustrate the many possibilities of who he left behind, where he was from and his marital status
National Identity >> Keating and Dean >> Keating >> Themes >> Patriotism/Idolisation
* Speech is memorable for the patriotic and nationalistic chord it struck with audience * The Unknown Soldier is romanticised to appeal to the audience and gives the public a figure to idolise. Keating utilises the idea of an Aus legend to achieve this. * Generated pride through the pop & found new national identity * New Australian spirit gravitated around the core values of ‘mateship’ ‘courage’, resilience, self belief and the need to ‘stick together’ which had been brought to life by the unknown soldier.
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National Identity >> Keating and Dean >> Keating >> Themes >> Patriotism/Idolisation >> Techniques and Quotes * Inclusive language and memorable quote of “He is all of them. And he is one of us” struck a patriotic chord, unifying all Australians in honouring and giving thanks for the sacrifice of fallen heroes who had fought to protect our lands & way of life.
National Identity >> Keating and Dean >> Dean >> Themes >> Honour and Resemblance
Dean utilises the qualities that the victims of the canyoning expedition are representative of (such as youth, exuberance and adventure-seeking) to construct an Aus National Identity.
National Identity >> Keating and Dean >> Dean >> Themes >> Honour and Resemblance >> Techniques and Quotes
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National Identity >> Purpose >> Pearson and Bandler
* They review Australia’s history regarding Aboriginal rights and treatment to demonstrate the impact of history on ideas about Aus’s national identity today.
National Identity >> Pearson >> Themes >> Values
* Pearson brings forth the idea that the fundamental values such as equality, respect etc, make up our ‘national identity’ and those that do not share this idea are ‘un- Australian’ * By doing this he challenges Aus. Identity (using sarcasm, connotations, subtlety) by showing that those people who publicly promote these values (eg. John Howard) do no actually uphold them due to their handling over Aboriginal affairs
National Identity >> Pearson >> Themes >> Values >> Techniques and Quotes
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National Identity >> Pearson >> Themes >> Guilt and Responsibility
* Pearson puts forth the idea that guilt * Debate whether Australians should feel guilt for their past * Promotes the idea that ‘guilt is not a useful emotion’ and that Australians should collectively take responsibility for the ‘present, future and past’ * Reminds Australians that they ‘celebrate and share in the achievements of the past’ thus should ‘feel responsibility for and express shame in other aspects of their past’ * Requests that Australians acknowledge the ‘truths of the past’ and accept responsibility
National Identity >> Pearson and Bandler >> Themes >> Guilt and Responsibility >> Techniques and Quotes
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National Identity >> Pearson >> Themes >> Racism
* Focuses extensively on the racist history of Australia to demonstrate the different ideas of national identity. * Shed light on Aboriginal relations with European settlers who dispossessed the indigenous people on their land and culture * Outlined the doctrine of ‘terra nullius’- land belonging to no one and didn’t recognise Aboriginal inhabitants * Doesn’t dwell on the injustices- looks to the future and the means to overcome the ongoing racism within Australia- praises the move forward * Challenges his immediate audience and the nation to ‘accept responsibility for and express shame’ in relation to our past, believing that this could be the best path toward reconciliation * Puts great emphasis on the need for the Aboriginal and European communities to reconcile in order to move forward.
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National Identity >> Pearson >> Themes >> Racism >> Techniques and Quotes
National Identity >> Bandler>> Themes >> Impact of History and Legislation on National Identity
* Bandler communicates that Australia’s history and the government’s treatment of Aboriginal affairs have challenged what makes Australia’s national identity.
National Identity >> Bandler>> Themes >> Impact of History and Legislation on National Identity >> Techniques and Quotes
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Unity * Unity is taking responsibility to achieve one common goal. * All speeches communicate that people are united by mistakes and tragedies of the past which bring forth possibilities for the future.
Unity >> Purpose >> Keating and Dean
* They aim to bring the country together in remembrance of tragic
events.
Unity >> Keating >> Themes >> War and Peace
* Keating unifies through his examination of war and its affect on everyone. Keating doesn’t look to glorify war, but rather give thanks for the actions of these Australian soldiers who gallantly fought to protect our lands and way of life.
Main point: from war we learn the value of ordinary people. We realise they are extraordinary. “Out of war came a lesson…a lesson about ordinary people – and the lesson was that they were not ordinary.”
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Unity >> Keating >> Themes >> War and Peace >>Techniques and Quotes * Short paragraphs- maintain the sombre mood necessary and allow audience time to reflect on what has been said * A balance is achieved by variation in sentence length 1. Used to achieve max. impact 2. arouse simple emotions through short sentences 3. long sentences balance information and facts
Unity >> Dean>> Themes >> Loss/Global unity
* Dean communicates the affect that a great loss has on a nationally and globally. * Deane’s speech incorporates themes of death and it’s universality to unify an audience with diverse backgrounds.
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Unity >> Dean>> Themes >> Loss/Global unity >> Techniques and Quotes
Unity >> Purpose >> Pearson and Bandler
* Their main aim is to analyse the issue of Aboriginal reconciliation unite everyone to make progress in Australian Society.
Unity >> Purpose >> Pearson and Bandler >> Reconciliation
* Both Bandler and Pearson convey the idea that the debate surrounding Aboriginal matters is not about the facts of the past, but how we should respond. Pearson:“The debate is about how Australians should respond to the past”
Unity >> Purpose >> Pearson and Bandler >> Reconciliation >> Techniques
Inclusive language is cleverly weaved into the speech when he repeatedly refers to ‘our nation’ and the action that ‘we’ have to take to correct the injustices of the past - Has the effect of reconciling the divide between Indigenous and European
* Inclusive language is cleverly weaved into the speech when he repeatedly refers to ‘our nation’ and the action that ‘we’ have to take to correct the injustices of the past - Has the effect of reconciling the divide between Indigenous and European Australians; unifying the nation
* National identity is derived from: * History and tradition – a recognition of the past and how it impacts today (speech writers use evidence from history to give their piece ‘textual integrity’) * a perceived sense of belonging * shared values * a sense of national pride
* All speeches examine what makes an’ Australian National Identity’
National Identity >> Purpose >> Keating and Dean * Aimed to create a national identity based on the qualities of Aus. Life.
National Identity >> Keating and Dean >> Keating >> Themes >> Honour and Resemblance * The Unknown Soldier represents all Australians who have served and died in past conflicts and possible future …show more content…
conflicts and calls us to celebrate the qualities of the Unknown Soldier and learn to “endure hardship and to stick together”. He illustrates that the qualities that the Unknown Soldier is symbolic of (such as patriotism, courage, strength, resilience and mateship) are integral to Aus. National identity.
National Identity >> Keating and Dean >> Keating >> Themes >> Honour and Resemblance >> Techniques and Quotes * Repetition ‘We do not know’ repeated to emphasise the anonymity of unknown soldier to illustrate the many possibilities of who he left behind, where he was from and his marital status
National Identity >> Keating and Dean >> Keating >> Themes >> Patriotism/Idolisation
* Speech is memorable for the patriotic and nationalistic chord it struck with audience * The Unknown Soldier is romanticised to appeal to the audience and gives the public a figure to idolise. Keating utilises the idea of an Aus legend to achieve this. * Generated pride through the pop & found new national identity * New Australian spirit gravitated around the core values of ‘mateship’ ‘courage’, resilience, self belief and the need to ‘stick together’ which had been brought to life by the unknown soldier.
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National Identity >> Keating and Dean >> Keating >> Themes >> Patriotism/Idolisation >> Techniques and Quotes * Inclusive language and memorable quote of “He is all of them. And he is one of us” struck a patriotic chord, unifying all Australians in honouring and giving thanks for the sacrifice of fallen heroes who had fought to protect our lands & way of life.
National Identity >> Keating and Dean >> Dean >> Themes >> Honour and Resemblance
Dean utilises the qualities that the victims of the canyoning expedition are representative of (such as youth, exuberance and adventure-seeking) to construct an Aus National Identity.
National Identity >> Keating and Dean >> Dean >> Themes >> Honour and Resemblance >> Techniques and Quotes
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National Identity >> Purpose >> Pearson and Bandler
* They review Australia’s history regarding Aboriginal rights and treatment to demonstrate the impact of history on ideas about Aus’s national identity today.
National Identity >> Pearson >> Themes >> Values
* Pearson brings forth the idea that the fundamental values such as equality, respect etc, make up our ‘national identity’ and those that do not share this idea are ‘un- Australian’ * By doing this he challenges Aus. Identity (using sarcasm, connotations, subtlety) by showing that those people who publicly promote these values (eg. John Howard) do no actually uphold them due to their handling over Aboriginal affairs
National Identity >> Pearson >> Themes >> Values >> Techniques and Quotes
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National Identity >> Pearson >> Themes >> Guilt and Responsibility
* Pearson puts forth the idea that guilt * Debate whether Australians should feel guilt for their past * Promotes the idea that ‘guilt is not a useful emotion’ and that Australians should collectively take responsibility for the ‘present, future and past’ * Reminds Australians that they ‘celebrate and share in the achievements of the past’ thus should ‘feel responsibility for and express shame in other aspects of their past’ * Requests that Australians acknowledge the ‘truths of the past’ and accept responsibility
National Identity >> Pearson and Bandler >> Themes >> Guilt and Responsibility >> Techniques and Quotes
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National Identity >> Pearson >> Themes >> Racism
* Focuses extensively on the racist history of Australia to demonstrate the different ideas of national identity. * Shed light on Aboriginal relations with European settlers who dispossessed the indigenous people on their land and culture * Outlined the doctrine of ‘terra nullius’- land belonging to no one and didn’t recognise Aboriginal inhabitants * Doesn’t dwell on the injustices- looks to the future and the means to overcome the ongoing racism within Australia- praises the move forward * Challenges his immediate audience and the nation to ‘accept responsibility for and express shame’ in relation to our past, believing that this could be the best path toward reconciliation * Puts great emphasis on the need for the Aboriginal and European communities to reconcile in order to move forward.
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National Identity >> Pearson >> Themes >> Racism >> Techniques and Quotes
National Identity >> Bandler>> Themes >> Impact of History and Legislation on National Identity
* Bandler communicates that Australia’s history and the government’s treatment of Aboriginal affairs have challenged what makes Australia’s national identity.
National Identity >> Bandler>> Themes >> Impact of History and Legislation on National Identity >> Techniques and Quotes
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Unity * Unity is taking responsibility to achieve one common goal. * All speeches communicate that people are united by mistakes and tragedies of the past which bring forth possibilities for the future.
Unity >> Purpose >> Keating and Dean
* They aim to bring the country together in remembrance of tragic
events.
Unity >> Keating >> Themes >> War and Peace
* Keating unifies through his examination of war and its affect on everyone. Keating doesn’t look to glorify war, but rather give thanks for the actions of these Australian soldiers who gallantly fought to protect our lands and way of life.
Main point: from war we learn the value of ordinary people. We realise they are extraordinary. “Out of war came a lesson…a lesson about ordinary people – and the lesson was that they were not ordinary.”
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Unity >> Keating >> Themes >> War and Peace >>Techniques and Quotes * Short paragraphs- maintain the sombre mood necessary and allow audience time to reflect on what has been said * A balance is achieved by variation in sentence length 1. Used to achieve max. impact 2. arouse simple emotions through short sentences 3. long sentences balance information and facts
Unity >> Dean>> Themes >> Loss/Global unity
* Dean communicates the affect that a great loss has on a nationally and globally. * Deane’s speech incorporates themes of death and it’s universality to unify an audience with diverse backgrounds.
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Unity >> Dean>> Themes >> Loss/Global unity >> Techniques and Quotes
Unity >> Purpose >> Pearson and Bandler
* Their main aim is to analyse the issue of Aboriginal reconciliation unite everyone to make progress in Australian Society.
Unity >> Purpose >> Pearson and Bandler >> Reconciliation
* Both Bandler and Pearson convey the idea that the debate surrounding Aboriginal matters is not about the facts of the past, but how we should respond. Pearson:“The debate is about how Australians should respond to the past”
Unity >> Purpose >> Pearson and Bandler >> Reconciliation >> Techniques
Inclusive language is cleverly weaved into the speech when he repeatedly refers to ‘our nation’ and the action that ‘we’ have to take to correct the injustices of the past - Has the effect of reconciling the divide between Indigenous and European
* Inclusive language is cleverly weaved into the speech when he repeatedly refers to ‘our nation’ and the action that ‘we’ have to take to correct the injustices of the past - Has the effect of reconciling the divide between Indigenous and European Australians; unifying the nation