We Are Going By Oodgeroo Noonccal
Belonging is explored in various modes, in particular the poem ‘We Are Going” by Oodgeroo Noonccal published in 1964. The text conveys the time of strife for the Aboriginal people as the white people colonised the land in the year 1606. The mode of poetry is used to express the voice for Indigenous people at the time of struggle and justice. Various techniques are used to convey the meaning of belonging and not belonging.
The Aboriginal people have a sense of belonging as they have an original spiritual connection with the land, tribal grounds, culture and nature. In lines twenty two to twenty five, it expresses techniques within the the quote “We are”. The constant use of repetition is used to emphasise a point that they are the old ways,
The Aboriginal people have a sense of belonging as they have an original spiritual connection with the land, tribal grounds, culture and nature. In lines twenty two to twenty five, it expresses techniques within the the quote “We are”. The constant use of repetition is used to emphasise a point that they are the old ways,