“Representation; refers to the way people‚ events‚ issues or subjects are presented in a text. The term implies that texts are not mirrors of the real world – they are constructions of ‘reality’. These constructions can be shaped through the writer’s use of conventions and techniques.”1 Cultural identity; “the identity of a group‚ culture or individual as far as one is influenced by one’s belonging to a group or culture.”2 The epic drama Australia‚ (2008)‚ by award-winning director Baz Luhrmann
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mates‚ Angus & Robertson‚ Sydney‚ 1931. Bush songs devised by ordinary‚ everyday people are a record of the people’s experiences of living‚ surviving and dying in the bush‚ as well as the colourful slang of bush life. The most famous of these bush ballads is Waltzing Matilda‚ Australia’s unofficial national song about a swagman shearer. Many songs and lyrics‚ written down for private use‚ were later assembled and published by A B (Banjo) Paterson as Old Bush Songs in the 1890s. Bush music was handed
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society in the Australian outback is presented through the literary technique of chronological listing. when the drovers wife is up all night waiting for the snake to surface vivid recollections of her previous experiences of ‘drought’ ‘fire’ ‘floods’ ‘sickness’ ‘loss’ ‘stranger danger’ and ‘isolation’ gives us an insight into the interesting distinctively visual roles placed on a drovers wife in the Australian bush. Similarly in the film “Australia” by Baz Luhrmann we are shown through interesting
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identified as Australian due to its use of the stereotypical ideas of Australian identity is Clancy of the Overflow‚ a poem by AB Banjo Paterson. This text is written from the point of view of a city-dweller who once met the title character‚ a shearer and drover‚ and now envies the imagined pleasures of Clancy’s lifestyle‚ which he compares favourably to life in "the dusty‚ dirty city" and "the round eternal of the cashbook and the journal". The title comes from the address of a letter the city-dweller sends
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SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES ASPECTS | SIMILARITIES | DIFFERENCES | THEMES | For the short story‚ The Drover’s Wife the theme is life is precious and needs to be protected. Four innocent life would be lost if the drover’s wife fails in the duty as a protective mother.For the short story Looking for a Rain God‚ the theme is also life is precious. The moral issue on life in this story is; no one has the rights to take his or her life. Life is the gift of God and it is precious. | For the short
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loaded dog. Henry Lawson’s the drovers wife‚ explores the perspicacity of the bush heroine with the use of a narrator. The narrators’ avoidance of using a name for the drover’s wife prevents the responder being influenced by their names and instead allows the responder to judge for themselves through the actions and events that occur in the story. This also shows the responder that the hardships and struggles faced by this woman are in fact related back to all drovers’ wives. The purpose of the
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Henry Lawson uses a variety of language techniques‚ colourful characters and strong personal voices in his stories ‘the drovers wife’ and ‘in a dry season’ to give off a negative image of the bush life and the gender inequities of the time. Similarly‚ Banjo Patterson writes about the bush in his poem ‘Clancy of the Overflow’. However‚ unlike Lawson‚ Patterson focuses on portraying a positive view of the bush whilst at the same time suggesting a negative view of the city life. Frederick McCubbin
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Cattle Herding – A Brief HistoryArticle Selections: The Origin of Cattle Driving & Beef Trade – Pre/Post Civil War | Origin of Cattle Driving Figure [ 1 ] Drovers about to start a drive As early as 1836‚ ranchers in Texas began to drive cattle along a "Beef Trail" to New Orleans. In the 1840s‚ cattle drives expanded northward into Missouri. The towns of Sedalia‚ Baxter Springs‚ Springfield‚ and St. Louis became principal markets. The Shawnee Trail‚ also known as the Texas Road or
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create detailed setting‚ characters and place. Through the distinctively visual Henry Lawson and Tim Burton convey interesting views on environment and human interactions‚ and their affect on people and society in Lawsons “The Loaded Dog” and “The Drovers Wife” and Burtons “Alice in Wonderland. Good morning markers and peers. These texts develop our understanding of persistence‚ mental and physical strength and mateship through survival in an unforgiving environment. Lawsons “The Loaded Dog” conveys
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Henry Lawson (1867-1922) I. Summary of the story The drover was away with sheep‚ so his wife‚ four children and a dog‚ Alligator‚ were left at their isolated wooden house in the bush‚ alone. One day‚ one of the children saw a snake while playing around the house. He shouted and called out to his mother. Both mother and the eldest son‚ Tommy‚ tried to hit the snake. The dog too tried to catch it. However‚ it was not successful. The snake disappeared into the cracks in the floor. While the children
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