Assessment task Australia has numerous regional and global links; these links include sports‚ culture‚ tourism‚ migration‚ aid and communication. Australia is a continent which is strongly engaged with the rest of the world and not only because so many of its people originate from so many parts of the world but also because of its longstanding relationships with the USA and the UK and their more recent links with the countries in the Asia Pacific. It is imperative that Australia establishes and maintains
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importance to the Australian culture.” Every country has icons that represent their culture and values; Nelson Mandela is an example of a South African icon but also an icon of the world‚ who represented statesmanship‚ courage‚ freedom and equality against apartheid. Australia also has many significant icons such as the Sydney Opera House‚ Uluru‚ vegemite‚ Ned Kelly‚ and the Koala to name a few. These have all played significant parts in Australia’s background‚ culture and values. Uniquely Australian
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of migrants in the 1980’s and the Australian government’s policies and desires. How the processes of alienation and assimilation affected migrants who came from a western culture and how acceptance and ‘mateship’ was difficult to find in Australians. I will do this while comparing the similarities that other migrants in Australia and around the globe faced and different migration trends in the 1980’s. The paper will also discuss migration and what set voluntary migrants apart from other people and
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A kangaroo bounds across the rusty-red windswept outback; the setting sun‚ glowing a brilliant red‚ casts a shadow that grows longer and longer as the kangaroo continues on it path. This iconic picture of Australia is used across the world to promote the country. Compare this image to the image of the Midwest; rows of corn that stretch for as far as the eye can see‚ with an occasional deer running from field to field across the small country roads. These descriptions paint a picture of both countries
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Adjustment in a New Country When you arrive in a new country with a different culture you can experience a wide variety of feelings and reactions. For example‚ you may feel confused‚ nervous‚ irritable‚ uncertain and dependent on others‚ and you may miss your family and friends more than you expected. All these could mean you question your decision to come to Australia. Was it the right decision? Coping with culture shock requires a special effort‚ but it is important to remember that you are not
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school without a firm grasp on how to construct a complex sentence‚ a Senate committee is believed to have found. (The Age‚ 13 September 2007) Nothing unites a country more than its common language because from a language comes a history and a culture. (John Howard quoted in Migrants to sit English test‚ ABC Online‚ 11 December 2006) Linguists suggest that some people deliberately choose a low status accent as a way of invoking prestige‚ although this is less common amongst women than men.
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Essay 1 – ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ ‘How are the differences between Australian and Italo-Australian culture displayed by Marchetta and what effects do they have on the protagonist Josie?” Melina Marchetta’s cult text ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ looks at many issues of growing up in Australia torn between two cultures. The main protagonist Josie Alibrandi was born in Australia into a family with strong Italian cultural links and her battle to ‘find’ herself and her ethnicity is one that I will explore
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on what is expected of migrants in Australia. It explores the ways in which minority groups are exploited and patronised by society. The author uses simple and repetitive structure and accessible language to reinforce the poems meaning. This poem relates to justice as there is nothing fair about the way Australia behaved towards the Asian migrants when they first migrated to Australia. They were forced to work so much harder just to earn their life in Australia. They were forced to live a completely
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I will be highlighting today the themes regarding the Australian identity in the novel‚ ‘No Worries‚’ by author Bill Condon‚ published in 2005. I will be discovering whether this novel’s themes‚ characters and ideologies explore a true Australian culture or embodies the stereotypical representation. ‘No Worries’ is from a first-person perspective of a teenage boy named Brian. The novel follows him with his parents‚ social and working areas of life‚ underlying the main message about the importance
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respectively. Romulus is able to successfully transition from Yugoslavia to Australia as he effectively endeavours to integrate his native culture – through Slivovitz‚ Yugoslavian friends and his native trade – into his newfound home. In contrast‚ Christine is unable to find any means of connection to the place or landscape and as a result becomes alienated. Raimond connects to place in his own unique way‚ using the landscape of rural Australia as a metaphor for belonging and subsequently finding a ‘place to
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