History Summary Notes – Semester 2‚ 2012 Australia to 1914 * How people lived at the turn of the C20th * Housing * Lower Class Housing * Unsanitary‚ overcrowded‚ dangerous (poorly built‚ cheap materials) * Many didn’t have sewerages or standard water supplies * Bad ventilation and poor lighting * Upper Class Housing * Lived in the eastern suburbs/north shore * Employed maids and servants * Houses were old‚ not built securely‚ no heat
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made identities for two countries‚ a highlight in both nation’s histories‚ a important moment that redefined and has linked two nations in a very special way ever since the Gallipoli campaign. The name ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps‚ whose soldiers became known as the Anzacs. This gave the soldiers an identity and they became known around the
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Almost every Australian has some knowledge of the Gallipoli campaign. It is taught in high school history courses‚ and stories about ANZAC abound in the popular press every 25 April. Many members of the public‚ however‚ would be unaware of the sheer volume of material that has been published about Gallipoli. Some material deals with a specific aspect of the campaign: the first day‚ for example‚ a particular battle‚ or the forces of one country. Other works discuss the campaign as a whole or incorporate
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and began training at Broadmeadow camp. Jacka’s battalion then left for further two months of training in Egypt. After that‚ his battalion then joined the fight in Gallipoli‚ arriving on Anzac Cove through the Dardanelles‚ 26/4/15. A month later on the 19th‚ the Turkish began an assault along almost the whole Anzac line‚ and captured a small twelve yard section of the trench‚ leaving one end being guarded by Jacka. For longer than several minutes‚ he shot warning shots into the trench until‚ finally
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http://www.gallipoli.net.au/thenek.html Gallipoli - peter weir - final scene 2008‚ retrieved 1st of April 2012‚ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7thAi2kSyc Charge at the Nek 2008‚ retrieved 1st of April 2012‚ www.awm.gov.au/units/event_133.asp The Anzac walk 2010‚ retrieved 1st of April 2012‚ www.anzacsite.gov.au/2visiting/walk_12nek.html Charge of the light horse at Nek 2006‚ retrieved 3rd of April 2012‚ http://www.lighthorse.org.au/famous-battles/world-war-one/famous-battles-charge-of-the-3rd-light-horse-at-the-nek
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Soldier Boy is a fabulous novel as it tells the readers the life Jim Martin had before‚ during and after the war. This is Jim’s strange story of how an inexperienced and excited school boy became Australia’s youngest Anzac. The main theme of Soldier Boy is about the life of war. The story starts with the death of Jim aboard a hospital ship. It explains how he dies and the way the family were notified by the nurse sending a letter to them. Then his story starts from the beginning reflecting
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down so easily in half a minute by the rows of the machine guns shooting everyone of the Soldiers in sight. Same goes for the following wave of soldiers charging towards the turks. Continuing the horror of dead piles of bodies near the lip of the ANZAC trenches. By the of 4.45am the 10th light horse charged to their inevitable death. One of them was Wilfred Harper‚ an Olympian sprinter charging towards the enemy. Harpers death was an inspiration for Peter Weir’s film. The film depicts a British
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ANZAC Parade (or Distant Fields)‚ written by Rhian Gallagher‚ and Lament (lament is known for being a sad song or poem) for the Country Soldiers (written by Les Murray) are both similar and diverse. Both poems carry the Australian landscape as a backdrop. Both poems use words that you can envision in your mind. I like how Gallagher uses contrasting words and repetition. The use of paradox’s in Murray’s poem makes it very remarkable‚ because naming opposites can make the poem feel sort of ironic
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In filmography‚ the setting is a key literary device which‚ if used effectively‚ can be the basis on which we‚ as an audience‚ can understand of the key ideas in a film. The Kimberley Gift Fair and the Gallipoli Peninsula are two important settings in the 1981 motion picture‚ ‘Gallipoli‚’ which enable us to gain an understanding of the key ideas of the film; which are‚ the destructive puissance of war propaganda and the brutality of war. Throughout the film‚ a plethora of cinematic techniques are
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Courage‚ Endurance‚ Sacrifice and Mateship are the four words that embody the spirt of the Anzac. A person who deserves to be regarded as “legendary” and shows all 4 of these words is William “Billy” Sing. Born‚ 1886 in a small town of Clermont he grew up to be a legendary sniper. He showed courage while signing up for WW1‚ Sacrifice in his family life‚ and Mateship in his snippers and endurance during every day. Through Billy started his training in the local “Proserpine Rifle Club”. He enrolled
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