The Impact of Sport in Australian People’s Lives today As Australian society became more commercialised and globalised‚ so did our sport. From an amateur‚ locally-based pastime‚ sport in Australia gradually evolved into a professional‚ highly lucrative industry with international scope. The development of sport in Australia also reflects the gradual movement of our culture away from its British roots‚ towards a more Americanised‚ yet distinctly Australian cultural hybrid. While sports like cricket
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Rob Sitch effectively use film in The Castle to communicate distinctive the Australian voice that reflects the diverse values‚ beliefs and opinions held by most people which are unique to the country. Australia has its own voice which reflects the values of egalitarianism and familial respect. These values and voices has been conveyed through the iconic Australian film The Castle directed by Rob Sitch and cleverly conveyed through his successful use of language and film techniques. The Father’s
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INTRODUCTION: A Brief History of the Doll Summer of the Seventeenth Doll premiered on 28th November 1955 at the Russell Street Theatre in Melbourne Before the 1950s‚ very little Australian work was produced on Australian stages and often a whole year would go by without a single work by an Australian reaching the commercial stage. The Doll was a success in part because it gave its audiences unmistakably Australian characters in a familiar setting‚ speaking with their
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feel empathy for the plight of those seeking refuge from other countries and exhorts us to embrace an Australian Identity of acceptance. I define the concept of Australian identity as being loving‚ welcoming‚ and caring as well as the bonding of mateship and friendship. However‚ Alan Sunderland portrays the Australian Identity as racist‚ untrustworthy‚ and unaccepting towards refugees. One aspect of Australian Identity explored in this novel is mistrust. When the refugees came to Australia‚ they
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a broader focus that now includes Australian soldiers in WWII (1939-45) and Vietnam (1962-75). It is an important symbol of national pride and remembrance that unites all Australians every year‚ reinforcing values such as democracy‚ equality and mateship. However‚ in the 21st century‚ it can also be seen as a glorification of unnecessary involvement in wars such as the Vietnam and Iraq Wars and of the tragic mistakes in war that lead to suffering and loss. It can also be seen as having a Eurocentric
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men’s feel like that their friends are going to join and have fun together. If that was me and I saw this poster I would of joined strait away and probable see my friends there too. Back then the young men like to support each other and they have mateship. No one wants to be left out and see all your mates laughing at you. In this poster it demonstrated by Source 1‚ a World War one enlistment poster‚ which asks for young Australian men to join or you
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ancestors‚ achieved much more. As Keating said “The Australians who served here in Papua New Guinea fought and died not in defence of the old world‚ but the new world. Their world. They died in defence of Australia…”. The Anzacs were characterised by mateship‚ courage‚ humour and the ability to be at ease despite the circumstances surrounding them. “Anzac- the very name produces a surge of patriotism as it conjures up images of young‚ sun-bronzed‚ slouch-hatted ‘Diggers’ storming beaches‚ galloping across
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Evidently resulting from the working-class and distinctive understandings of the Australian wilderness‚ this macho fabricated character of fairness‚ collectivism‚ and mateship offered the bushman as the perfect character signifying Australia and its morals‚ which categorically comprised a ‘White Australia’. The principles of mateship and equality endured as required domestic features‚ but the actualities of the 1890s financial dejection‚ the pressures of colonial orders—of class‚ religious‚ cultural
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The Australian Identity I am here today to discuss our Australian Identity. How do you imagine a typical Australian? Maybe you see a blonde haired‚ blue eyed surfing babe? Or a bushman who drinks Bushels tea and four X beers while munching on some snags cooked on the BBQ? Or perhaps you see someone like Steve Irwin‚ our iconic crocodile hunter. Or do you picture the movie “Crocodile Dundee?” Australians are stereotyped and our typical Australian is usually imagined to be male. (Click) Russell
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creates a link between the speaker‚ audience and unknown soldier Success In unifying the e country and establishing the unknown soldier as the ‘true heart of the nation’‘he is one of us’-made the public realised that we share the qualities of ‘mateship’ ‘courage’ ‘resilience’ 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 Contrast of individuality and anonymity-
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