Australia’.[1] However the factors that form a deeper implication to what it actually means to be an Australian are often intangible. Some of the things that I most value and admire of the country include multiculturalism‚ freedom of speech‚ equality and mateship. Although we are a country made from many diverse races‚ Australians have a shared cultural identity that makes us a unique nation. Every year we continue to accept immigrants from the ‘four corners of the globe’ who are free to bring with
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There are many stories of amazing things ANZACs have done‚ such as Simpson and his donkey‚ and the extreme lengths mates would go to for each other‚ which show the true ANZAC spirit’. Mateship was a fundamental part of the ANZAC attitude‚ even Jim who was very quite‚ made a very close bond with Clancy "Jim would never have done any of it alone; but with Clancy it seemed like an adventure". The people at home had heard of how appalling
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Discuss how the distinctively visual conveys distinctive experience in ‘the shoe horn sonata’ and one related text. The way that we perceive the world is constantly being challenged and altered because of our subjective views of the texts that we read‚ particularly through distinctively visual techniques. John Misto’s play ‘The Shoe-Horn Sonata’ (1996) and Jason Van Genderen’s short film ‘Mankind Is No Island’ (2008) explores distinct visuals of hope‚ survival‚ injustice and friendship. Our perception
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The documentary Gallipoli by Tolga Ornak and the film of the same name by Peter Weir‚ are useful resources to stimulate middle school student interest in‚ and engagement with‚ the story of Galipoli and its context in Wold War 1. The 2005 documentary Gallipoli by Turkish filmmaker Tolga Ornek is a graphic examination of the disastrous Gallipoli campaign told by both sides. The story is explored through primary resources such as personal diaries and letters. By using exerpts from the diaries and
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The central concern of the play Breaker Morant‚ written by Kenneth Ross in 1979 are the courts martial of three Australian Army officers of the Bushveldt Carbineers serving in South Africa during the Second Boer War (1899-1902). Lieutenants Harry "Breaker" Morant‚ Peter Handcock‚ and George Witton who are accused of the murder of one Boer prisoner and the subsequent murders of six more. In addition‚ Morant and Handcock are accused of the sniper-style assassination of a German missionary. During the
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with each new era” (p.1). Other factors that contribute to our national identity are our history. A major part of our history is Gallipoli. This is where the ‘larrikin’ stereotype comes from and ANZAC tradition takes its place in our identity. Mateship also evolved from Gallipoli as our country goes to war to help fight with our alliances. This part of our history helps to add to our identity as other countries view have they view of Australians as portraying that
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rape and later murder of a young girl‚ Tracy Warner‚ during Toby Ackland’s 18th birthday party. Jared Kirby‚ the protagonist‚ witnesses the rape from afar by three of his closest mates. He fails to intervene‚ due to a suggested misplaced sense of mateship and tells no one of what he saw. The rapists‚ Toby‚ Craig
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Introduction The culture of ‘bromances’ is a relatively recent phenomenon‚ noting a new era of male homosociality. The social bonds between persons of the same sex‚ in this case men‚ exist on a spectrum (Sedgwick 165). However‚ a ‘bromance’ exists at the top end of this spectrum of male homosociality‚ and specifically refers to a ‘close and intimate nonsexual and homosocial relationship between two (or more) men’ (Hammaren & Johansson 2014). Chen (2012‚ p. 246) narrows this definition‚ specifying
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Sexual Strategies: The short term mating Men and Woman For years psychologist looked for what specifically goes into the mating process between a male and female. Studies by Freud and Jung proposed that people seek mates with the characteristics of those that belong to their parents of the opposite sex. The physiologist Winch proposed a theory that stated people look for mates who have traits that they substantially lack. In this those searching for a mate are looking for a form of completion
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order to create a bond between audience and the remembered. Through exploration of these techniques‚ we establish the patriotic and sombre natures in these speeches. Although different in textual context‚ both are a celebration of Australian values; mateship‚ loyalty‚ honour and
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