English Speech Goodmorning. Today I will be talking to you about how history and memory are depicted in Peter Carey’s True History of the Kelly Gang‚ and James Cameron’s 1997 film Titanic. Both texts depend heavily on fictionalised historical figures to tell their stories through memory. And both leave us with suspicions about their historical accuracy. In this speech I will be exploring these two texts through five main points * The difference in believability between a novel and a film
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the history and folklore of Australia‚ as well as in books‚ movies and other works of art‚ Ned Kelly can be said to be a respected idol by the Australians‚ the image was even used in 2000 in Sydney The opening ceremony of the Summer Olympic Games. As the saying goes: "... ... Ned Kelly as brave (that is very brave)" This shows that it is deeply commemorated by the people of Australia. 3. In September 1877‚ Kelly was arrested on the grounds of drunkenness‚ riding on the sidewalk‚ and refusing to arrest
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Today I’ll be talking to you about Ned Kelly and my topic is weather he was a villain or hero. His full name is actually Edward Kelly but most people know him by his nick name which of course is Ned Kelly. Ned was an Australian Bush ranger. He was born in Victoria in June 1854 but has a strong Irish background due to his Irish convict father. As a young man he clashed with the Victoria Police. Following an incident at his home in 1878‚ police parties searched for him in the bush. After he and his
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students to | |think about and discuss the important steps in the formation of a new nation; the Intel Seeing Reason Tool is used by students to develop their | |understanding of Ned Kelly and his character‚ and the Intel Showing Evidence Tool is used by students to help answer the question “Was Ned Kelly a hero or | |a villain?” | |Teaching and Learning
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explore the concept of ‘overcoming adversity’‚ common to films from many countries but they explore it in a manner unique to Australia and embrace the ‘Aussie Battler’ or ‘Aussie Hero’ icon. The films Gallipoli (Directed by Peter Weir - 1981) and Ned Kelly (Directed by Gregor Jordan - 2003) are two good examples of this. Both films show evidence of characters overcoming adversities throughout their stories. The following will analyse each film and explore the concept by looking at themes and film techniques
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Bushranger Ned Kelly born to hunt and gather for the family formally known as Edward is seen by some as an Australian infamous political defender of his people and by others a criminal malicious murderer. Ned was born the first son of a catholic couple in December 1855 raised by an ex convict John ‘Red’ Kelly and Ellen Quinn an Irish bounty migrant. Ned was the voice of the 50.000 Irish immigrants who migrated to Australia in 1942 within an unorganised legal system. He was a political activist who
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THE BROKEN SHORE Peter Temple’s acclaimed crime fiction novel ’The Broken Shore’ chronicles the unfolding of a murder investigation on the rugged Victorian coastline through the eyes of a morally flexible small town cop. The novel showcases the complex social structures apparent in contemporary rural Victoria‚ particularly focusing on the often shaky relations between anglo and indigenous Australians. It also addresses the segregation between the have’s and the have not’s within society
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Ned Kelly HERO…OR VILLAIN… H&F DESCRIPTION Ned Kelly was an Irishman born in Australia in 1854. The son of a convict Ned and his family have always been put under the microscope. This lead to Ned being wrongly imprisoned and spending 3 behind bars. When he got out his mother was imprisoned so he and the Kelly Gang sort justice for all Irish immigrants who were being treated wrong by the Victorian Police. Through out his time Kelly became an outlaw as well as a beacon of hope for many. In 1880
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