Oodgeroo Noonaccal was an Australian poet‚ artist and educator. She was also a campaigner for aboriginal rights. Oodgeroo was well known for her poetry and in this analysis three of her poems will be looked into. The first poem that will be looked into that was written by Oodgeroo is called ‘We Are Going’. This poem is about the spirituality of the aboriginals. “We are the strangers here now‚ but the white tribe are the strangers” line 8‚ suggests that the white people have arrived in the aboriginals’
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Oodgeroo Noonuccal‚ formerly known as Kath Walker‚ is an Australian aboriginal poet. Her poems are politically charged and record the aboriginal resistance to White Australian cultural and political domination. Noonuccal’s poetry and activism can be seen as response to the coloniser’s master discourse which marginalises the natives as ‘others.’ Helen Tiffin in her essay “Post-colonial Literatures and Counter-discourse” mentions that “the rereading and rewriting of the European historical and fictional
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issues of our society? This is the question which today I will be answering by comparing and contrasting a poem and song. The poem ‘No More Boomerang’ written by Oodgeroo Noonuccal and the song ‘I Still Call Australia Home’ composed by Peter Allen‚ are two pieces of writing which comment specifically on Australian society and culture. Oodgeroo Noonuccal‚ or also known as Kath Walker‚ was an Aboriginal Australian poet‚ political activist‚ artist and educator. Born 1920 on Stradbroke Island‚ she grew
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Poems can have a lot of context in them‚ they can include personal‚ historical and cultural context. In Oodgeroo Noonuccal poems ‘son of mine’ and ‘then and now’ shows the personal‚ historical and cultural context. Throughout this essay will take a look at the features of her personal‚ historical and cultural context in her poems. Oodgeroo poems ‘son of mine’ and ‘then and now’ shows clear components of her personal context. In the poem ‘son of mine’ has a lot of her personal context‚ when reading
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Belonging is explored in various modes‚ in particular the poem ‘We Are Going” by Oodgeroo Noonccal published in 1964. The text conveys the time of strife for the Aboriginal people as the white people colonised the land in the year 1606. The mode of poetry is used to express the voice for Indigenous people at the time of struggle and justice. Various techniques are used to convey the meaning of belonging and not belonging. The Aboriginal people have a sense of belonging as they have an original
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between black and white Australians. We Are Going by Oodgeroo Noonuccal They came in to the little town A semi-naked band subdued and silent All that remained of their tribe. They came here to the place of their old bora ground Where now the many white men hurry about like ants. Notice of the estate agent reads: ’Rubbish May Be Tipped Here’. Now it half covers the traces of the old bora ring. ’We are as strangers here now‚ but the white tribe are the strangers. We belong here
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The Indigenous experience is conveyed in and through a variety of texts. The texts show the unique Indigenous voices and the message they are trying to convey. I have chosen to talk about the poems “We are going” and “All One Race” both written by Oodgeroo Noonuccal. The poem shows their experience through a variety of themes such as displacement and loss‚ connection to the land‚ bravery‚ equality‚ hope and resilience as well as their identity. The poem “We are going” by Oodergoo Noonuccal effectively
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It is through the enriched poem China… Woman Oodgeroo explores the aspect of life within different cultures and their inextricable link between their ancient cultures and their identity today. “the great wall‚ twins itself… like my rainbow serpent” It is through this imagery that places the audience to view the close connections each culture has to their ultimate ancestry. Comparing her aboriginal identity to China’s culture‚ explores story telling however‚ ultimately‚ allows the audience to make
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Angela Taylor English 111 January 28th‚ 2013 Now and Then Today’s society depends upon fighting for you and you alone. Not caring about other people’s wants‚ needs or what they deserve. Although there once was a time when it was not always like this; the fact of life came into play as it always does. People change. Our society has changed drastically over the past fifty years. We have become an information society. In today’s world we rely on our televisions‚ cell phones‚ radios‚ and computers
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