Analysis Of William Street By Kath Walker

The Australian experience cannot be simplified to only a few stereotypes. The country offers so much diversity and so many experiences from all different people. The Australian experience presents many journeys and so many different stories including ‘William Street’ by Kenneth Slessor where he describes the different landscapes and objects you can find in Australia, Kath Walkers poem ‘We are Going’ where the passion and pride for the country is shown by fighting for the Aboriginals right. Lastly the documentary ‘Life in Australia – Sydney and Wagga Wagga’ which shows that not the whole of Australia is the exact same and that there is a different range of things that could see when visiting.

‘William Street’ encourages responders to see that
In her poem, she implies that the Aboriginals feel like outcasts in their ‘home’ where they should be feeling comfortable and like they belong, ‘we are going as strangers here now, but the white tribe are the strangers.’ This identifies the way they feel as you can tell the writer is uncomfortable in her own town surrounded by her family. Another way that shows the way the white settlers treated the indigenous ‘they came here to the place of their bora ground,’ and ‘notice of estate agent reads: ‘Rubbish May Be Tipped Here’ This contrast suggests that white settlers treat the Aborigines sacred place like a dump and therefore show now respect towards the Aboriginals cultures. Walker is not happy with the way they are going to b treating their land, especially their bora ground. A metaphor that portrayed the Australian Experience is “We are the shadow ghosts creeping back as the camp fire burn low” is explaining how the Aboriginals, the original landowners, are the ones slowly creeping back while the white settlers are by the fire. The indigenous people should not be treated as the ghosts and having to sneak around. Therefore the composer implies that she clearly does not like they way the whites have taken over the Aboriginal communities. And that the Whites made some negative impacts on the communities the aboriginals already