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Tim Winton Lands Edge Analysis
In the Tim Winton’s novel ‘Lands Edge’ and the 2009 film ‘Australia,' varying images of Australia are explored, through the illustration of the landscape as a result of the descriptive language used and also through the use of visual techniques used in the film ‘Australia’. Tim Winton’s ‘Lands Edge’ depicts various images of the costal, remote costal and suburban life of Australia throughout his life. In contrast in the film ‘Australia’ portrays images of the remote rural desert Australia landscape and also Australia's wetland. In Addition, throughout both texts there are varying images of Australia to emphasis the different8 connections Australians have to the land which then generates a greater understanding to the reader by depicting the
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