Australia: The Land Down Under Our International Travel Plan Our International trip was to Sydney‚ Australia‚ with four fun filled days of adventures ahead of us. We worked around all of our schedules and ended up going March 21st-24th. To gain more knowledge about the place we were taking off to we decided to research the culture‚ population‚ art‚ and tradition of Australia. After comparing prices‚ we decided to use Expedia.com‚ where we found four roundtrip tickets from the Dulles Airport
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’Complex ideas about culture are communicated through the specific detail of construction of a literary text. Discuss with reference to one or more works you have studied.’ Australian poet Gwen Harwood was renowned for her strongly opinionated approach towards the subjects of her poetry. Harwood’s poetry often reflects her own experiences of the arrogant injustice of Australian culture in the 1950s and 60s. Harwood personally felt the harsh discrimination of Australia at the time‚ after being rejected
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Australian ’bush ’ culture. The text uses past views of popular culture that are still ubiquitous today‚ to construct a sense of national ideology. The text focuses on a very traditional concept of nationhood and constructs a stereotypical representation of Australian culture. This essay will explore this in relation to the discourses of gender‚ class and environment. The text focuses on a predominantly masculine discourse by stereotyping the traditional bush ethos of Australia‚ while excluding females
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The Influence of American and British Popular Culture on Australia in the 1950s In the 1950s America and Britain influenced Australia’s popular culture in a number of ways. Although Australia’s national identity is evident in every part of popular culture‚ America and Britain both had a significant impact on the development of Australian culture since World War Two. Throughout out the decade they changed the way people thought about Australian fashion‚ music and entertainment. Fashion was based
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most popular events in Australia are unquestionably sporting events. The many sporting events which occur annually attest to the love affair Australians share with their sports and the sense of national/regional pride and unity of which it commands. The Australian Open‚ Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix‚ State of Origin‚ The Bledisloe Cup‚ the AFL‚ the Tri-Nation‚ Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race are few examples of Australia’s sporting events which dominate much of Australian culture and in turn vastly impact
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Identify and discuss the nature of national identity in Australia. How has/have national identify/ies been portrayed and maintained and which groups have been excluded? The nature of Australian’s national identity has been an ongoing debate for many years. It involves how Australians see themselves‚ and how other countries view Australia as a whole. Throughout the country’s history‚ the national identity has not remained constant‚ and currently it is a debate to what Australian’s true national
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describe the poets attitude towards her homeland and issues which concern the poet. This treatment of using the landscape to convey feelings is used in ’South of My Days’ and ’Bora Ring’. Wright also has a strong connection to the past‚ the heritage of Australia which reveals her Australian conscience‚ her link with Australia’s past coupled with her strong link to the land. Wright’s ’Australian Identity’ is firmly established through per poetry with her use of ideas that have become synonymous with the Australian
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St Paul’s Catholic College‚ Manly 2013 Formal assessment task Student information sheet [pic] |Student name / number | | |Subject |Geography | |Year |10
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Assessment task Australia has numerous regional and global links; these links include sports‚ culture‚ tourism‚ migration‚ aid and communication. Australia is a continent which is strongly engaged with the rest of the world and not only because so many of its people originate from so many parts of the world but also because of its longstanding relationships with the USA and the UK and their more recent links with the countries in the Asia Pacific. It is imperative that Australia establishes and maintains
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importance to the Australian culture.” Every country has icons that represent their culture and values; Nelson Mandela is an example of a South African icon but also an icon of the world‚ who represented statesmanship‚ courage‚ freedom and equality against apartheid. Australia also has many significant icons such as the Sydney Opera House‚ Uluru‚ vegemite‚ Ned Kelly‚ and the Koala to name a few. These have all played significant parts in Australia’s background‚ culture and values. Uniquely Australian
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