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    The past: The past is a poem about race‚ identity and the people who have been forgotten. The poem is written in 1970‚ the writer is named Oodgeroo Noonuccal. She is from the tribe Noonuccal. She talks about the past‚ she is very eager to tell the reader that the past is something that shouldn’t be forgotten. We are agreeing on her way of thinking. The past is a fact that we can’t just sweep under the carpet. The past is what makes the world and the individual what they are today. As she says: The

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    Australian Poets: Oodgeroo Noonuccal This week we will be talking about an aboriginal poet Oodgeroo Noonuccal‚ also known as Kath walker‚ who lived from 1920 until 1993. Oodgeroo came from the Noonuccal tribe in Queensland. Once she had completed primary school she left because she believed that even if she stayed in school there wasn’t the slightest possibility of getting a better. Oodgeroo travelled the world telling others about the dreadful conditions the aboriginals were living under

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    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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    My response to ’Then and Now’ and ’Civilisation’ Then and now The poem ’Then and Now’ compares the different generations of the old and the new. The old refers to the period of time where Aborigines could roam their country without any troubles‚ their lifestyles were able to be expressed as there was no control in authority in that period of time. The new generation is where everything has changed; constricting their lifestyles and their growth in beliefs as Aborigines because their dreams and

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    1: A) Indicate the Indians’ puzzlement over the ways of the white men. The line “and I don’t understand” is using repeatition through the story and conveys the confusion and puzzlement over the white men’s ways. B) Show the Indians’ disapproval of the whites’ treatment of land. Phrases like “there is no quiet place in the white man’s cities” display the disapproval the Indians have over the whites’ treatment. C) Words that show the importance to the Indians of their ancestors’

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    and music explore the 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

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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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    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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    steady speed. People now cut down trees‚ dispose waste and smoke into the environment‚ capture animals to extinction for their benefits. There have been a lot of calls for respecting and protecting nature. The poems “The Author of American Ornithology Sketches a Bird‚ Now Extinct” by David Wagoner and “Moss Gathering”‚ by Theodore Roethke in A Book of Luminous Thing‚ do a good job representing this in their poems. They are similar in the way that they involve both human and

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    2 Operations Strategy Defining how firms compete Chapter Objectives • Introduce the concept of operations strategy and its various components‚ and show how it relates to the overall business strategy of the firm. • Illustrate how operations strategy pertains to adding value for the customer. • Identify the different ways in which operations strategy can provide an organization with a competitive advantage. • Introduce the concept of trade-offs between different strategies

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