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    mudrooroo and ’ ’last of his tribe ’ ’ by oodgeroo noonuccal. The need for analyzing both poems is that they are dedicated to people who fought for the Aboriginals; only an in-depth analysis can give a clear understanding of their poems. Analysis The Last of His Tribe by Oodgeroo Noonuccal is a true example of the period of Australian poetry it consist of the paternalistic manner that is was commonly found in the Australian colonists of the 19th century ‚ Oodgeroo Noonuccal gives emphasizes to the loneliness

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    To what extent did the contrast from both our study of Judith Wright‚ Oodgeroo Noonuccal and Bruce Dawe make you aware poets present different responses to the same issues? Bruce Dawe and Judith Wright both present their readers with similar themes‚ although their style of writing differs. While Wright’s poetry is mainly focusing on the concerns about the natural world and society itself‚ Dawe’s poetry focuses on ordinary people in the suburbs and confronting their everyday problems. Although

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    We Are Going Oodgeroo Noonuccal Medium: Poem “We Are Going” a poem written by the famous Oodgeroo Noonuccal is in its own way a masterpiece for communication to the present world about the impact of modernisation on the Indigenous people of Australia. If anything‚ Oodgeroo expresses the reality of the fading of the Aboriginals and expresses the sadness and pain that follows. The constant use of the word “We” in this poem creates the sense that Oodgeroo is not at all speaking for herself. She is

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    couplets. Oodgeroo breaks this rhyme scheme twice in the poem. Oodgeroo does this as she wants to emphasise and make her point stronger and clearer. For example as long as brothers banned from brother hood‚ you still exclude. Brotherhood and exclude do not rhyme‚ therefore it makes the reader re-read the line to rethink what it said‚ hence it is a very useful technique. Alliteration is when a poet such as Oodgeroo uses the same sound at the start of words occurring together. Oodgeroo uses alliteration

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    2014 Assessment Task 1

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    TERRA SANCTA COLLEGE  Student No:    English   Stage 5 Year 10  Unit 1: Indigenous Australian Poetry   Oodgeroo Noonuccal   Oral Task   Semester 1‚ Term 1‚ 2014        Class:        Assessment Task No: 1  Mode:  Reading/Speaking  Date Due:  Weighting: 25%   First scheduled lesson‚  Week 7‚ Term 1‚ 2014    OUTCOMES BEING ASSESSED  GRADE  4: A student selects and uses language forms and features‚ and structures of texts according to  different purposes‚ audiences and contexts‚ and describes and explains their effects on meaning

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    The Past

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    “The Past” “The Past” by Oodgeroo portrays both the author’s resentment for the mistreatment of aboriginals in the past and also depicts her desires. Oodgeroo Conical her aboriginal name also knows as Kathleen Jean Mary Ruska was the first Aborigine women to have her works published in which she used to promote aboriginal rights. Oodgeroo’s has a variety of poems which all are very direct‚ uses accessible rhyme schemes and allusion. Poems such as “Dark unmarried mothers‚ “Time is running out” and

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    “Time is Running Out” "Time is Running Out" is written by Oodgeroo Noonuccal‚ an author and politician who is most commonly lauded as the first Aboriginal poet to publish a collection of verse. She is also an active campaigner for Aboriginal civil rights. The theme of many of her works is the hope for understanding and peace between black and white Australians. In “Time is Running Out”‚ Oodgeroo expresses her criticism towards the irresponsible miners who exploited and violently destructed her

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    REFLECTION OF POST-COLONIALISM DISCRIMINATION IN OODGERU NOONUCCAL’S DREAMTIME AUTHOR’S BACKGROUND This poem is written by Oodgeru Noonuccal‚ an Australian Aboriginal descendant who became the first of Aboriginal Australian that published a book of verse. She also became well-known for writing several poems. One of her famous poem is Dreamtime that is going to be discussed here. Oodgeru Noonuccal was born on November 3rd‚ 1920 in Minjerribah‚ Queensland‚ Australia. She was an important figure

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    the headlines and stereotypes- to realise that Amal experiences the same dramas and challenges that non- Muslim adolescents do‚ (Randa Abdel-Fattah 2009). The last piece of text that will be analysed‚ is a poem called Dark Unmarried Mothers by Oodgeroo Noonuccal. The poem explores unjustified violence that white men inflict on dark women‚ and indicts Australian society for its racial discrimination. The poem takes on aspects of human life that are considered the domain of political ideology

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    in the town truly apprehends him and therefore is forced into being prejudiced against by everyone in the town of Maycomb through fear of the unknown. Prejudice formed from not truly understanding others is also shown in the poem ‘Then and Now’ by Oodgeroo Noonuccal‚ the author writes of the harsh contrasts of the Indigenous people’s old way of life and the new ways of living that the white invaders of the Indigenous peoples land‚ had forced them to undertake. This was caused by false pretences of

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