Poem My Country Australia Ania Walwicz

Land - Jack Davis

Passage - Billy Marshall-Stoneking

We Are Going Oodgeroo of the tribe Noonuccal Life Cycle - Bruce Dawe

Alter Ego - Gwen Harwood

Landscape : Physical, Cultural, Social Message/Values/Aspects of Australia Celebrates the physical beauty of the land. Cultural, social and physical people and place merge in a negative portrayal Walwicz attributes a sense of arrogance to Australians and suggests we do not know how to accept or treat outsiders. Personifies the land, giving it a human quality; presents it as a living body. Presents the indigenous perspective, expressing the connection between Aboriginal people and the land. Indigenous experience of land. Recount. Perspective of a newcomer to Australia who is learning about Aboriginal connection to land. Comparison of white, or developed cultures separation of art/storyculture and science/date/analysis with Aboriginal culture story/song/understanding of land are linked. Invasion. Loss. European settlement. Destruction of Aboriginal traditions. Australians value sport. Obsession with sport. Satirizes our love of sport with being over critical of it. Sense of searching for something elusive, for deep meaning, for the subconscious. Contrasts dependence and independence. Light and dark imagery.

Techniques

The Surfer - Judith Wright

Journey: North Coast Robert Gray

Surfing. Physical landscape the sea. Juxtaposes two views of the sea one is that it is benign, the other that it is hostile. Values freedom (images of birds, the surfer); control over the physical environment; physical strength; respect for the power of the natural world (in the warning and images of the seas dangers). Train ride.

Wolf imagery Changing gull image first stanza wheeling, second stanza diving. Longer sentences and phrases in the first stanza where sea is benign, a source of delight; shorter phrases in second stanza where sea is a dangerous place.

Diverse Landscape created: Australian identity (its expression and perceptions of it) changes over time. Loss Pride Searching