Lion, a text written by Saroo Brierley is based on his story and experiences on his journey from his home country in India to his now home, Australia. The story shows how Brierley belonged to various places in life including his first home in India until he was 5, and then eventually moving to his new home in Australia where he lived and is living the rest of his life. Brierley also belonged to a range of people and had two families, both his real Indian family, Kamla, Kallu, Gudu and Shekila, as
Australian Citizen Deciding to become an Australian citizen is a big decision to make. The good news is that once you are legally recognised as an Australian citizen, you will have the same responsibilities and privileges that someone who was born in Australia has. On the 17th of September each year, Australian Citizenship Day is celebrated. It is managed by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP). Australian Citizenship Day In 2001 Australian Citizen Day was introduced, in order to
eyes of ancestral Aboriginal entities. However, diversification is found within the interpretation of how all of existence came to be. Bratowooloong (men belonging to the place of fire), Brayakooloong (men belonging to the west), Brabawooloong (belonging to men), Tatungooloong (belonging to the sea in the south) and Krowathunkooloong (belonging to the east) are the five clans which are composed under the Gunaikurnai
The current Australia religious landscape is rationalised by Christianity as the major religious tradition. Through 1947 Christianity had been established as the major religious tradition in Australia. This was due to the European settlers of the 18th and 19th centuries who imparted to Australia their traditional Christian churches especially the Church of England and the Roman Catholic, Lutheran Congregationalist, Methodist, Presbyterian and the Baptist churches. Traditional Indigenous religions
truly unique; it shapes our culture and forges our identity while creating a strong ‘sense of place’ or belonging. The idea of food is utilised in the free-verse stanzas of the poem Australia by Peter Goldsworthy to convey the sense of place at home. In the small towns and cities of the Northern Territory where Goldsworthy grew up, he had a strong urge to return to his home state: South Australia. I can relate to this poem as I have
Native Title of Australia Native title is recognition of the traditional rights and interests to land and waters of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It recognises the unique ties some Aboriginal groups have to land. Australian law recognises that native title exists where Aboriginal people have maintained a traditional connection to their land and waters, since sovereignty, and where acts of government have not removed it. The name terra nullius means ‘land belonging to no one’. As a
exiled existence, Malouf’s novel evokes for the reader the need for the contemporary Australians to identify with and have a better sense of belonging to Australia, than just belonging to a second-hand Europe. All or most of the experiences that Ovid go through during his exile are very similar to the experiences gone through by the white settlers in Australia, be it emotional or geographical. It is in this sense that both Ovid and the immigrant Australians are the “Others” in their homeland, and are
everything they said was not true and didn’t give up he kept on fighting . He fought for many years. He came down to 1992 during June Eddie Mabo unfortunately died from cancer at the age of 55, five months after his tragically death the high court of Australia in Canberra declared what Eddie Mabo had been fighting for which is what the Meriam people said and he believed which was having rights, freedom and land belonged to them, sadly Mabo didn’t see his victory and success. For this they celebrated him
The roots of man on the continent of Australia that are thousands of years old. The indigenous peoples, whom the aborigines say dated back to the beginning of time, were the first inhabitants. However, it was the British who are ultimately known for bringing about the actual settlement of Australia. At first, there was resistance to the British from the aborigines. The failure of the aborigines to initially embrace the British ways led to conflicts between the two peoples. Even with the conflicts
The beach has played an important role of cultural expression for individuals throughout Australian history. Until the late 1980’s the beach was considered less significant than the bush. However, researches Fisk, Hodge & Turner (1987) noticed a shift toward the beach and challenged this space in the Myths of Oz. No longer was the beach regulated to hedonic popular culture, rather it had become legitimately an important place, moulding the Australian identity known today. Popular culture as defined