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 * 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, we are of the old ways. We are the corroboree and the bora ground, We are the old ceremonies, the laws of the elders. We are the wonder tales of Dream Time, the tribal legends told. We are the past, the hunts and the laughing games, the wandering camp fires. We are the lightning bolt over Gaphembah Hill Quick and terrible, And the Thunder after him, that loud fellow. We are the quiet daybreak paling the dark lagoon. We are the shadow-ghosts creeping back as the camp fires burn low. We are nature and the past, all the old ways Gone now and scattered. The scrubs are gone, the hunting and the laughter. The eagle is gone, the emu and the kangaroo are gone from this place. The bora ring is gone. The corroboree is gone. And we are going.'

__Commentary on Poem__

**Text:** ‘We Are Going’ **Composer:** Oodgeroo Noonuccal **Year:** 1964 ** Text Type: ** Poem

This story is about a tribe of Australian Aboriginals that are driven from their homeland by white people and eventually return. The Aboriginal Tribe returns to find that the white people had colonized their land and did not appreciate the land as the Aboriginal tribes did, “Notice of the estate agent reads: 'Rubbish May Be Tipped Here'. “ This extract shows that the white people that colonized their land had little to no respect for nature because they would dump there litter.

The poem goes on to explain the reactions and feelings of the Aboriginal tribe when they find what the white people have done,” We are as strangers here now, but the white tribe are the strangers. We belong here, we are of the old ways.” This shows the tribes displeasure with the white settlers and how they believe the land should belong to them. The poem finishes with the phrase “And we are going” which shows that the tribe cannot change what has happened and must move on.

The poet uses powerful metaphors, similes and verbs in the poem which becomes apparent in stanzas like “We are the quiet daybreak paling the dark lagoon. We are the shadow-ghosts creeping back as the camp fires burn low.” This extract effectively uses its poetic devises to create a vivid description of what the Aboriginal tribes people where going through when they returned to their sacred land to find it inhabited by the people who drove them away from that land.

‘We Are Going’s identity is represented by the Indigenous people and their struggles with the white people that colonized their land and drove them away from their heritage.

__ H ____ ow we Fled when I was a Girl __



__Commenta ____ry on Short Story __

**Text:** __How We Fled When I Was a Girl__ **Composer:** Molly Nungarrayi **Year:** 1995 ** Text Type: ** Short Story

“How we fled when I was a girl” is a short story written by Molly Nungarrayi, Shows the harsh and dangerous indigenous life in Australia which was the time of the stolen generation. This story talks about a typical aboriginal family being forced out of their countries because of the whites and they have taken refuge in a cave far off from where they used to live avoiding the whites and keeping low and not cause too much attention.

In “How we fled when I was a girl” constructs a view of indigenous life style being disrupted by the whites. For example, “When the white fellas first came to our country a long time ago, they started shooting our people” This quote shows that the whites were invading the indigenous areas and killing them to remove them from their motherland.

In the short story “how we fled when I was a girl” shows that one of the most dangerous hazards to the indigenous were the whites while they had all the guns and weapons. The family expresses their culture by their physical apparels “We were just naked little girls”. This reveals their culture, about their life being an Aboriginal.

Molly uses similes to describe the indigenous culture and to describe them (the Aboriginal family) “That time we were bone naked”. She also uses adjectives to describe the setting and the characters. Molly describes the family to always be together as a group.

This text shows identity of an aboriginal life during the stolen generation was very harsh and dangerous.

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 * Your analysis has depth and you comment on specific literary devices
 * You need to complete 3 text types: not two! You have not analysed a visual text
 * You should remember to link your analysis to the representations created by the author: how is Australia/Australians being portrayed?
 * Plase comment on the intended effect of these tecniques on a reader

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**__A Bush Christening__** **By Andrew Barton Paterson –** **Bush Myth**

On the outer Barcoo where the churches are few, And men of religion are scanty, On a road never cross'd 'cept by folk that are lost, One Michael Magee had a shanty. Now this Mike was the dad of a ten year old lad, Plump, healthy, and stoutly conditioned; He was strong as the best, but poor Mike had no rest For the youngster had never been christened.

And his wife used to cry, `If the darlin' should die Saint Peter would not recognise him.' But by luck he survived till a preacher arrived, Who agreed straightaway to baptise him.

Now the artful young rogue, while they held their collogue, With his ear to the keyhole was listenin', And he muttered in fright, while his features turned white, `What the divil and all is this christenin'?'

He was none of your dolts, he had seen them brand colts, And it seemed to his small understanding, If the man in the frock made him one of the flock, It must mean something very like branding.

So away with a rush he set off for the bush, While the tears in his eyelids they glistened — `'Tis outrageous,' says he, `to brand youngsters like me, I'll be dashed if I'll stop to be christened!'

Like a young native dog he ran into a log, And his father with language uncivil, Never heeding the `praste' cried aloud in his haste, `Come out and be christened, you divil!'

But he lay there as snug as a bug in a rug, And his parents in vain might reprove him, Till his reverence spoke (he was fond of a joke) `I've a notion,' says he, `that'll move him.'

`Poke a stick up the log, give the spalpeen a prog; Poke him aisy — don't hurt him or maim him, 'Tis not long that he'll stand, I've the water at hand, As he rushes out this end I'll name him.

`Here he comes, and for shame! ye've forgotten the name — Is it Patsy or Michael or Dinnis?' Here the youngster ran out, and the priest gave a shout — `Take your chance, anyhow, wid `Maginnis'!'

As the howling young cub ran away to the scrub Where he knew that pursuit would be risky, The priest, as he fled, flung a flask at his head That was labelled `MAGINNIS'S WHISKY'!

And Maginnis Magee has been made a J.P., And the one thing he hates more than sin is To be asked by the folk, who have heard of the joke,

How he came to be christened `Maginnis’

__Commentary on A Bush Christening __

**Text:** A Bush Christening **Composer:** Andrew B. Paterson **Year:** 1893 ** Text Type: ** Ballad

A Bush Christening, a ballad written by Banjo Paterson, shows the many problems that people who live in the Australian bush experience. The ballad tells the story of a family that lived in the Australian bush; this family consisted of two parents and a son. The son had never been baptized or taught about being baptized because there had not been a preacher in there village, so when a preacher finally came he agreed to baptize the boy. “A Bush Christening” constructs the view of the Australian bush life “Plump, Healthy and Stoutly condition.” This quote shows that the bush life had plenty of supplies; if this family is a representation of the living standards in the Australian bush then it is safe to assume that the majority of people had a good amount of money, meaning they had an average living standard. In “A Bush Christening” the text shows that one of the most important things about living in the bush was religion. The father and the mother show how strict and significant religion is to them “If the Darlin’ should die, Saint Peter would not recognize him.” This quote shows that the family strongly believes in religion and if they weren’t christened they could not go into heaven. Paterson uses humor in “A Bush Christening” to make it more enjoyable to read an example of this is “ The priest, as he fled, flung a flask at his head that was labeled `MAGINNIS'S WHISKY'!” This example shows that the young buy was christened by the priest against his will and tried to escape. Also, similes are used in Paterson’s poem, “But he lay there as snug as a bug in a rug,” this simile is used because the young boy is hiding from his parents and the priest.