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=** Urban Australian ** = = = = = = = =** William Street. ** = = =

=**﻿ ﻿Commentary - Willam Street. ** = ====﻿William Street, written & composed by Kenneth Slessor in 1935. William Street is a kind of photo of the buzzing life that runs by Kings Cross, the photo was taken on a wet & rainy night when the road was cover by the reflection of the bright lights from the neon sky signs. ==== ====The dominant reading of this text is that the city is a beautiful place & that you should think so & believe that too. Kenneth Slessor, describes everything such as the street lights, the people, the smells & the shop windows as Lovely although alot of people would find it ugly. No gaps have been used in this text, neither has sterotyping, This text also does not marginalise anyone or anything either. ==== ====The language techniques used in this text, is repetitive, by using the line "You find this ugly, I find it lovely" at the end of every stanza. the rhyming technique used in the poem is A,B,A,C. ==== ====This text contributes to my understanding of the urban Australian culture & different people perspectives on the Urban Australian lifestyle. ====

==** I Still Call Australia Home. [] ** ==

==== ﻿I still call australia home, is written & composed by Peter Allen. This song is a well known song throughout Australia, as it is the Qantas song & been in the Qantas advertisments for years. I think Peter Allen, wrote this song to show that, there is no place like home. ==== ===="I Still Call Australia Home" supports the sterotype of Australians being very patriotic people. it shows that no matter where they travel or go to in the world they will always condsider Australia to be home in their hearts. In this poem Peter Allen starts by saying how he has travelled the world. but no matter where he goes, what he does, who he is with, he will still call australia home. The language used in this song is very simple. the visual elements you get when listening to this song, or even watching the Qantas advertisment. you picture your home. you feel homesick. ====

Lyrics - ====I've been to cities that never close down, ==== ==== From New York to Rio and old London town, ==== ====But no matter how far or how wide I roam, ====

 And I love being free,
====<span style="color: #000000; font-size: 1.066em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">And so I keep leaving the sun and the sea, ====

<span style="color: #000000; font-size: 1.066em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> I still call Australia home.
====<span style="color: #000000; font-size: 1.066em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">All the sons and daughters spinning 'round the world, ==== ====<span style="color: #000000; font-size: 1.066em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> Away from their families and friends, ==== ====<span style="color: #000000; font-size: 1.066em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">But as the world gets older and colder and colder, ==== ====<span style="color: #000000; font-size: 1.066em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">It's good to know where your journey ends. ==== ====<span style="color: #000000; font-size: 1.066em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">But someday we'll all be together once more, ==== ====<span style="color: #000000; font-size: 1.066em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">When all of the ships come back to the shore, ==== ====<span style="color: #000000; font-size: 1.066em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> I realize something I've always known, ====

<span style="color: #000000; font-size: 1.066em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> I still call Australia home.
====<span style="color: #000000; font-size: 1.066em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">But no matter how far or how wide I roam, ====

<span style="color: #000000; font-size: 1.066em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> I still call Australia home.
====<span style="font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">** Packed To The Rafters. ** ==== ====<span style="font-size: 1.066em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"><span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">** TV SERIES: ** ==== <span style="font-size: 1.3em; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> The TV series. Packed to the Rafters took over Australia 4 seasons ago. i think this shows helps everybody who asumes that Australians are very hard working people & all that they care about is working & their job, that they really arent like that. Yes in this show Nathan is very hard working but then you see his brother ben, who yess is a wild child who thinks he can do whatever he wants & when now that he has moved out of home. Their sister Rachel, loves her job, but its not the most improtant thing in her life, & when it is needed she can put her job to one side & think about other things & people & most importantly herself. this show does show how Australians arent whate people think they are "Hard Working" it pretty much shows an average day in the Australian lifestyle, chilled an relaxed but hetic as anything at the same time.

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