Rhiannon+Hampson+Froud

Poem 1 I wanna tell you a story, about a friend of mine and yours. He name Moonthanguddi, He roamed this land with cause. Moonthanguddi, made every creek, He made the rivers and streams. Moonthanguddi, sometime talk to me, at night in my dreams.
 * Poems for Commentaries **
 * __Moonthanguddi __**

He tell me how peaceful it was, back when he was creating. How us mob lived of this land, there wasn't any hating. We all knew our boundaries, and respected our own dirt. No reason to be greedy, we had plenty, no reason for any hurt.

Moonthanguddi, the Creator, He travelled this place with pride. He resting now, they call Him, the Australian Great Divide. Moonthanguddi is the name my mob, gave to that Rainbow Snake. One day I reckon that old Moonthanguddi, He gonna awake.

Moonthanguddi, when he awake, He gonna be real upset. By the way they dig up the earth, and taking what they can get. Taken what was meant to stay, what belongs to this land. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Society is full of greed, and wealth, it don't understand.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Moonthanguddi, the Creator, the one who started the dream. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">The Rainbow Snake we know real well, He there for you and me.

By Dan Davis

Poem 2 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Where in the world do we feel free, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">When born into life as an Aborigine? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Our lives changed forever when the white man came. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">An idyllic lifestyle never to be the same.
 * __Who are we?__**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">A oneness with nature since the beginning of time. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Now reduced to poverty, no identity, crime. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">They conquered our paradise and tore it apart. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Now our mother is bleeding minus her heart.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Nature is screaming and crying in pain <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">At the loss of her children, the tears fall like rain. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">We would like you to listen and pay heed to our words. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">But as a minority our voices aren't heard.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">As children of the land and make no mistake. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Know that a vengeful spirit will surely awake. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">The earth will be cleansed and we must agree <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">That this will soon happen, for its man's destiny.

<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">By Richard G Kennedy

<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Poem 3 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Our families are well respected <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">We are easily accepted <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">We have a drink or two <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Even make our own home brew <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">We like to hunt on land <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Bare feet on the hot sand <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">We hunt in the sea <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">It makes us feel wild and free <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">We come near and far <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">All bare feet without a car <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">We are proud <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">We sing out loud <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">We walk hand in hand <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">We are apart of the great Australian Land
 * __<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">All walks of life __**

<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> By Sharon Roebourne

= = __<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">** Commentaries ** __ This poem is all about an aboriginal spirit called Moonthanguddi. It was the creator of the river, streams and land. He'd say that there wasnt any hating or greed and that the Aboriginal people respected the land when he was creating this land. The Aboriginals think that when he awakens he is not going to be happy by the way they dig up the earth and have taken away what was meant to stay.
 * Poem 1 **
 * Moonthanguddi **

This poem is about having a perfect, idyllic land until white man invaded it and have now turned everything that they owned upside down. Now they are living in poverty instead of there own little paradise. They have had their children taken away from them
 * Poem 2 **
 * Who are we? **

This poem is telling us about how even though Aboriginals do have a drink or two and do walk around without any shoes on they are proud of who they are and respect their culture. It is also telling us that Aboriginals are very free spirited and independent in hunting down their own food and finding their way around their land.They are shown to be very happy with their lives and they like to be wild and free from all the drama of the white society.
 * Poem 3 **
 * All walks of life **

__ Whist you are demonstrating comprehension, you are not going on to analysis. Use the questions on the A3 sheet to prompt you thinking. The commentaries are too brief. __