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= Urban Australia =

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We are exploring cultural understandings in Australian texts with a focus on Urban Australia Culture. We chose the visual text below to frame our wiki because it shows a landscape of a city in Australia.



= William Street. =

The red globes of light, the liquor-green, The pulsing arrows and the running fire Spilt on the stones, go deeper than a stream; You find this ugly, I find it lovely.

Ghosts' trousers, like the dangle of hung men, In pawnshop-windows, bumping knee by knee, But none inside to suffer or condemn; You find this ugly, I find it lovely.

Smells rich & rasping, somke & fat & fish, & puffs of paraffin that crimp the nose, Or grease the blesses onions with a hiss; You find this ugly, I find it lovely.

The dips & molls, with flip & shinny gaze (Death at their elbows, hunger at their heels) Ranging the pavemnts of their pasturage; You find this ugly, I find it lovely.

By Kenneth Slessor

= Commentary: = "William Street" was written by Kenneth Slessor in 1935. William street paints a vivid image of the buzzing city life that runs by kings cross taken on a wet and rainy night when the road was covered by the reflection of the bright light from the neon sky signs.

The dominant reading of this text is that the city is a beautiful place and that you should think and believe this too. Kenneth Slessor describes everything, such as the street lights, the people, the smells and the shop windows as lovely although many people would find it ugly. No gaps have been used in this text. Neither has stereotyping. This text marginalizes those who are not very well off, such as those who live on the streets, are not very wealthy and see the city as a very sad place. This poem is aimed at those who find the city a happy place and enjoy spending time there as well as are wealthy enough to enjoy all the positive aspects of the city.

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. It has a regular rhyming pattern of A, B, A, C in each verse. Such as in the first verse; in line 1 and 3, the last word in the line rhyme; "...green ...stream", and lines 2 and 4 are different; "...fire ...lovely".

This text contributes to our understanding of the urban Australian culture and different people perspectives on the urban Australian lifestyle.

** I Still Call Australia Home. **
** SONG: **

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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, // // I still call Australia home. //

// I'm always travelIing, I love being free, // // and so I keep leaving the sun and the sea, // // but my heart lies waiting over the foam, // // I still call Australia home. //

// All the sons and daughters spinning 'round the world, // // away from their family and friends, // // but as the world gets older and colder, // // it's good to know where your journey ends. // // Someday we'll all be together once more, // // when all of the ships come back to the shore, // // Ill realise something I've always known, // // I still call Australia home. //

// but no matter how far or wide I roam, // // I still call Australia I still call Australia, I still call Australia home. // // but no matter how far or wide I roam, // // I still call Australia I still call Australia, I still call Australia home. //

==== "I Still Call Australia Home" is written by Peter Allen. This song is a well known song throughout Australia, as it is the Qantas song and 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 stereotype of Australians being very patriotic people. it shows that no matter where they travel or go to in the world they will always consider Australia to be home in their hearts. In this poem Peter Allen starts by saying how he has traveled 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 advertisement. You picture your home. you feel homesick. ====

** TV SERIES: **
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====The TV series, "Packed to the Rafters" took over Australia four seasons ago. I think this shows helps everybody who asumes that Australians are very hard working people and all that they care about is working and 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 yes is a wild child who thinks he can do whatever he wants and when now that he has moved out of home. Their sister Rachel, loves her job, but its not the most important thing in her life, and when it is needed she can put her job to one side and think about other things and people and most importantly herself. This show does show how Australians aren't what 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. ====