Racism has been a significant issue over the years and continues to be somewhat of a buzzword in todays society. Reginald Walter Saunders is an excellent example of a man who overcame racism in one of the most difficult of circumstances. Saunders was an Indigenous Australian who fought in WWII both for his county and his rights as an Aborigine. He later became known as the first Aboriginal commissioned officer in the Australian army. Throughout his time of service, he made a significant impact…
“Each accurately illustrated one of the AIF’s most significant actions during the campaign and was visually stunning and emotionally engaging.” (11) While the Gallipoli campaign’s failed beginning at the landings has been widely studied and recounted, the most successful event at Gallipoli may have been the withdrawal of the Anzac troops…
on the campaign trail, he began to tread murky waters. Politicians like Trump should seek to deeply understand the ramifications of using an artist’s work in a public, explicitly political setting. Musicians as authors and curators of their own art are the most qualified people to answer the question of what they intend their music to represent. As such they should be afforded the respect of determining the message their art portrays, especially in public settings such as political campaign…
In the year 1981 Peter Weir created a movie named Gallipoli, which was based around the major invasion of Gallipoli involving Australia in world war one. The two main characters Archy Hamilton (Mark Lee) and Frank Dunne (Mel Gibson) have an unbreakable mateship, which remains strong even through times of pain and doubt they were still best mates. Mateship is shown everywhere through you the movie but it firsts starts at the ‘Kimberly Gift’ where these two men first met each other. After the…
Why would we fly it, parade it, wave it and wear it, if it didn’t serve its purpose? The Australian National Flag is a crucial figure in our Australian Identity, and therefore the change in its design is unnecessary. It is obvious that the cost of such a thing would implode on our national budget, lose symbolic denotations embedded in the current flag and change the way our country is perceived internationally. As a nation, we need to fight to keep the innate design of the Australian National…
Australia's wartime experiences especially those at Pozieres during World War I, acknowledges how the soldiers have shaped our nation and become an integral part of defining who we as Australians are. Australia had an important role in supporting the imperial Great Britain and were always ever-ready to aid Britain even though the war did not affect Australian geographically. Despite the devastating toll on the Australian Imperial Force, “our Diggers fought with distinction and left a deep and…
One argument to resolve the ever-increasing need for campaign fund-raising, the influence of contributions, and equity in political outcomes is to reinvigorate the public campaign finance system (Miller, 2014). At the national level, public campaign finance is defunct, yet in municipalities, there are various public campaign finance systems in use. Cities are micro-laboratories of democratic providing various structures for increasing…
alleviate corporations expecting favors. However if a canididate decides to run for a seat they should be able to fund or raise the needed money for their campaign, but with set restriction. Indeed it seems as if the richest candidates are always guaranteed to win, unfortunatly even those without money should be given a fair chance for a successful campaign. In addition to having limits on what a candidate can receive from individuals, I also believe that they must disclose where they receive…
Villers-Bretonneux, a town in France, is home to the main Australian World War One memorial, Musée Franco-Australien, Victoria School and Restaurant le Kangourou. The meaning behind its Australian atmosphere and influences are quite remarkable and displays the pure qualities of ‘Anzac Spirit’. These qualities include endurance, courage, ingenuity, good humour and mateship. It is believed that, “The only thing necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing” (Edmund Burke,…
Many young Australian men saw enlisting in the defence force and being shipped to Gallipoli as an adventure, not realising the significant impact it would have on their lives. They didn’t realise the dangers they would face or that they may never return home. In Gallipoli, Peter Weir tells the story of two young Australian men, Archie Hamilton and Frank Dunne and the conflict, hardships and mateship they endured. The young Australians were excited to experience something new. Although it was a…