Australian poets

concept which can offer individuals a sense of identity, security and partnership, and that these idea of belonging have played a significant role in Australian lives for years? From Polish migrants in the 1950s to aborigines over the last hundred years, millions of poets have chosen this concept as a foundation to their work. In fact, one of these poets is a very important aboriginal voice; Oodgeroo Noonuccal. Her plain-speaking style, and her strong element of compassion is the reason I chose…

will be different. For those of white Australian background you think of the stereotypical lifestyle consisting of the sun, waves and mates. However for those of Indigenous background mass genocide and the beginning of the end for your culture is what is thought of on this day. To display this stark contrast I have selected two poems by Australian poets which offer different opinions on the same day and what effect it has on White and Indigenous Australians. My first poem, Australia Day by Mick…

Introduction This essay is a critical analysis of the poem Shower by the Australian writer Les Murray. Les Murray was born in 1938 in New South Wales/Australia. He grew up in a poor farming family, and his love for nature and the Australian landscapes, which shows in his poetry, developed early. Murray writes about his “love of the land, the tensions between rural and urban life”, and “the struggle for an independent means of expression” (Poetry archive, date unknown)1. The poem Shower is, as…

The poem I have chosen today to recite is call 'No More Boomerang' by Oodgeroo Noonuccal, better known as deceased aboriginal activist, Kath Walker. Oodgeroo Noonuccal wasn't just an activist she was also an artist, educator and a campaigner for Aboriginal rights. The poem “No More Boomerang” describes the lifestyle changes that the aboriginal people experienced during the settlement of Australia. The poem is about the fact the indigenous people have had to change their lifestyle because of…

We are Going By: Oodgeroo Noonuccal Oodgeroo Noonuccal is a well-known poet that wrote poems that relates to the Aborigines’ dispossession. She increasingly got engaged in political activities that was for the support of the Aborigines and social justice during 1960. With this, she was able to contribute largely in the national organisation, the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (FCAATSI) who had a massive role that is for the voting rights in the…

Australian Poetry: Indifference Opposed Through the use of poems, poets show emotions, feelings and or events through the use of language choices to create representations of issues. The poem The new true anthem by Kevin Gilbert is challenging the key values and beliefs through society. This essay is aimed towards interested graduating students and how the cultural ideologies are seen through patriotism and political views that occur throughout the poem. The first known date of The new true…

Seventeenth Doll, considered ground-breaking for its distinctive use of Australian colloquial language and idiom, along with its unique depiction of Australian working class characters and experiences, highlights the dangers of excessive idealism and the failure to accept change and the rigors of time. While Omar Musa’s “Capital Letters” at TEDxSydney, verbalises the voice of the often overlooked and marginalised within Australian society. Playwrights such as Ray Lawler use their distinctive…

the sisters remain in their magnificent rock formation as a reminder of this battle for generations to come.” The Three Sisters may be a big mountain, but the Ayers Rock is the biggest rock in the world. Stretching over 1.6 miles long over the Australian terrain. Being almost exactly in the middle of Australia. Standing 1141 feet high, 2.2 miles long, 1.2 miles wide. They say it lays on sacred Aboriginal land so they have called it Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park; which is…

Willy Russell composer and play write explores how transitions are revealed through the change of perceptions of individuals and society through the two protagonists Frank and Rita. In conjunction with “Then and Now” a poem by Aboriginal activist and poet Oodergeroo Noonuccal, explores the impact of the assimilation policy on aboriginal culture. Through characterization in the play “Educating Rita” Russell uses Rita to demonstrate the theme and difficulties faced by working class individuals…

Banjo Patterson was born in 1964 in New South Wales. He was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author. Most of his ballads focused on the Australian way of life in the outback. He has produced many well-known ballads such as “The Man from Snowy River “and “Clancy of the Overflow” also his infamous ballad “Waltzing Matilda”. “Waltzing Matilda” was originally created in 1895 and the title is Australian slang for ‘going walkabout with your swag’. The ballad narrates the story of a lonely,…