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Explanation Of The Text 'Straya' By Terry Mann

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Australia is represented in many ways through different texts. The way that Australia has been represent is through the Australian experiences which include the nature that surrounds us, being fun people but also hard working and being a multicultural environment.
The text “Straya” written by Terry Mann was created for Australia day 2015 to represent what Australia is has to offer this was created as a parody song to OutKast’s 2004 hit Hey Ya. Mann uses a lot of images of the nature that is located in this country these include native fauna and flora as well as the vast open spaces. In the parody song the lyrics are:
“My country don’t share no borders
‘Cos of all the waters that surround our sand
Thank god for our resources,
‘Cos they are the sources of our wealthy land” …show more content…

As a 16 female in Australia I conform to this idea of Australia having beautiful wildlife and nature as from a young age I was shown these vast open lands, the animals and the nature. I have also been traveling around Europe and have seen that most of their icons are in the city. Mann points out that one of Australia’s landmarks is Uluru “But have you got a rock where there is nothing at all” this illustrates that we are proud of these vast open spaces and we don’t have to build big building like the Eiffel tower in Paris or the Empire State building in New York which are shown while this line is being played, this to show what we as a country are proud

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