Essay on Identity: Culture of Australia

In the history of Australia, there are a variety of people in their respective areas have made outstanding achievements, made a contribution to the identity of Australia. Among these people, Anh Do is probably the most instructive and interesting person. As his book "happy refugees" implied, Anh experienced suffering in his early years. At the same time, he has maintained an optimistic attitude, this pain into an inspirational story, to share with you. At present, Anh has made achievements in various fields such as writers, films, television, artists, live performances and corporate speeches (Anhdo.com.au 2017). Anne 's story is sure to shape the identity of Australia. This report will analyze the achievements of Anhe and his

Mateship. Adventurous. Loyal. Free. Proud. These are the typical words Australians use to describe themselves, to identify themselves as different from the rest of the world. But who is an Australian? Someone that was born in Australia? Only people we choose to call Australian? People with great achievements that we choose to take credit for? Only people that love sport and vegemite? Or maybe only people with ‘Aussie’ accents? The Australian population is a proud one indeed, proud of their nation, their achievements and their own independent way of life, but sometimes us Aussies, forget about the rest of the world and all those other people that make us, who we are.

Through my life, I have seen several different approaches to Indigenous people’s rights and importance in Australia. I have been fortunate enough to visit Ayers Rock and undertake a tour which allowed me to see Aboriginal culture in art and drawings as well as hearing Dreamtime stories from guides. I have also witnessed family friends who have been severely racist and disrespectful of Indigenous heritage and history. I also was lucky to work with some Indigenous students who were in Reception during my Professional Experience 1, and I was able to see first-hand how a culture clash can affect a student’s behaviour. I feel that even before entering this course, I have had the privilege of being able to observe both positives and negatives

Australia’s national identity was built upon the hard masculine foundations using the harsh nature of the bush to exemplify these character traits. For many Australians, the ANZAC troops were the crystallization of the new identity. Following the crystallisation of the new identity, Australians started creating the ideal Australian, making the ideal Australian the traditional ideas of Australian national identity. The ideal Australian was known to be white, working class, sporty, male who were fiercely independent, and practical. It is important that we don’t go back to the traditional ideas of Australians national identity. (NEEDS TO BE FINISHED)

As I was sitting in a classroom learning about world history, I wondered how the ancient civilizations responded to the immigration challenges that they had to face. Since the early civilizations, people have immigrated from place to place to find a better life for their families. The bad situations they live in obligated them to leave their houses and immigrated to unknown places. Even today thousands of people immigrate to another country looking for a better life. For example, throughout the American history millions of people around the world have left their homelands for a chance to start a new life in the United States. In the stories, Changing America 2001, Letters from an American farmer, the Art of Happiness, and Silent Dancing, we can see the most common problem that immigrants face in this country, finding their identity. As an immigrant, I personally have experienced some of the challenges that the immigrants in these stories share. I have gone through the process of adjusting to living in a country where another language is spoken and has a different culture.

Within the frames of the new reality, those immigrants face myriad problems associated with finding their way to cope with the assumed expectations and identifying their relatively split identities. This leads to a multi-level conflict that results from the conception or definition of national identity according to the visionary of state versus the socio-cultural diversity reflected in real life.

Australia has always been centered around diversity and change, specifically with the vast multiculturalism and migrant culture throughout the nation. The specifics of Identity hold an important role in shaping our identity as students and as a nation. Australians pride themselves on being a land of the free and full of diverse culture. This is specifically referred to in our national Anthem; “For those who've come across the seas, We've boundless plains to share; With courage let us all combine,”(McCormick, 1984). Displaying Australia’s open attitude towards immigrants and contributes to the diversity present within our society today. Even before this, much of Australia’s Identity was associated with caucasian culture (Originating from British Settlers). Which is the dominant perception of Australia through the media with australian representation being present through the stereotypes of Bogans, which was made popular through shows like Kath and Kim (ABC, 2007). Also, represented through the popular depiction of Australian people - the bushman made popular by movies like Crocodile Dundee (Faiman, 1986) and through famous real life bushman; Steve Irwin. An important aspect of Australian identity which is consistently neglected is the culture and representation of the initial owners of the land; the aboriginal people. Throughout history the constant mistreatment and neglect of the indigenous, has lead to a massive gap in privilege between the aboriginal people and our

The challenges of identity in the English-speaking world are many. Depending on what country someone is raised in, the belief and culture will be different. There is a lot of migration caused by war and terror. The people who run from war are mostly from the Mid-East, and they usually end up in Western countries where there are completely different cultures. There is a lot of discussion around the topic of immigration. There are always questions as to what way a country should approach the immigrant situation, and if it is safe to have two completely different cultures living side by side. Many people, especially in Britain, means that all immigrants should assimilate as quickly as possible.

Australia is an ethnically and culturally diverse place enriched with Indigenous culture and history. Australia is a unique and multicultural community, dynamic and diverse in nature. This means that our schools and classrooms are also dynamic, complex and culturally diverse. Teachers in Australian classrooms need to create positive learning environments that engages, nurtures and addresses the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. It has been stated that ‘for students to be fully engaged and reach their educational potential they need to be behaviorally, emotionally and cognitively engaged’. Research has shown that there is a gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students’ educational engagement and achievement (Ockenden, L., 2014). In order to help close this gap in Indigenous disadvantage and increase Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student engagement and achievement, schools and teachers need to build positive, respectful relationships and reduce the use of punishment and suspension (Ockenden, L., 2014). This paper will focus upon how the specific needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander learners can be met and how positive, respectful relationships can be promoted within a secondary English classroom and beyond.

There is an argument that immigrants ought to conform to the locals’ social conventions when they have the intention of migrating to any exotic country at the present time. Although it appears reasonable, to the best of my knowledge, migrants should maintain their cultural identity in lieu of pursuing blindly the customs coming from foreign country.

Changing in demographics has a great impact in forming individuals’ life. Immigrants are people who came to settle down in a new country looking for better future. Individuals who immigrate from their original countries always face multiple challenges

Not only that, living in a new country and a new culture takes some time to get used to and requires adjustments to differences in climate, food, time, and social interaction. However, when individuals leave their own

In recent decades, population migration has become more common and prominent in many parts of the world. This means that two or more cultures have increasingly come in contact with each other and blended together, leading to what is known as the “melting pot”. This further leads to acculturation. Acculturation is the cultural and psychological changes caused by contact between two or more cultural groups and their individual members (Berry, 2005). Immigration is often a difficult process for individuals and families, even when voluntary. Often, the decision to leave one’s country of origin and move to another brings disconnection from familiar social institutions and cultural practices, separation from family members, and isolation from sources of support in one’s new homeland (Suárez-Orozco, Todorova, & Louie, 2002).

The intention is to show the difficulty for the people who classify under this identity and how this can be hard to even quantify because each individual group has their rules about who classifies as Aboriginal. The government has a different set of qualifications than the individual groups or tribes which adds to the confusion, especially, when an individual identifies as Aboriginal. Most individual groups or tribes have a certain blood quantity that must be fulfilled and usually a certain amount of traditional behaviour that must be retained. (Garroutte, 2016) These traditional behaviours could include ceremonies that are typically performed by an Aboriginal group. There is one reference, that would be an example of how these qualifications must be met in order to live on a reserve, that example is Longmire. Longmire is a show that depicts a Cheyenne community, in the United States, and shows the struggles that Aboriginals face. It may not be one hundred percent accurate, but it does give an example of how they changed the blood quantity and how many of the residents on the reserve had to leave because they no longer have the qualifications to be considered Aboriginal. Yes, this example is fictional, however, this sort of thing happens all the time in real life too. In the text that was previously mentioned, (Garroutte, 2016), the author discusses how that happens and how residents who have spent their entire lives on the reserve are suddenly forced to leave the only place

Before anything else, it is vital to understand that the individual and collective representations of belonging go beyond that of simple political adaption. Rather, should the migrants find themselves developing a need to represent their communities, then it is clear that their new environment pressures reexaminations and, perhaps, changes of personal identities. If