Personal Narrative: I Am The Emperor Of Australia

The Anzac legend is an important aspect of our identity as a New Zealander. We have every reason to be proud of this historical event. In saying this, many New Zealanders died for us (as New Zealanders) and for our country, in order to give us a chance for a good life and be able to make a success of it. This essay will examine reasons of the Anzac legend and how it has been incorporated into the New Zealand identity. One aspect that this legend evaluates its place in our national identity is our pride. Our pride is shown immensely through the Anzac services that are both commemorated here in New Zealand as well as Gallipoli. We as New Zealanders are so proud that even though we did not succeed in the battle of Gallipoli, we made an effort to fight as brothers in arms until the very end. We acknowledge this proud moment in our history as that is how people recognise and identify us as New Zealanders. Another aspect that made our identity incorporated with the Anzac legend was our Ingenuity that we as New Zealanders were and are still well known for. The other point that makes our identity unique with the Anzac legend was the bonding with our fellow comrades, such as the Australians (as the corps was known as the Australian New Zealand Army Corps). New Zealand has had a long and positive relations with our neighbour Australia, especially during the time of the Gallipoli war. The bonding with the Australians was very important during this battle as they had to rely on each

Australia is still a lucky country because it has the beautiful landscape. Australia has many beautiful environments such as the Great Barrier Reef, Uluru, the Blue Mountains and beautiful beaches. In Dorothea Mackellar’s poem (My Country), she expressed how much she loves the natural landscape. Te imagery of ‘the sapphire-misted mountains’ highlights Mackellar’s appreciation of the mountainous areas of Australia. The line ‘I love a sunburnt country’ highlights the diversity of the landscape in Australia. Therefore, Australia is still a lucky country because of the natural landscape, which is highlighted in Dorothea Mackellar’s poem.

The ANZAC Legend ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. The soldiers in those forces quickly became known as ANZACS, and the pride they soon took in that name endures to this day. The ANZAC legend began with the landing at Gallipoli on April 25 1915, signaling the start of the disastrous Dardanelles campaign on the Turk Peninsula. This campaign saw thousands of ANZAC fatalities before its conclusion in January 1916.

Australia: fun, friendly, easy going. Enjoys a cold one and chuckin a shrimp on the barbie. Sundays were made for trips to the beach and a good ol’ sausage sizzle with some mates. Yeah man! Australia supports diversity! Australia supports multiculturalism! Australia is wrongly perceived by the world.

So, why do we need diversity? As America grows, the differences in cultures among individuals become colossal. People are becoming closed-minded about others who are disparate from themselves,

What makes an Australian Christmas unique is that over there they have a sandy Christmas and have warm weather. What they do over there for fun is that they go surfing, make a sandman, which is kinda like a snowman, but it is made out of sand. They also go to the beach and play in the sand. On Christmas they eat goose or BBQ outside because it is warm outside. Their Christmas traditions are is that they decorate a gum tree we ornaments and other kinds of decorations. Moreover, hang stockings but not over the fireplace. They have Swag Man instead of Santa Claus who drives a four wheeler with his dingoes. Those are the things that make an Australian Christmas unique.

Australia is a unique country, and it has a long history of population growth due to

Did you know Australia use to be a big prison? Australia is the 6th largest continent. Australia is the only continent covered by a single country. In Australia there are more kangaroo’s than people. A person in Australia hasn’t died from a spider bite since 1987. The top ten deadliest snakes live in Australia. There are over 200 different languages which are spoken in Australia. This includes 45 languages, as well non-English languages like Greek, Italian, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Mandarin, and Arabic. A desert area known as the outback covers much of the land.

Australia has only been here for little over 200 years whereas other countries have a lot of history with solid identities. Australian art is an important factor that helps to create its identity because its artists are passionate about the unique aspects and symbols of Australia and they incorporate them into their works to really show what they think Australia is.

There are many diverse interpretations of the words “Australian Identity”. The national anthem, as evidenced in Stand Up, is a primarily white interpretation of Australia and the Australian identity, with many of the lines ignoring the Indigenous people of Australia (Perkins et al, 2012). Another form of the “Australian Identity” was one presented by Prime Minister Paul Keating in his Redfern Address in 1992. He proclaimed that “Australia is a first-rate social democracy…truly the land of the fair go and the better chance”. This idea presented represents an egalitarian society, where every single human has an equal opportunity at life. Yet another, shown in the songs Paul Kelly sang, but especially in “this land is mine” is the difference between the identity of Indigenous Australians and non-Indigenous Australians (Kelly et al, 2001). Each of these texts addressed a major issue. Stand Up compared the relative value of tradition and the right to freedom of expression. Keating’s speech expressed the need for justice and recognition of both the stolen generation and the injustices done to the Indigenous people as a whole. Kelly’s songs represent the importance of the land to Indigenous people and why the “returning of the land” is so important. Although they each mentioned a major issue, the texts all gave solutions to these issues, from reiterating the importance of the basic human right of freedom of speech in Stand Up, to explaining the role and qualities of the Aboriginal

Many historians disagree on which historical event was key in shaping the Australian identity. Two common answers are Federation, and the fall-out of World War One. Both events have had significant impact on the evolving identity of the Australian people. World War I was a military conflict that lasted for the four years between July 1914 and November 1918. World War One was a force of change due to the nature of Australia's involvement at home and in politics. Prime Minister Billy Hughes came to power just six months after the start of the war. This meant that as a politician, he held a significant sway with the Australian public. Both Hughes and the media influences at the time are key aspects of the Australian identity during the war, and

Media sources in current culture are construed as important as they communicate the dominant ideology promoted by the bourgeois which the lower-class public should adhere to as the correct social norm (Kress, 1988). The medium which these ideologies are shown in are important, as different medium are used by different cultures. This essay will focus on comparing print with online media through analysing the Guardian and the Australian from August 31st. This will be done by looking at the types of news shown in each, the constraints and advantages of each medium, advertising, the concept of ownership, and the way the media convinces the public of their ideologies through hegemony.

Multicultural Book Report Conspiracy 365 is a book series by the Australian author/writer Gabrielle Lord. It focuses on a boy named Callum Ormond or “Cal” for short who is getting attacked by people (they are basically ruining his life by killing his family members and trying to kill him) and he doesn’t know why he is also framed for killing his mom, when in fact he did not, so not only are there very bad people attacking him but now he is on the run from the police. He is also getting help secretly by his friend, Boges. Boges helps him by giving him money, food, and helps him by hacking certain things.

The process of expansion is an important part of any empire and with it comes many byproducts. One such byproduct is. how to govern over the diverse people, who have just been conquered? Two such Empires that had to deal with such a question were the Ottoman and Spanish Empires. The Ottoman Empire, replaced the Byzantine Empire as the major power in the middle east. As in expanded it had to deal with the diverse populations from europe, to asia, to northern africa. The Spanish Empire, rooted in the marriage between Ferdinand and Isabella, first conquered most of the iberian peninsula before expanding to the new world, where it had to deal with people, who came from a very different culture.The Ottoman Empire was able to function more successfully when dealing with many different populations due to their inherent way of supervising conquered governments instead of assimilating them and therefore causing less unrest

Australia had always acknowledge Britain as the “mother country”. When Britain declared war on Germany for invading Poland, Australia was announced to be at war by the former Prime Minister, Gordon Menzies. “Fellow Australians, it is my melancholy duty to inform you officially that, in consequence of the persistence of Germany in her invasion of Poland, Great Britain has declared war upon her, and that, as a result, Australia is also at war.”