Oodgeroo Noonuccal

Oodgeroo Noonuccal – an Australian aboriginal poet and fighter of Aboriginal rights In my essay I will present an Australian poet from the 20th century who after having discovered her aboriginal roots had even changed her name and became an activist for the Aboriginal rights. Oodgeroo Noonuccal was born as Kathleen Jean Mary Ruska on 3 November 1920 on North Stradbroke Island in South-East Queensland. Kath was a descendant of the Noonuccal people of Minjerribah. Her totem was Kabool the carpet snake

Oodgeroo Noonuccal in her poem We are Going illustrates the meaningful message that the aborigines’ were dispossessed and unhappy after the arrival of the whites. Her diplomatic selection of subject matter, structural and language devices delivers the message of the rapid changes that are made in the aborigines’ lives by the white people. The poet puts forward an emotional view of the aborigines who returns home into their sacred ground which has been vandalised Her purpose is to emphasize on the

The poet Oodgeroo Noonuccal, draws the realistic image of the confronting realities of alienation and displacement of Indigenous Australians. It is because of such experiences that has empowered Noonuccal to express and advocate learning from experiences by positioning the audience to view the horrors that occurred, creating a platform for her poetry. Through the emphasis of identity, it allows the audience to deeply connect with the past, determining and illustrating a profound link between the

Municipal Gum by Oodgeroo Noonuccal is a poem that interacts with readers emotions and creates a sense of empathy for the audience. The poem directly addresses the gum tree and associates its existing location in the city to its regular surroundings in the bush/forest. She uses emotive language and sight, sound and touch imagery to make the readers identify with the trees situation, which also relates to the situation of the Indigenous people. This poem represents how Oodgeroo Noonuccal feels about the

in these poems that we the responders learn from their experiences. Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s Poems “Son of Mine” and “Then and Now” clearly show personal, historical and cultural context about Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s life. This essay shows how Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s poems show her personal, historical and cultural context. Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s poem, “Son of Mine” and “then and now” show elements of her personal context. Oodgeroo Noonuccal shows element of her personal context throughout her poems “Son of

Hope’ by Oodgeroo Noonuccal, inspires you and gives you hope, to go do something useful to you, me or the world. Oodgeroo Noonuccal is a woman you’d look up to. She used her pen to give voice to the ingenious struggle for rights and justice and won herself 7 literary awards along the way. She made the mood of this poem inspirational with a inspirational mood with a confident, feminine tone and steadfast rhythm, to get the audience hopeful and inspired, to fight for justice. Oodgeroo Noonuccal has set

Oodgeroo Noonuccal (51) expresses through her poem Son of Mine the themes of racism against the Aboriginal community and hope of harmony between the western and indigenous racial groups. The poem achieves the expression of racism and harmony through the use of rhythm, rhyme, genre and figurative language such as visual imagery and simile. The imagery of racism is created from the very first stanza as the poet states “...your troubled eyes search mine, puzzled and hurt by colour line. Your black

16th March 2011 Mrs Oodgeroo Noonuccal Australia poet centre 344 Western Lane Sydney 2212 Dear Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Oodgeroo

are going” An important theme explored in Oodgeroo Nooonuccals powerful poem “We are going “is the importance of culture and identity to aboriginal people. In the poem Oodgeroo looks at the impact that while white man have had on their traditional ways of life which has less of loss of identity and connection to the land. Oodgeroo Noonucal effectively communicates this theme through a number of techniques such as repition, simile and alliteration. Oodgeroo explores the loss of aboriginal people by

particular poems by Oodgeroo Noonuccal, All one race and Let us not be bitter, both of which convey contrasting meanings and expressions exhibiting that Indigenous people claim a powerful voice, specifically through the use of poetry techniques. The idea of a powerful voice is reinforced through Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s poem, All one race. The title of the poem, All one race, leads us to the impression that Oodgeroo Noonuccal, believes in one type of human race and every human is