DOCSLIB.ORG

EPISODE 8 New Frontiers

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
EPISODE 8 New Frontiers EPISODE 8 New Frontiers © ATOM 2015 A STUDY GUIDE BY ROBERT LEWIS http://www.metromagazine.com.au ISBN: 978-1-74295-559-9 http://www.theeducationshop.com.au OVERVIEW Australia: The Story Of Us (2015, 8 x 45 minute episodes) is an extraordinary narrative about the people, places and events that have shaped the continent from the first inhabitants to the present day. This groundbreaking drama-documentary series weaves together stories of the nation’s origins and offers fresh insights into how Australians came to create the homeland we inhabit today. Alongside astounding CGI and cinematic sequences, the series features interviews with important thinkers, notable celebrities and national figures who take us inside the stories Episode 8: CONTENT OF that have influenced Australian history. New frontiers THE SERIES The island continent is about to The series of eight episodes covers launch itself on the world stage these stories and curriculum em- CURRICULUM as never before. Elaine Moir’s phases (see pages 3-4). RELEVANCE courage saves hundreds of Vietnamese babies. Australia’s Australia: The Story Of Us is a suitable bionic ear gives hope to millions. resource for use with Ben Lexcen’s genius is essential to the defeat of a superpower • Australian History at Years and the winning of the America’s 5 and 9 Cup. Paul Hogan takes a quin- • English at Years 5 and 9 tessentially Australian story and • Film Studies Year 9 enthralls the world. And for a minute unlike any before in its The series can be viewed as a whole, history, Australians stand as one or as individual episodes, or even indi- to barrack for Cathy Freeman. We 2015 © ATOM SCREEN EDUCATION vidual segments within episodes. consider how far we have come - and how much further there is In the classroom it can be used as a to go. series of creative starting points for students to begin their exploration of aspects of Australian history and the people who made it. 2 EP/ YEAR, CURRICULUM THEME SEGMENT EVENT STARTING POINT EP 1 Worlds Collide 1.1 The Death Fleet Foundation of Australia Convict Australia 1.2 Megafauna: Prehistoric Australia Ancient Australia. Aboriginal Australia 1.3 Sealing Early economic development of the colonies 1.4 Pemulwuy and the Frontier Wars Aboriginal resistance. Frontier wars 1.5 Rum Rebellion Early economic and social development of the colonies EP 2 Break Out 2.1 The Great Escape Convict Australia 2.2 John Foley — The Convict who Saves the City of Convict Australia Churches 2.3 Caroline Chisholm — Mother of the Nation Nineteenth century immigration 2.4 Gold Fever Gold 2.5 Eureka Stockade Gold EP 3 Fair Go 3.1 Gold Robbery Bushrangers 3.2 Inventing AFL Sport. Aboriginal culture 3.2 The Overland Telegraph Explorers. Communication. Technology 3.4 Nellie Melba Famous Australians. Heroes 3.5 Fight for a Fair Go Wool. Unionism EP 4 New Nation at War 4.1 Gallipoli Submarine The AE2 at Gallipoli 4.2 Billy Sing’s Deadly Gift Gallipoli SCREEN EDUCATION © ATOM 2015 © ATOM SCREEN EDUCATION 4.3 The Gallipoli Letter Gallipoli 4.4 WW1 Nurses Western Front 4.5 Villers-Bretonneux Western Front. Heroes 3 EP/ YEAR, CURRICULUM THEME SEGMENT EVENT STARTING POINT EP 5 Hard Roads to Glory 5.1 Charles Kingsford Smith 1920s and 1930s. Technology and communications 5.2 Sydney Harbour Bridge 1920s and 1930s. Technology and communication 5.3 Phar Lap 1930s Depression. Heroes 5.4 Ruby Radar World War 2 5.5 Kokoda World War 2 EP 6 Nation Building 6.1 Holden Post-war industrial development 6.2 Lang Hancock Post-war economic development 6.3 Sydney Opera House Technology. National identity 6.4 Snowy Mountains Scheme Post-war migration. Post-war economic development 6.5 Melbourne Olympics and Television Technology and communications. National identity EP 7 Revolution 7.1 Rock ‘n’ Roll Riot Popular culture 7.2 Beach Wars Surf culture 7.3 The Rise of the Larrikin Popular culture 7.4 Evonne Goolagong Aboriginal achievements. Heroes 7.5 Cyclone Tracy Environment EP 8 New Frontiers 8.1 Operation Babylift Vietnam War 8.2 America’s Cup Sport 8.3 Exporting Australia Popular culture 2015 © ATOM SCREEN EDUCATION 8.4 Bionic Ear Technology and innovation 8.5 Sydney Olympics National identity 4 Understanding the story 2 Who is Elaine Moir? 3 What situation was she in during early April 1975? 4 What was Operation Babylift? 5 Why did mothers consider handing over their babies? Before you EXPLORING 6 Why Elaine want to take the babies IDEAS AND watch the story away? ISSUES IN 1 Imagine that you are in great danger. 7 Why was this dangerous? You have your baby brother or sister THE EPISODE with you. You are responsible for that 8 How many babies reached Australia person. If you keep the baby, you both as a result of Operation Babylift? SEGMENT 1 may suffer. If you let the baby be taken by a rescuer, the baby will survive, but 9 What happened to them in be separated from your family forever. Australia? » OPERATION BABYLIFT List the advantages and disadvan- tages of both choices. April 5, 1975. A Royal Australian Air Force plane is attempting to flee Saigon. Its crew and volunteers are part of the most ambitious rescue opera- tion in modern history - to evacuate thousands of babies from the Vietnam War. Melbourne secretary Elaine Moir loads sick and dying babies into the Hercules. There’s little time to spare, or mourn for her friend, who has just died in a crash of an American evacuation 2015 © ATOM SCREEN EDUCATION plane that took off before them. Elaine will help saving hundreds and children. Ironically, the Vietnam War marks the start of new, close relationships between Australia and its Asian neigh- bours, and one of the biggest turning points in Australia’s immigration story. 5 Putting the story in time and place 10 Mark on the map where this took place. See Timeline 1 and map this page. 11 If the first block of time below represents 60,000 years, and then each other block of time represents 25 years starting at 1700 and continuing until today, in which block of time did this story take place? Write the main date or dates for this event in that block. Reflecting on the story 12 List at least three things that you have learned from this story about Australian history. 13 What do you might have happened in the babies had not been taken from Vietnam? Analysing the story 14 There are several people who make comments about this event. Summarise what these people say are the significant aspects of the story and what these can tell us about the event. See Table on page 7. 15 What is the main message or meaning in this segment about what happened in Australian History? 16 The series is called Australia. The Story of Us. Does this story have any relevance to who we are today? Explain your views. Applying or Testing the story 17 Operation Babylift has been criti- cised by some people. Look at the ac- 2015 © ATOM SCREEN EDUCATION count of the controversy (page 8) and TIMELINE 1 list the main arguments raised against the Operation. 18 Do you think Operation Babylift was justified? Explain your reasons. 6 Roger Climpson Denise Scott Ben Roberts- Smith Penny Wong Chris Bath SCREEN EDUCATION © ATOM 2015 © ATOM SCREEN EDUCATION 7 HEADINGA U.S government plan to transport Vietnamese orphans Vietnamese children and 14 caretakers. The plane stopped out of their war-torn country began in disaster. The very in the Philippines to get the sickest children to a hospital, first flight to leave Saigon, on April 4, 1975, crashed several and after more than a week in a refugee camp, the rest minutes after takeoff, killing 138 people, most of whom of the children continued their journey in a seated cargo were Vietnamese children. Some criticized the govern- plane. The babies were placed in small cardboard boxes ment for assuming that the children would be better off in lined with blankets. The two hundred children landed in America. But perhaps most disturbing was that many of the Seattle at the end of a long and strange journey. children were not orphans at all. Tran Tuong Nhu, one of a small number of Vietnamese During the final days of the Vietnam War, the U.S. gov- Americans living in the Bay Area at the time, volunteered to ernment began boarding Vietnamese children onto mili- assist with Babylift arrivals in San Francisco’s Presidio. She tary transport planes bound for adoption by American, and the other volunteers were surprised to hear children Canadian, European and Australian families. Over the next talking about their living family members. Many of the chil- several weeks, Operation Babylift brought more than 3300 dren did not appear to be orphans at all. children out of Vietnam. Nhu, Miller, and others approached the federal government As the Communists advanced into South Vietnam, rumors and adoption agencies with their concerns about the situa- about what they would do were rampant. Many South tion. They received no response and commenced a lawsuit. Vietnamese were desperate to escape. Children fathered by American soldiers were rumored to be in particular dan- In Vietnam, poor families would sometimes place children in ger. Heidi Bub’s birth mother, Mai Thi Kim, feared that her orphanages if they could not feed them. But in such cases, daughter would “be soaked with gasoline and be burnt.” parents did not intend to give them up, and would often For a mother desperate to protect her mixed race child in visit their children.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Not the West Page 1 of 10
    Not The West Page 1 of 10 BlogThis! Not The West Perth, Western Australia; a one newspaper town. Tuesday, January 25, 2005 She's successful, she has a great career, she reads Not The West Evelyn is a physiotherapist in a sports injury centre and reads Not The West every day. "I have just come back from working in London for three years and I can remember what Not The West was like when I left. Boy, what a non-event. It looks more like an international newspaper now, though without any international content. Reminds me of The Guardian. They are both printed on paper. I suppose Not The West is intellectually a bit more upmarket than it used to be (page three is particularly challenging and I just love the Today section) but it is easy to read (not too many big words) and relaxing (doesn't make you think). I've noticed a more positive news presentation, (take the editorials for example) the reporting is more authoritative (they NEVER seem to admit they don't know; I just LOVE authority) and there is not as much 'fence sitting' these days. It used to be so conservative! I have never thought of Not The West like this before but I don't know, this strange feeling has come over me. It's 30 minutes of the day I always look forward to, in fact it's become the most important 30 minutes of my day. Who needs exercise? By the way, you should see their fantastic web site!" It's Your World, Your State, Your Newspaper.
    [Show full text]
  • An Australian Mirage
    An Australian Mirage Author Hoyte, Catherine Published 2004 Thesis Type Thesis (PhD Doctorate) School School of Arts, Media and Culture DOI https://doi.org/10.25904/1912/1870 Copyright Statement The author owns the copyright in this thesis, unless stated otherwise. Downloaded from http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367545 Griffith Research Online https://research-repository.griffith.edu.au AN AUSTRALIAN MIRAGE by Catherine Ann Hoyte BA(Hons.) This thesis is submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Griffith University Faculty of Arts School of Arts, Media and Culture August 2003 Statement of Authorship This work has never been previously submitted for a degree or diploma in any university. To the best of my knowledge and belief, this dissertation contains no material previously published or written by another person except where due reference is made in the dissertation itself. Abstract This thesis contains a detailed academic analysis of the complete rise and fall of Christopher Skase and his Qintex group mirage. It uses David Harvey’s ‘Condition of Postmodernity’ to locate the collapse within the Australian political economic context of the period (1974-1989). It does so in order to answer questions about why and how the mirage developed, why and how it failed, and why Skase became the scapegoat for the Australian corporate excesses of the 1980s. I take a multi-disciplinary approach and consider corporate collapse, corporate regulation and the role of accounting, and corporate deviance. Acknowledgments I am very grateful to my principal supervisor, Dr Anthony B. van Fossen, for his inspiration, advice, direction, guidance, and unfailing encouragement throughout the course of this study; and for suggesting Qintex as a case study.
    [Show full text]
  • January 9, 2022 East Carolina University
    Australia: Sport & Social Change December 27 - January 9, 2022 East Carolina University Program Proudly Provided by Sports Travel Academy www.facebook.com/SportsTravelAcademy www.twitter.com/SportRavAcademy Contents Introduction 3 ECU Faculty Leaders 6 Program Director 8 Program Details & Costs 9 Program Package Includes 10 Sample Daily Itinerary 11 Who is the Sports Travel Academy? 28 Students from UNC Chapel Hill & University of California programs get up close and personal with Roos and Koala’s at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary 2 Introduction This program includes an excellent mix of Australian Sport, History & Culture. Students will learn from university professors from three different schools and benefit from a number of industry professionals at the academic various sites that we visit. Australian Sport: To say that sport is a way of life in Australia is an enormous understatement! Such is the Australian population's devotion towards sport that it is sometimes humorously described as "Australia's national religion". The Aussie’s truly enjoy a very rich sporting history & culture. Australian athletes have excelled in a range of sports globally, and their government supported system has a lot to do with this success. The Australian government spends the most money in the world per capita on elite athlete development and fittingly the Aussie’s have led the three of the last four Summer Olympic Games in medals per capita. The Australian population also enjoys fabulous recreational facilities & programs for the non-elite as a part of the
    [Show full text]
  • 1. Gina Rinehart 2. Anthony Pratt & Family • 3. Harry Triguboff
    1. Gina Rinehart $14.02billion from Resources Chairman – Hancock Prospecting Residence: Perth Wealth last year: $20.01b Rank last year: 1 A plunging iron ore price has made a big dent in Gina Rinehart’s wealth. But so vast are her mining assets that Rinehart, chairman of Hancock Prospecting, maintains her position as Australia’s richest person in 2015. Work is continuing on her $10billion Roy Hill project in Western Australia, although it has been hit by doubts over its short-term viability given falling commodity prices and safety issues. Rinehart is pressing ahead and expects the first shipment late in 2015. Most of her wealth comes from huge royalty cheques from Rio Tinto, which mines vast swaths of tenements pegged by Rinehart’s late father, Lang Hancock, in the 1950s and 1960s. Rinehart's wealth has been subject to a long running family dispute with a court ruling in May that eldest daughter Bianca should become head of the $5b family trust. 2. Anthony Pratt & Family $10.76billion from manufacturing and investment Executive Chairman – Visy Residence: Melbourne Wealth last year: $7.6billion Rank last year: 2 Anthony Pratt’s bet on a recovering United States economy is paying off. The value of his US-based Pratt Industries has surged this year thanks to an improving manufacturing sector and a lower Australian dollar. Pratt is also executive chairman of box maker and recycling business Visy, based in Melbourne. Visy is Australia’s largest private company by revenue and the biggest Australian-owned employer in the US. Pratt inherited the Visy leadership from his late father Richard in 2009, though the firm’s ownership is shared with sisters Heloise Waislitz and Fiona Geminder.
    [Show full text]
  • Boree Creek's Wool Artist the Story of Doris Golder
    Boree Creek’s Wool Artist The Story of Doris Golder K-6 Students Boree Creek Public School Creative Catchment Kids Creative Catchment Kids is an initiative of Wirraminna Environmental Education Centre. It aims to improve engagement between our funding partners and school students by providing opportunities for positive and authentic ventures that encourage students to develop creative solutions to agriculture and natural resource management issues. www.wirraminna.org/creative-catchment-kids/ Wirraminna Environmental Education Centre The Wirraminna Environmental Education Centre is located in Burrumbuttock, north of Albury in southern NSW. Since 1995, the centre, which is adjacent to Burrumbuttock Public School, has provided opportunities for discovery and learning about the natural environment, the ecology of the local woodlands and the beauty of native plants. www.wirraminna.org Enviro-Stories Enviro-Stories is an innovative literacy education program that inspires learning about natural resource and catchment management issues. Developed by PeeKdesigns, this program provides students with an opportunity to publish their own stories that have been written for other kids to support learning about their local area. www.envirostories.com.au Boree Creek’s Wool Artist The Story of Doris Golder Authors: Clare Ratcliffe, Luke Westblade, Hannah Patey, Martin Steele, Jock Ratcliffe, Michael Barker-Smith, Lachlan Routley Teacher: Elissa Routley School: : Boree Creek Public School Local Land Heroes - Securing Our Region In 2015, students involved in the Creative Catchment Kids program researched and wrote stories about their ‘Local Land Heroes’ who are involved in pest management in the Murray and Murrumbidgee regions. These heroes are local individuals, couples, a business or industries that have made a difference in their local community by contributing to the management of pest animals and plants.
    [Show full text]
  • A Bloomin' Good Idea!
    Uniview Vol. 35 No. 2, Spring 2015 A bloomin’ good idea! “ The Delano Scholarship has helped me flourish in my music studies.” JULIA NICHOLLS Be part of our future For generations, UWA’s musical stars have created magical moments here on campus and across the globe. Bequests from people like the late Vic Delano, a professional musician, have provided young musicians like Julia, Christopher and William with the mentorship of some of the world’s finest performers and relieved the financial burden associated with studying music at university. Through Vic’s generosity, we can share special times with rising stars like Julia and her fellow musicians for many years to come. If you would like to help our talented musicians create magical moments for future generations, consider a gift in your will today. To find out more, contact: Liz Terracini, Development Manager, Bequests on +61 8 6488 8537 or [email protected] CRICOS Provider Code 00126G UNIPRINT 127326 CRICOS Provider VOL.35 NO. 2, SPRING 2015 ALUMNI MAGAZINE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA CONTENTS In Focus: campus news and views 2 From the Vice-Chancellery 8 Vocal studies hit the high notes 9 The Forrest Scholars – unlocking the doors of knowledge 12 Graduate profile: AMA WA President Dr Michael Gannon 14 Launching UWA IQ 17 What makes a good idea grow? 18 Searching for the ‘gold standard’ of healing 22 From idea to “serious innovation” 24 The CEED career launch pad 26 Rammed Earth 28 “Making things happen” for PIAF 30 Archaeology in a war zone 32 “ The Delano Scholarship Foreign Minister Julie Bishop hopes New Colombo Volunteers central to UWA’s success 34 Plan students gain insights and understanding of has helped me flourish Grad News 36 the region during study and internships.
    [Show full text]
  • Australia-Extra-Exercises-Answer-Key
    Upper Level Exercises Answer Key Australia Jennifer Gascoigne Welcome to Australia cities, history, indigenous people, weather Climate, Landscape and People 1 lowest 7 smaller 13 slightly 2 cities 8 Great Barrier Reef 14 volcanoes 3 droughts 9 space 15 a thousand 4 culture 10 bad 16 smaller 5 Great Dividing Range 11 all over the world 6 every eight years 12 lower The First People and Aboriginal Culture 1 i, 2 b, 3 h, 4 f, 5 c, 6 a, 7 g, 8 e, 9 d Making Modern Australia a 3, b 10, c 9, d 6, e 5, f 1, g 2, h 7, i 8, j 4 Nature and the Environment 1 red kangaroo 2 koala 3 wombat 4 platypus 5 lyrebird Food Culture, The Arts and Sport 1 F, 2 T, 3 T, 4 F, 5 T, 6 T, 7 F, 8 T, 9 T, 10 F Big Things and Talented Australians 1 in the 1960s 5 Ned Kelly 9 Don Bradman 2 Big Banana 6 Laurence and William Bragg 10 Steve Irwin 3 seafood 7 Nicole Kidman 4 sheep 8 AC/DC Macmillan Readers Australia 1 This page has been downloaded from www.macmillanenglish.com. It is photocopiable, but all copies must be complete pages. © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2015. Upper Level Exercises Answer Key Vocabulary: History and geography 1 isolated 5 tropical 9 convicts 2 species 6 sacred 10 harbour 3 indigenous 7 immigrants 4 colony 8 earthquakes Vocabulary: Animals 1 d, 2 g, 3 a, 4 h, 5 b, 6 e, 7 c, 8 f Vocabulary: Famous people 1 William Dampier 4 Kevin Rudd 7 Cathy Freeman 2 Captain Cook 5 Jorn Utzon 8 Thomas Wills 3 Captain Phillip 6 Steve Irwin 9 Paul Hogan Vocabulary: Word building Complete the table with the correct form of the words.
    [Show full text]
  • The Private Lives of Australian Cricket Stars: a Study of Newspaper Coverage 1945- 2010
    Bond University DOCTORAL THESIS The Private Lives of Australian Cricket Stars: a Study of Newspaper Coverage 1945- 2010 Patching, Roger Award date: 2014 Link to publication General rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. • Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research. • You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain • You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal. Bond University DOCTORAL THESIS The Private Lives of Australian Cricket Stars: a Study of Newspaper Coverage 1945- 2010 Patching, Roger Award date: 2014 Awarding institution: Bond University Link to publication General rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. • Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research. • You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain • You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal. Take down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim.
    [Show full text]
  • Fourteen Studies in Qorporate Crime Or Corporate Harm. STAINS on a WHITE COLLAR Mmmmik Ikim
    Chris Masters Fourteen studies in qorporate crime or corporate harm. STAINS ON A WHITE COLLAR mmmmik IKiM [Fmj^iBBou UiB^BB^ to Edited by Peter Grabosky and Adam Sutton Foreword by Chris Masters THE FEDERATION PRESS Published in Sydney by The Federation Press 101A Johnston Street Annandale. NSW. 2038 In association with Bow Press Pty Ltd 208 Victoria Road Drummoyne. NSW. 2047 National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Stains on a white collar: fourteen studies in corporate crime or corporate harm. Bibliography. ISBN 1 86287 009 8. 1. Commercial crimes — Australia — Case studies. 2. Corporations — Australia — Corrupt practices — Case studies. 3. White collar crimes — Australia — Case studies. I. Grabosky, Peter N. (Peter Nils), 1945- . II. Sutton, Adam Crosbie. 364.1'68'0994 Copyright ® this collection The Australian Institute of Criminology This publication is copyright. Other than for the purposes of and subject to the conditions prescribed under the Copyright Act, no part of it may in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, microcopying, photocopying, recording or otherwise) be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted without prior written permission. Enquiries should be addressed to the publishers. Cover designed by Hand Graphics Text designed by Steven Dunbar Typeset in 10 pt Century Old Style by Midland Typesetters, Maryborough Printed in Australia by Griffin Press Production by Vantage Graphics, Sydney CONTENTS FOREWORD ix CHRIS MASTERS INTRODUCTION xi 1 THE BOTTOM OF THE HARBOUR TAX EVASION
    [Show full text]
  • COL (Ret) Buddy G
    MG Bill Rapp, RES ’04 50th Commandant E F G O E U L N L D O A C T R I A O N W Y I M N R C A . Fall 2014 New International Fellows Hall of Fame Inductees 13 Commandant’s 10 News & Events Update 12 USAHEC Update 14 IF Hall of Fame 13 New Life Members Inductees 15 2014 Donor Honor 15 Dean’s Message Roll 16 Fellows Update 23 Taps 17 CSLD Update 24 Tribute Donations 18 Books By Grads & 26 Mailbag Faculty E F G O E U L N L D O A C T R I A O N W Y I M N R C A Message from the President . Greetings to all USAWC graduates and President friends of the Foundation, LTG (Ret) Thomas G. Rhame Welcome to the 50th Commandant of the U.S. Vice President Army War College, MG Bill Rapp, RES ’04. Mr. Frank C. Sullivan We are very impressed with his readiness to take on the great privilege Trustees of leading this exceptional institution. Our Foundation Board of LTG (Ret) Richard F. Timmons (President Emeritus) Trustees is proud to partner with him to help make senior leader MG (Ret) William F. Burns (President Emeritus) education as effective as it can be for the challenges ahead, not only Mrs. Charlotte H. Watts (Trustee Emerita) for our Nation’s security, but that of our Allies, as well. Dr. Elihu Rose (Trustee Emeritus) Mr. Russell T. Bundy (Foundation Advisor) MG Wm. E. Rapp, RES ’04 COL (Ret) Buddy G.
    [Show full text]
  • Exporting Truth from Aboriginal Australia
    TOBY MIu.ER EXPORTING TRUTH FROM ABORIGINAL AUSTRAUA IPORTIONS OF OUR PAST BECOME PRESENT AGAIN, WHERE ONLY THE MELANCHOLY LIGHT OF ORIGIN SHINES' J don't think there can be any doubt that unnecessarily. Of course, we could look for Aborigines have been the most important the global trace of contemporary Australia Australian exporters of social theory and by a form of desperate content analysis. cultural production to the northern Adding up references to it in the Manhanan hemisphere over the past century. How fiction of Jay Mcinerney, for example: eight could one come to such a conclusion? in Bright Lights, Big City (986) if you count When Jock Given approached me to write the 1984 New York Post, none if you don't; this paper, he referred to a recent essay of four in Ransom (] 987); ten in Story ofMy Life mine. It began like this: 'When Australia (989) if you count each mention of Nell's, became modem, it ceased to be interesting'. three if you don't; and none in Brightness I ran the argument there that Aboriginal Falls (992). Or we could turn to the 1995 Australia had provided Europe with a 'Down Under' episode of The Stmpsons, in 'photographic negative' of itself. The which a State Department representative essence of the north, s~creted by the briefs the family on bilateral relations: 'As blllowtng engines and disputatious I'm sure you remember, in the late 1980s the parliaments of the modern, could be US experienced a short-lived infatuation secreted by examining 'the prediarnarue with Australian culture (this is accompanied realities of the Antipodean primordial' by a cartoon-slide of Paul Hogan as (Miller T 1994.
    [Show full text]
  • 5 December 2008 Volume: 18 Issue: 24 Secret Life of a Bullied Writer Andrew Hamilton
    5 December 2008 Volume: 18 Issue: 24 Secret life of a bullied writer Andrew Hamilton .........................................1 Australia shamed as climate reaches turning point Tony Kevin .............................................4 Thai airport protesters’ victory short-lived Nicholas Farrelly and Andrew Walker ...........................7 Good Aussie films a thing of the past Ruby Hamad ............................................9 Workers’ solution for fallen childcare empire Cameron Durnsford ...................................... 11 The sinking of WA Inc. Mark Skulley ........................................... 13 The nun and the burqa Bronwyn Lay ........................................... 16 Big rat poems Christopher Kelen ....................................... 19 Neoliberal termites unbalance Fair Work Bill Tim Battin ............................................. 23 Fashion fix won’t mend failed states Michael Mullins ......................................... 25 Poor man’s pioneer Andrew Hamilton ........................................ 27 Chipping away at Australia’s frozen heart Cassandra Golds ........................................ 30 Truth the first casualty of war film Tim Kroenert ........................................... 32 Imagination spent on global financial solutions Colin Long ............................................. 34 Theological colleges on shaky ground Neil Ormerod ........................................... 37 Train story Gillian Bouras .......................................... 39 Cheap retail at
    [Show full text]