Australia Literature and Language

We can only assume she broke it off with you; otherwise, you wouldn't be perplexed by her wishing to keep in touch. Assuming it was her idea to break up, it could be that she doesn't want to burn her bridges. Perhaps she had feelings for you but wanted to date other people and felt you were getting too attached, so she broke it off before things got too difficult for you (and her) to manage. Now, she's in another relationship and says it's going well (for now, that is), but who knows how long THAT will last? You could be her safety net. Some people have trouble making clean breaks. Maybe she still cares about you and wants to be friends.

Henry Lawson was a famous Australian poet and writer. He was one of Australia's best-known fiction writers of the colonial period. Most of his works dwelt on the Australian bush, accurately depicting the difficult conditions of life on dry, dusty outback stations and in bush towns.

Its Banjo Paterson.But if you need to remember, well because Banjo is like something to do with music so you know now its got something to do with a song like Waltzing Matilda.

Australian writer and poet Banjo Paterson was a war correspondent for the Boer War, sailing for South Africa in October 1899 and remaining there until he sailed for China in 1901.

The swagman is not allocated a name. There is, however, a standing joke that his name was "Andy", due to the line: "And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled..."

The cast of The Man from Snowy River II - 1988 includes: Wayne Anderson as Crack Rider Tony Barry as Jacko Geoff Beamish as Frank Peter Browne as Reilly Tom Burlinson as Jim Craig Rusty Connley as Crack Rider Ken Connley as Crack Rider Peter Cummins as Jake Brian Dennehy as Harrison Nicholas Eadie as Alistair Patton Graig Edwards as Crack Rider Basil Egan as Crack Rider Gerald Egan as Jamie McKay Noel Elliott as Crack Rider Dick Forrest as Crack Rider Kylie Foster Cornelia Frances as Mrs. Darcy Graeme Fry as Crack Rider Kelton Garwood as Crack Rider Robert Gough as Crack Rider Steve Harrison as Crack Rider Mark Hembrow as Seb Kevin Higgins as Crack Rider Clive Hodges as Crack Rider Alan Hopgood as Simmons Tony Larkins as Crack Rider Tony Lovick as Crack Rider Bryan Marshall as Hawker Rhys McConnochie as Patton Snr. Curly McCormack as Crack Rider Bruce McCormack as Crack Rider Gary Neil as Crack Rider Keith Nicholson as Crack Rider Lloyd Parkes as Crack Rider Mark Pennell as Collins Wayne Pinder as Crack Rider Paul Purcell as Crack Rider Greg Purcell as Crack Rider Rob Purcell as Crack Rider Johnny Raaen as Lout in Bar Cae Rees as Barmaid Wyn Roberts as Priest Max Scanlon as Crack Rider Barry Stephen as Crack Rider Graeme Stoney as Crack Rider Kevin Stower as Crack Rider Sigrid Thornton as Jessica Peter Tulloch as Bystander Outside Church Dennis Vickery as Crack Rider Julien Welsh as Crack Rider

Yes, but she's not comfortable with English. All Japanese students learn English in school, and Yumi would have learned some there. But most students don't become nearly fluent with school English. In any case, Yumi dropped out of high school without finishing, so that wouldn't have helped. In 2003, or so, she spent time in L.A. attending English language classes while Ami was pregnant. She wrote a diary in English which once was available online (but apparently no longer) - it wasn't bad - it certainly established that she was able to communicate in English. Still, she makes it clear in interviews that she is not comfortable with English. Like most people who study a second language, she understands more than she speaks. My experience in Japan suggests that Japanese generally are hesitant to use the English they know. Yumi is that way. She knows, but doesn't want to risk speaking incorrectly. There is also evidence that Yumi is something of a Japanese purist, ready to correct others' use of the her language. That would also explain why she is reluctant to use a language she isn't fluent in. In any event, Yumi is Japanese and she is not interested in being anything but - she's really something of a homebody. If the world would speak with her, let it speak Japanese. I can respect that. (Full disclosure: I am a huge Yumi fan.)

Was 1994 Australian of the year and features in shows such as The flying Doctors,Heartbreak high and the hills

The language is what makes Shakespeare's plays Shakespeare's. Other playwrights wrote plays about the same stories: there is another King Lear (spelled Leir), another Taming of the Shrew (called "a Shrew"), another Hamlet, and other versions of the histories including Edward IV which covers the same ground as part of Shakespeare's Henry VI Part 3.

Shakespeare left virtually no directions as to set, props, costuming or even the movement of people on stage. All we have is the hints given in the language.

Shakespeare and his contemporaries used language to describe the physical surroundings, describe the weather and the time of day, describe offstage events which could not be shown onstage, and express their emotions, as closeups were not available.

Most of all, Shakespeare's language is musical. He was very careful about what his words sounded like, and what rhythm they made. That is why we cannot substitute other words into what he wrote: it may have the same surface meaning but will not have the same music.

Paraphrases always sound flat and ugly compared to what Shakespeare wrote.

A.B. "Banjo" Paterson's poem "Waltzing Matilda" is arguably his most famous. The lyrics were written in 1895, and based on a true story. The poem was set to a catchy tune which a friend of Paterson's had heard at the Warrnambool races. It was first performed on 6 April 1895 at the North Gregory Hotel in Winton, Queensland. The occasion was a banquet for the Premier of Queensland.

Kath Walker, also known as Oodgeroo Noonuccal, was an indigenous Australian writer, poet and activist who died in 1993. She was born on Stradbroke island, in Queensland's Moreton Bay, and she often wrote of the changes her generation saw in how the Aborigines were treated, and how the Land was treated, by whites.
Some of her works include Municipal Gum, Understand Old Oneand Stradbroke Dreamtime.

The trenches of WW I were unpleasant at any time of year; at Christmas they were cold and snowy, in addition to their usual unpleasant features. Trench warfare could accurately be described as a prolonged nightmare.

The Man From Snowy River, in the bush ballad of the same name by Banjo Paterson, did not die at the end of the poem. He and his hardy mountain horse returned safely and triumphant, having rounded up the wild horses, and the colt from Old Regret that escaped and started the chase in the first place.

However, the man on whom Banjo Paterson's poem was based, horseman Jack Riley, died of combined old age and illness in July 1914.

Waltzing Matlida epitomised the underdog, the hard-working hero of the land who was unjustly accused by the police. Ever since the convicts first landed on Australian shores, many groups of Australians have glorified the underdog. The song also drew attention to the difficult conditions surrounding the Great Shearer's Strike of the late 1800s. The lyrics were based on the story of a man named Samuel "Frenchy" Hoffmeister. In September 1894, on the Dagworth sheep station north of Winton, Queensland, some shearers were in a strike that turned violent. The strikers fired off their rifles and pistols in the air and then set fire to the woolshed at the Dagworth Homestead, killing over a hundred sheep. The owner of Dagworth Homestead and three policemen pursued Hoffmeister who, rather than be captured, shot and killed himself at a billabong.

This is impossible to answer on many counts.

First, the stories were not invented, but grew over many tens of thousands of years as the people adapted and conformed to their continent.

Second. Aboriginal people have an oral, not written, tradition, so we can't point to written references as we can with some ancient, but younger cultures such as China.

Third. The Dreamtime (it should always have a capital D) stories exist on several levels. One level is secret and sacred. It regulate the law, including the way the country is sung, and is not fully divulged to anyone without the power and knowledge to cope with the secrets involved.

Another level is the parts of the stories that are told to children and the non-initiated. The stories explain why animals behave as they do and contain moral lessons essential to survival of both the individual and society.

Perhaps a disappointing answer, but it answers the question if a little briefly.

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If you are asking what Australians speak then it's English. If you are wondering what Australia blokes talk about then go into any pub and after a few pints they'll talk about anything!

An emu parade is when group of children or adults is spread across any area. As they walk, they pick up any piece of rubbish they come across. In a short space of time, the area is absolutely spotless.

The original concept of a methodical emu parade, which originally involved a strict line formation, has been lost through the years. In an emu parade, the participants do not maintain a line, but spread out in all directions. Emu parades are commonly used in schools to control litter. the point of the exercise is to check all nooks, crannies and corners for any piece of rubbish to pick up.

Colin Thiele is (was - he died in 2006) an Australian author who came from a strong German heritage. Thiele grew up in a bilingual home, and his Thiele ancestors were among the first in Australia. His mother's name was Wittwer, and the Wittwers were Prussian-Poles who came out in the latter half of the nineteenth century.

The thiele tube allows convection currents in the oil when it is heated meaning there is fairly uniform distribution of temperature.

Anger is the reaction that Josie Alibrandi has to the news of John Barton's death in 'Looking for Alibrandi'. John commits suicide. It's a shock to Josie, who sees John as leading a carefree, worry free existence. In fact, John's life seems so outwardly perfect that Josie wonders how anybody else stands a chance at happiness or success if the perfect person sees life as something to kill himself over.