Australia Literature and Language

The Jolly Swagman in Waltzing Matilda

No, it is not real. It is a cartoon. which is really quite a shame. i would have loved it if it was real. what am i saying, i do love it. and technically, its an anime, not a cartoon but, you know. potato, potahto. who the hell says potahto? sounds retardo to me. Yes. I have the Dark Ace tied up in my closet.

Chris Cox is not listed as a consultant on the movie Man From Snowy River.

Peru does not have the English language.

Growing Pains.

Jackie French's husband is named Bryan, and she has one son, two stepdaughters, and two step grandchildren.

This was Henry Lawson, a patriotic Australian write of the late nineteenth century/early twentieth century.

Banjo Paterson's Waltzing Matilda tells the story of an Australian swagman (homeless drifter who wandered between towns and cattle/sheepstations working for food or a place to camp) who stops by a billabong, which is a waterhole cut off from the main river or creek. He waits for water to boil in his billy, presumably to make some tea. While doing so, he notices a jumbuck, or male sheep, come to the water. He springs up, grabs the sheep, and stuffs it into his tucker bag (a bag to hold food or other other rations). The troopers (police) come after him, so he jumps into the billabong and drowns, preferring to die than to be carted off to gaol.

The Irish community has been a big part of Boston for more than one hundred years. Early Irish immigrants found working for the state/city benefitted them. They passed this belief along to their children. But also, and perhaps more important, Irish people have always stuck together, so finding a common ground, such as Catholicism or generations of family members in the same line of work, is deemed important.

The Irish in Boston lived in the poor parts of the city, and took the lowest paying jobs. Policemen were traditionally not paid well, but the work was regular, and better than many laborers positions. When the Boston Police went on strike in 1919, the starting pay had not changed for decades. Under those conditions, it was natural for the Irish to seek out police work. As late as the early post-war years of the 20th century, a streetcar sweeper earned more than a police patrolman.

Depends on what type of visa you want as to what exactly you have to do. First off go to the Australian Government web page and work out what Visa you are able to apply for and then follow the instructions on what you need to do. Eg, get all the documentation you need and send if off to the embassy in your country.

That's the legal way anyway. The other option of just turning up on a boat or something like that and asking for refugee status may seem like less hassle but so far we don't have a very good reputation for dealing with people who do that. So unless you're in really, really bad shape I'd say your better off not going about it that way.

The British Empire - yes

Waltzing Matilda is considered an old country Australian folk song and a bush ballad.

The poem : James Whitcomb Riley

The movie: William D. Whittliff

Kangaroos

Teal-ee. The emphasis is on the first syllable. Author Colin Thiele (and his relatives) pronounce/d the name this way. The name Theile (note the transposition of the 'e' and 'i'), however, is pronounced "ty-lah" or occasionally "ty-lie".

because its awesome...

There is no such language as Australian. In terms of the way the spell that word in Australia, it would be "enrolled".

'Dinkie' on its own means nothing. It is always accompanied by 'di', as in 'dinkie di', which means genuine, true, real or, also in the Australian vernacular, 'true blue'.

"Dinkie" (on its own) was a term used post WW11 to mean a small metal tricycle usually made of tin with a wooden seat. The term to "dink" someone on your bike still means to carry an extra passenger on your bicycle, but the word "dinkie" is not used.

AB 'Banjo' Paterson was an Australian writer and poet who wrote numerous ballads based on life in the Bush. He was a passionate horseman, so his favourite subject was, arguably, anything to do with horses and brumbies in the Australian Bush, whether it was to do with riding them, or stories of bushmen and stockmen.

English and Pitkern, or Pitcairnese. This is a creole language derived from an 18th century dialect of English and Tahitian.

Not really, no.

There are many regional variations in accent throughout the UK, and quite a few less-pronounced variations in Australia. The only real similarity they have is that the Australian accent is completely non-rhotic (unlike the USA) and a large number of UK regional dialects are non-rhotic.

AB "Banjo" Paterson was one of Australia's most well-known authors and poets who was known for his short stories and his ballads which ranged from serious and probing to humorous.

Paterson was passionately nationalistic. He loved the outdoors and his work often idealised the freedom of the bush life. This, together with his championing of the underdog and 'thumbing one's nose' at authority, made him very popular among many Australians. This was particularly so during the move towards Federation and in the post-federation years when the fledgling country wastrying to establish its own identity apart from Britain. In this way, Paterson helped to contribute to Australia's gradually developing sense of a unique identity.

Paterson was a "bush balladeer", and he was also the author of other well known poems such as "Clancy of the Overflow", "Mulga Bill's Bicycle" and, of course, "Waltzing Matilda". Unlike Henry Lawson, another famous Australian writer and a contemporary of Paterson's, he presented a romanticised view of life in the bush, and many appreciated his larrikin wit more than Lawson's more realistic, drier view of life.

Although Paterson was a war correspondent during the Boer war, he was not embittered by his experiences. By the time he died on 5 April 1941, he had left a legacy of a distinctively Australian literary culture.

Australia is an English speaking country, so it would be the same as in the US, Canada, and other English speaking countries.