Gallipolli

“Running isn’t all there is to life.” This quote shows the attitude displayed towards sport and competition in the film Gallipoli. Whilst sport was indeed important, and something that Archie and Frank greatly valued, both for its own ? and as a shared

A reason for this is that we, as a nation, have become more urbanised, with 90% of our population living within one hour of the coast. This trend reveals our ever increasing imitation of America and our continual move away from traditional Australian values in a bid to keep up with our powerful friends. Our “bushman” identity as displayed in “Gallipoli” is no longer as relevant as it once was. Whilst we still have a soft spot for the bush, and whilst it helps to shape who we are, the majority of people would be at a complete loss if sent to the outback to fend for themselves for a night. We are fast becoming detached and unaware of the country lifestyle which is usually just hours away. The closest we come to these now seemingly urban myths is through television shows such as “Getaway” and “The Great Outdoors,” and thus, the outback is no longer an icon of national adoration and respect. Quite the opposite; many country-dwellers are seen by their metropolitan counterparts, let alone our new cosmopolitan brethren, as somewhat “backward”. More and more people who grow up on farms leave that life to live in the city, so that they can escape from the harshness of life in the outback. In the film “Gallipoli” those from the country were willing to take risks, for example when Archie and Frank walked for kilometres across the Australian desert with the lingering danger of “snakes and black fellas.” Our current identity values life too much, we are better educated and therefore unwilling to risk anything because we know what is at stake. We take interest in things that represent stability, such as lifestyle television programs (assuming life consists of cooking and do-it-yourself carpentry), and even these we prefer to observe from afar.

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