... the play is set in a specific time period - the Christmas of 1967 and New Year of 1968. The late sixties is a period of Australian history where there was a great deal of political and social change. One significant event was that Australia was at war with North Vietnam. Australia also had ... Gwen's views. Another historical reference in the play is the Great Depression. The Great depression begun in 1929 and brought chaos to the Australian economy and misery to great numbers of people. The character most affected by this is Gwen. Even though Gwen's family is quite ... through an empat...

• Word Count: 1746
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... to be the greatest female poet in Australia's history. Nearly all of Wright's poems are typically Australian, she deals with Australian issues and uses rich powerful Australian imagery. Her love of Australia, her ancestry and the environment make her much loved by the Australian community and this is why she is a ... writing about issues which need to be discussed, about stories that need to be told. Wright feels strongly about her ancestry as an Australian and she expresses this through her poetry by telling the stories of Australia, it's land and it's people. "The Graves at Mill ... W...

• Word Count: 742
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... companies had set up factories in Australia. The overseas companies chose to make there cars here because they could produce more cars for less money. This was welcomed by the Australian government as it provided a valuable boost to employment and also to the economy. Cars were improved dramatically through out the 1920's. Cranks which were once used to start the ... , silk stockings, and high heal shoes became an essential part of any fashionable woman's wardrobe. Women also started smoking and drinking which was not heard of before this decade. The Australian economy grew greatly thro...

• Word Count: 1606
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... would be the intolerance of most Australians who feared that their own identity was being changed. "It's all about attitude" The attitude to the new Australian migrants would have rude, crude and snobbish. " in the main life was more acceptable than the one left behind in the devastated homeland. And ... always, always it was for the "children's sake"- no matter how difficult and inconvenient a situation [became] or how long it had to be tolerated." (A history of Australia since 1901,P. 129, Source E) This meant that it would have been hard to live here if you were a migrant but you knew ...

• Word Count: 1203
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... for his two children and he also had problems with alcoholism. He has been described as one of the greatest writers in Australian history. He also had a great believe in a new workingman "revolution" in Australia. This story takes place in the Australian bush, nineteen miles away from the nearest civilization. The landscape is also very monotonous. It is most likely sometime around the ... that this would never happen, after all, the entire whole situation seems pretty hopeless. The theme in this story can be said very short. She is a heroine, living in the Australian bush and surviving...

• Word Count: 570
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School