... have not been as widely loved as Wright's, nor have they been so readily conscripted to the nationalist poetic canon. Some years ago I chaired a poetry reading at Sydney's Parliament House. As a fund-raiser for the May Gibbs" House, Nutcote, members of parliament were asked to read their favourite ... D Hope. So it is important to remember that both poets, in their different ways, did a great deal to assist the cause of Australian poetry, and Australian literature more generally. They were both extremely generous in their encouragement of other writers, especially younger poets. Both al...

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... upper class, but he desires the pretentious life that this class brings. Raven is literate he quoted Rimbaund by the river and Freud by the sea and he constantly writes poetry. The characterisation of Raven is the main representation of the educated, university established, money driven people who, as a result of a negative representation are criticised in this text. By making this ... the division of society within Perth". Raven is constructed in order to represent the shift towards tertiary education in this context and the elitism of this group. Raven's love for poetry and strive for...

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... the post-recession economic recovery" (Henderson, 2001). Despite this, one could question whether this is "a crisis" as in 1993 employment peaked at Eleven per cent, as compared to Indonesia where "39 million Indonesians have lost their jobs" (Pettifor, 2002). On the other hand, "the main reason for high unemployment in Australia is that employment growth has been too weak over the ... ...

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... dairy products, there existed an equilibrium of supply and demand. This equilibrium can easily be explained as a point "where quantity demanded is equal to quantity supplied". (Fraser, Gionea, Fraser, 2000: 39) The outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease created a disequilibrium of both supply and demand that, although initially affecting only England, quickly spread its fingers to the rest of the world ... ...

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... . Capital Punishment was abolished from all Australian states by the year 1985 (Appendix 1), however it is still practised in many other countries around the world. The death penalty exists in 39 of the United States of America, most of Africa, many countries in Europe, most countries in Asia, and most of the Middle East. A total of 95 countries worldwide retain the ... ...

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... statistics show that from 1947 to 1997 immigration from English speaking countries such as the UK, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada and the US, had dropped from 81% to only 39%. While on the other hand immigration from the Asian countries had increased from 15.2% in 1977, peaking at 50.6% in 1991-92 and was 37.4% in 1996-97. These immigration ... ...

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... . Australia's national identity and of what is "Australian" have often come from romanticised stereotypes. As mentioned above men wanted to distinguish themselves from their original country and much literature and poetry depicted the Australian as "the gold digger, the bushranger, the drover and the soldier and more recently the surfer" It can be seen that most Australians are left out of ... ...

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... movement were able to penetrate the mass media and political arenas for their benefit. In the 1960s a number of Aboriginal writers began to emerge and tell their stories through plays, poetry and other mediums (Brisbane, n.d.). These were well accepted by the general community and the poignancy of them were felt through the irony and humor that is both accusatory and conciliatory ... ...

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