... Maria, her Momma and Poppa and younger brother- Gino, tries to adapt in Collingwood, Australia, during the 1950s. They live with Maria's Australian husband, Clarry Fowler who too undergoes racial prejudice until Gino dies because of it. The main theme is clear and simple. Beynon wants the ... that xenophobia (the fear of strangers and foreigners) exists and the various family relationships as stated by Leslie Rees in The Making of Australian Drama: The Shifting Heart relies not on the shocking fact of race-hatred for its major interest, but on its virtually human domestic ... is trying...

• Word Count: 990
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... by her family situation. Issues that are dealt with include: Role of The Family Josie is searching to discover the true nature of her family history. She comes to learn that much of what she has been told in incorrect. A number of issues that both she and her mother deal ... 15 years older than she was and with whom she had been forced into a marriage with. When they did reach Australia, the way that the Australian women behaved and their attitudes to men shocked Josie's grandmother. Josie understands that her Nonna's early years were fraught with difficulty and loneliness, as she ......

• Word Count: 2256
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

The Australian Bureau of Statistics states that, "Two or more persons who live in the same household and are related to each other by blood ... supporting the child and on the common grounds of rape. In 1997 there were 502,900 one-parent families, with 845,700 children involved (source: The Australian, June 1997). Although many of these situations cannot be helped, the same problems can occur for the children involved as in homosexual relationships. Growing up neglected ... discipline are just some of the problems which have been known to complicate single-parented children. In the past sing...

• Word Count: 1079
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... her life. Josephine has achieved emancipation. "Looking for Alibrandi is an analysis of multi-cultural Australia and the struggles that each generation of immigrants has with finding their place in Australian society and defining their identity. Josephine, Christina, Nonna Katia and in fact all of the characters have a story to tell about culture in ... Australian society." - Melinda Marchetta 2. As a set text for "discovery" Josephine is on a journey of discovery. The year for her is eventful. Her somewhat accidental, uncovering of the truths and lies forces ... is acknowledging a fa...

• Word Count: 764
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... members in Sydney and brother whom lives in the bay, Alexi. By introducing different types of families into the storyline Home and Away are showing the audience the diversity of Australian families. Home and Away also contains other characters who are not part of a family. Colleen Smart, residing in the Caravan Park is a part pensioner/waitress in the diner who thrives ... and part owner of the diner, Alf Stuart lives on top of the diner and is looking after Seb Miller, Kirsty Sutherland's boyfriend. The content couple Sally Fletcher, Summerbay High history teacher and Flyyn Saunders, d...

• Word Count: 769
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... seen through the media people back home in Australia were soon realising that this had to stop and stop now! It seemed the more the media showed the more the Australian public wanted the war to stop and their soldier's home. In 1970: Anti-Vietnam Moratorium Campaign Begun In May the first of three moratoriums was held to protest against Australia ... Our Sons. Some more reasons why people wanted the troops home were. - It was costing a lot of money. - It was costing lots of lives. - It was the longest War in Australian history. - It was a civil war and we had nothing to do with it. - Pe...

• Word Count: 416
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• Grade Level: High School

... culture and traditions are tomato day, having to go to Nonna's house every day and discovering her family history. Every year Josie celebrates tomato day with her Italian family. She doesn't like this day and she finds it very embarrassing to share with Australian people. She calls this day "wog day" or "National wog day" and says " ... insane". Doing this everyday also doesn't help Josie's and Nonna's relationship. Josie has a lot of problems discovering her real family history and identity. She discovers that Michael Andretti is her real father and Marcus Sandford is her real gran...

• Word Count: 960
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... have seen to the erosion of their traditions and principles to one global culture, which in effect would mean the community's loss of identity. Through a strong sense of community and history/tradition, ignorance of the global force, idealised notions of "normalcy", links to "the house" and "the land" and family values, the Kerrigan family were able to retain their "local" ideals ... , and thus retreat from the global. The strong Australian spirit of mateship and barracking for the underdog, come across as major themes, as the Kerrigans and their neighbours come together unwilling to acc...

• Word Count: 1457
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... novel, he also intervenes at times and the point of view is switched to his thoughts briefly. Sub-chapters also allow readers to look back in time, such as the history of the Cloudstreet house and shows Aboriginality in a sense that the girls that used to live in the house did not really have a place in society during the stolen generation ... readers are invited to see the links in the novel between the spiritual world and physical world, the importance of the family unit, the importance of place and Aboriginality in Australian History....

• Word Count: 871
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... novel, he also intervenes at times and the point of view is switched to his thoughts briefly. Sub-chapters also allow readers to look back in time, such as the history of the Cloudstreet house and shows Aboriginality in a sense that the girls that used to live in the house did not really have a place in society during the stolen generation ... readers are invited to see the links in the novel between the spiritual world and physical world, the importance of the family unit, the importance of place and Aboriginality in Australian History....

• Word Count: 842
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... novel, he also intervenes at times and the point of view is switched to his thoughts briefly. Sub-chapters also allow readers to look back in time, such as the history of the Cloudstreet house and shows Aboriginality in a sense that the girls that used to live in the house did not really have a place in society during the stolen generation ... readers are invited to see the links in the novel between the spiritual world and physical world, the importance of the family unit, the importance of place and Aboriginality in Australian History....

• Word Count: 842
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... . So, in addition to the obvious biographical facts, a more difficult study, that of Melville's mind and spirit, should be pursued, and it should embrace not only his psychological and intellectual history but his responses, frequently deviant and always ambivalent, to nineteenth-century American culture. Melville's father, Allan, an "importer of French Goods and Commission Merchant" who traveled abroad, was a member of ... press, and sales looked promising. There was also some feeling that he had stretched the facts. He was encouraged to consider a sequel that would closely follow his v...

• Word Count: 2748
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography