The period of 1940-1960 for the Australian people was one of vast change. Australia was still a very young country and rapid development was beginning to take its toll on the way in which Australians would be viewed on a global scale. As a country with so much industrial, international trade and resource potential, the image which beginning to become the face of Australians was inconsiderate to the people, land and history upon which Australia was founded. The growth and transformation of various myths in Australian history were vital for the Australian population to share a connection with their fellow peoples. On an international scale the recognition of Australian identity was not as widely embraced, and various artists recognized this and challenged the international communities to become familiar with the artists interpretations of Australia; the independent' nation.
George Russell Drysdale was born in Bognor Regis, England on the 7th of February 1912 and died on the 29th of June 1981 in Sydney's Westmead Hospital. Drysdale traveled to and from Australia numerous times over a fourteen year period finally settling as a border at Geelong Grammar school in 1923. The majority of children that attended this school were predominantly from country regions of Australia and shared common interests in the land with Drysdale himself. In 1929 Drysdale developed a detached retina in his left eye which plagued him for the rest of his life and left him virtually blind in that eye. He left school the following year and spent six months working on a Pioneer estate with his uncle Cluny Drysdale, and later moving on as the overseer at the family property, Boxwood Park in northern Victoria. .
After recovering from eye treatment in a Melbourne hospital, Drysdale begun to draw in pen and ink and his doctor Julian Smith, an amateur photographer, handed his pieces to Daryl Lindsay, a known artist and later director of the National Gallery of Victoria.
So what is the Australian national identity? ... And is there a single Australian identity? ... There is no doubt that Australians seem to have a problem to define its unique Identity. ... It was even an essential part of the Australian Identity. ... Australian people have the choice with which of the described identities they agree. ...
Australia's national identity has been constructed over time by historians, journalists and politicians and has been greatly influenced by the English and Irish derived ethnic groups. ... It can be seen that Australia's national identity is indeed gendered and women have had to overcome major acts of adversity to get where they are today. ... INTRODUCTION Australia's National identity has been constructed through time by journalist, historians and politicians. ... So what is Australia's national identity if it is an "imagined community"? ... Australia's national ident...
Australia's National Identity When such questions as "What is an Australian? ... Now with a clear definition, it would seem relatively easy to determine Australia's National Identity. ... Australia is continually evolving; and this evolution will continually shift our identity in some way or another. Understanding the fabrics of Australian community will help us achieve this national identity, and an important aspect is multiculturalism. ... This contribution due to the sharing of cultures ultimately leads to an evolution of Identity Many attempts have been made t...
I will look carefully at the various ways in which these films reproduce Australia's quest for national identity, through prominent portrayals of masculinity and male orientated films. ... As Australian film seeks to define an essential Australianness, they tend to adhere closely to a particular template, while slightly varying the ways in which they represent and resolve conflicts and the ways in which they relate to the broader issues of Australian identity and cultural values. ... National identity is represented in the original "Aussie Battler" sense corresponding to an imperative per...
Endres, Connollystr.3, D 80809 Munchen Abgabetermin: 31.08.2002 Seminararbeit Australian national cinema 1970-2000: A window to the chancing face of Australian national identity and self image Contents 1. ... The term national cinema is closely related to the idea of a national or common identity. ... The question is how film industries, their products, and their effects are engaged with a common identity. ... "The Adventures of Barry McKenzie- for example, defined Australian identity and culture against the British. ... They demonstrated just wh...
Aboriginal family life has been disrupted and forcibly changed over the last two hundred years, as a result of the many segregation and assimilation policies introduced by Australian governments. ... The policy of "assimilation" was officially adopted in 1937; its essence was the concept of "one Australian society" . ... Aboriginal people were supposed to assimilate into the dominant Australian society despite the prejudice and racism, which confronted them. ... The Australian government believed that although it may have been to late to assimilate adult aborigines into Australian society, ...
focus on is Aboriginal women in Australia. ... This standard is called the "norm" and those that do not fit into this norm are the most often stereotyped in Australia. ... The one issue that is more strongly expressed in Black Chicks Talking is the importance of having an identity. ... a women who seems to have found her identity is Alison. ... This Identity issue with Alison's surroundings is a fairly new obstacle facing Aboriginal women today. ...
These people urged the Australian government to follow Britain in introducing conscription. ... Australia's Federal Labour government and the Labour party were traditionally against conscription. ... At this time Australia's prime minister was Labours W.M. ... The majority of Australians felt that England's causes were just and it was Australia's duty to come to her aid. ... For this, Australia needed as many soldiers as it could get; and it was all these soldiers that have helped form our national identity we have today....
Prior to WWII Australia was a very hard country to get into. ... It has allowed Australia to gather much needed population. ... The only negative would be the intolerance of most Australians who feared that their own identity was being changed. ... As more and more migrants came to Australia until Approximately 1/5th of Australia's population was born overseas. "Immigration's the key" Prior to 1945 the White Australia Policy prevented anyone to enter Australia unless they were from Britain. ...
