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Vietnamese
mother)
Aspect of what To be Australian
the text reveal means to be
about being living in an
Australian industrial
environment
Identify 2 quotes “I have seen
which reveal corroboree
what It means to Where that
be Australian factory belches
smoke.
Here where they
have memorial
park” Uses
personification of
“belching smoke”
to show how
horrible the
industrial
environment of
the factory is
compared to
before when it
was pollution
free
“Calling to us to
dance and play,
Offices now,
neon lights now,
Bank and shop
and
advertisement
now,” Uses
repetition of now
to contrast the
natural past
compared to the
present industrial
environment
where there are
lots of buildings
Aspect of what To be Australian
the text reveal means to be
about being living a hard
Australian work life where
everyone is in a
rush
Identify 2 quotes “No more
which reveal woomera, no more
boomerang,
what It means to No more
be Australian playabout, no more
the old ways.” She
uses repetition of
No more to
emphasise the loss
of nomadic life
which is then
replaced with a
tough working
lifestyle.
“Children of
nature we were
then,
No clocks hurrying
crowds to toil.
Now I am civilized
and work in the
white way,
Now I have dress,
now I have shoes”
She uses
juxtaposition to
compare her
natural life as a
child in
comparison to the
civilised working
environment she
lives in.

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