Mateship Essays

who are not from Australia are able to identify these men as iconic and “true” Australians. Howzat! Kerry Packer’s War embodies the legend through the portrayal of his character’s traits, including: masculinity, courage, and the ability to maintain mateship to achieve a common goal. Looking at the television series and how it can be related to modern day Australian popular culture, this film focused solely on the men and undervalued the women. The women the film served roles of assistance and emotional

the Pilbara region, WA and the permanent impacts and bonds he had on everyone’s life. Red Dog exhibits the several Australian values that are prestigious in Australia and authentically display the Values Mateship, Community and Freedom. Red dog examines one of Australia’s biggest values; mateship, and its importance it has on the Australian society, creating a more

national pride and identity, based on the fact that we no longer possess the moral qualities of mateship. Australian mateship is defined as ‘companionship or friendship between men’, which is clearly not associated within Schumann’s article, which argues that we have lost our morals, motivation and mateship. This statement is clearly wrong. A more informed and accurate viewpoint of Australian mateship is seen in Jeremy Sims film ‘Beneath Hill 60’ and Mark Knights cartoon, ‘Anzac day lives on’. These

formalities and custom than from the bonds of mateship.” (Keating, 1993). This primary quote clearly shows that the Anzac Legend had a strong promise of mateship, then military formalities and customs. This was a strong characteristic that represented the Anzac legends. These Anzac legends only intended to show their bravery and strength on the battlefield, but upon their return they were honoured as the Anzac Legends. Characteristics like courage, endurance and mateship played a major role of creating the

Australia is a nation that has prided itself on mateship and the character of those who live and work in the bush, men who exude masculinity. The suburban sprawl and modernisation has lessened the need for men to be innately masculine however society still expects men to be men. This paper will discuss and compare both literal and figurative references to masculinity in both the Summer of the Seventeenth Doll and Johnno. It will firstly look at the assumption of society that men of the bush are

history. Taking place in the early 1900s and being fought in mainly in middle eastern Australia and Europe, it was the first war Australia took part in. The experiences they endured have led to a legend which honours the persistence, courage and mateship of the Anzacs. One of the most controversial topics from this period is the questionable truth behind the Anzac legend. It will be argued that the Anzac legend is not a myth and it displays the qualities of an Anzac soldier accurately and credibly

Pass. Today I will be discussing how the attitudes and values surrounding racial differences in sport is reflected by the media. Australia’s media supports the Australian attitudes, values and beliefs through stopping racism, supporting equality and mateship. Through the Australian media, the idea of racism is challenged. Australia has developed many organisations that help the Aboriginal community; these campaigns are aimed to empower Australians to counter racial prejudice and discrimination.”The

The author’s perception on equality between the Aboriginal race and the European race seems very hopeful and anticipates mateship between the two. By using listing, “In club and office and social round”, Noonuccal presents her opinion on how the mateship between races will be spread and will remain throughout a variety of activities. She also communicates her thoughts on the importance, for the Aboriginal society, to be considered part

the war. Sacrificing your life for war is a terrible thing to do but for some people all they want to do is serve for their country. No one wants to go to war and think that they will die. It might be some peoples passion but for others its not. Mateship is shown a lot throughout the film and so is sacrificing your life for others. The great adventure of Archie and Frank. In the opening scene of the movie we see Archie performing his pre race routine. The then proceeds to perform his 10 yard sprint

embodied the values of egalitarianism and the spirit of mateship. Section One For early Australian writers and poets, the predominant way to have their work publically

depicted as being an anti-intellectual society, frowning on those who are intellectual, showing them as untrustworthy. The housemates poses values of which reflect those within Australian society such as the underdog, fairness, being down to earth and mateship. Australian society is also shown as being one which values technology and communication. Through this television show the audience is constantly offered the idea that Australian

Australian and New Zealand soldiers exemplified the spirit of the Australian diggers during Vietnam by showing bravery, mateship and loyalty. Historians have stated that the battle of Long Tan served as an excellent example of the ANZAC spirit. They showed courage, loyalty, sacrifice, heroism, dedication, honour, integrity, initiative and determination throughout the Vietnam campaign. Mr. Edward Phillips who served in Vietnam as a NASHO, represents the ANZAC legend of bravery courage and loyalty

the legendary dog who roamed around Western Australia during the 1970’s. The film Red dog captures a compelling story of a lovable dog who finds his way into the hearts of everyone he meets, a sense of community, overcoming hardship, loyalty, and mateship is also evident in the film (IMDB, 2011). It is through these characteristics and

within Australia. Australian’s are prideful of past endeavours in war and celebrate this twice a year in ANZAC day on the 25th of April and Remembrance Day on the 11th of November. They celebrate this because the war represented the ultimate from the mateship. A prime example of this was the battle of Gallipoli, were the Australian soldiers (diggers)

ensure real equality and a fair-go for Indigenous people. Australia has been labelled as the country of mateship, fair-go and tolerance, but the mistreatment of Asylum seekers in Australia denies these values. In our anthem we sing “For those who’ve come across the seas, we’ve boundless plains to share”. It ironic isn’t it? As when Asylum seekers arrive in Australia we do not offer a hand of mateship instead we use punitive matters such as sending them to mandatory detention, which shows how xenophobia

Distinctively visual techniques are crucial elements in conveying a sense of actuality of an event. They aid the reader’s insight and perspective sparking emotions of joy or empathy for the characters. In John Misto’s play, “The Shoe-Horn Sonata”, the use of distinctively visual assists in creating the atmosphere, in order to highlight the WWII catastrophe’s the protagonists encountered. In addition, this is thoroughly examined in the John Misto’s interview. Similarly, in the picture book “The Lost

Country Women’s Association of Western Australia The values of the Anzac spirit are courage, ingenuity, endurance, equality, and mateship. The Country Women's Association of Western Australia (CWA of WA) is a community group that embodies the values and actions of the ANZAC spirit, such as equality, ingenuity, and mateship, in many ways. The ANZAC soldiers demonstrated equality in a number of ways. The fact that they were one of the first military forces to permit women to participate in non-combat

Pacific, which resulted in approximately 26,000,000 casualties. A major battle of the Pacific war was the Kokoda track campaign. Kokoda involved a series of battles fought between July and November 1942 between the Japanese troops and the Allied forces including the Australians and Americans. The battles were fought on the mountainous Kokoda track along the Owen Stanley Range which is in the southeast of Papua New Guinea. The Japanese troops objective in the Kokoda campaign was to capture Port Moresby

confirmed its national identity of courage, spirit and “mateship.” Mateship is an important concept in Australia that can be traced back to early colonial times. Mateship was definitely a strong factor in that time especially when person is in the battlefield sacrificing their life and with only their mates to be there for them through obstacles. Jim Martin only had his mates when he was facing turmoil in the battlefield. The importance of male 'mateship ' during conflicts is remarkably strong. Their strong

The concept of mateship within war has a great importance in the play. As Bridie and Sheila describe the events leading to their first sighting of each other in scene three, the friendship of the two characters is highlighted. Misto uses dialogue and stage directions when