Here's the first question:
"No More Boomerang," by Ooderoo, is a poem about the boundaries Aboriginal people face now that European culture has taken over Australia.
Using examples from the text, explain how Oodgeroo is illustrating this point. Consider what particular boundaries the poem is highlighting. What struggles the Aboriginal people have now that their country has been "taken over?"
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oodgeroo is illistarting how aborigines culture has been taken over by sayin about all their ceremonies and other cultural dances etc are no more.
ReplyDeletean example of this is how oodgeroo says about how the aborigines use to walk around naked but now us humans are to afraid so therefore we wear clothes.
some boundaries the oodgeroo confronted in the poem are:physical boundaries- sayin about how we wear clothes to hide "whatsaname".
Oodgeroo is illistarting how Aborigines culture has been taken over by sayin about all their ceremonies and other cultural dances etc are no more.
ReplyDeleteAn example of this is how Oodgeroo says about how the Aborigines use to walk around naked but now us humans are to afraid so therefore we wear clothes.
Some boundaries the oodgeroo confronted in the poem are:physical boundaries- sayin about how we wear clothes to hide "whatsaname".
some of the struggles that the Aborigionals have now that the white Europeans have taken over are:
ReplyDeletethat they now need to pay to watch there cultural dances and din.
another struggle for the aborigonals is that they need to give up all there old habits like, wearing no clothes, and using old tools such as stone axes.
the Europeans use electricity now which cost money, when the aborigionals used firesticks and torches which is free.
the aboriginal (stolen generation) have been overtaken by the white euaropens. they have been removed over from their beliefs and ceromonys.
ReplyDeleteaboringinals have been aslo stripped from their beliefs like they have stopped doing corroborees.
their boundarys is that they will be seen differently for doing their original beliefs like doing corroborees and dins. they will be under the banner of "strange people". they will be seen as social weirdos. I see what their going through.
oodgeroo is illistrating how aboriginal culture has been forgotten because of white people.
ReplyDeletean example of the poem is the aboriginies used
to make fire out of anything now there is electricity.
some boundaries the oodgeroo confronted in the poem are:physical boundaries- saying about how we wear clothes so we dont feel exposed
The poem "No more Boomerangh," by Oodergoo is about the boundaries that aboriginals faced in the past and what they are facing now.
ReplyDeleteIn the poem, Oodgeroo is trying to tell us how aborigines culture has been taken over, example there cutural dances and there songs and there ceremonies, and how there life use to be.
The boundaries being placed in the poem are that the aboriginals cant do what they use to do and keep there traditions and culture going.
the poem "No More Boomerang" is about what the aboriginals used to have but now have since the white people took over.
ReplyDeleteThey used to have stone axes but now they have steel they work like a nigger for a white man meal. Explains that they didnt use to have to work so hard. But now they have to work really hard to pay for a simple meal.
The boundaries outlined are that they have to change their ways of living because of the white man. :)
Ooderoo sets out his poem "No More Boomerang", what the past was, and what is the persent.
ReplyDeleteThe boundaries ooderoo is trying to get at is how the white people took over Aboriginals land. And another example of boundaries in the poem is where the Aboriginals walked around naked, but now we have to put clothes on to cover "whatsname".
The boundaries put in front of the Aboriginals is that what they use to do, but now they have to follow the white peoples rules.
The poem "no more boomerang" has boundaries, describes the difference since white people arrived to australia.
ReplyDeleteno more message stick
lubras and lads
got television now,
mostly ads
Aborigionals use to use message sticks now theres television instead.
aborigionals had to change the way they live to be the same as white man.
Aborigionals had to stop doing corroborees and dances becuase the white people came.
Oodgeroo is pointing out what aboriginals did that were changed when European people or white man came to Australia, how they took away from aboriginals and wrecked their lifestyles within the land.
ReplyDeleteThe boundaries that we have placed on them has change many things of theirs, they used to roam the land naked but when we came they started wearing clothes.
"No more sharing
What the hunter brings
Now we work for money
then pay it back for things"
is another example of whats changed.
When we took over them the aboriginals stuggled to fit in because of the racist comments that we say that offend them in many ways, calling them "nigger" and other names, they were used to their old ways that we changed for our own, taking away their sharing ways replacing it by paying fees and forced many things upon them for them to do.
Oodgeroo is explaining some of the things the europeans took away from them such as,
ReplyDeleteno more boomerang,no more spear and then he says what it was replced with ,no all civilised colour bar and beer.
He is trying to explain all the things he misses and that they were free to do before the europeans took over, he also uses aboriginal terms such as Gunya(an aboriginal hut).
The boundaries that are faced are that he can not be himself,he had to change for the europeans which has changed all the aboriginal tribes.
European culture has taken over Australia in many different ways. Instead of making your own light by fire, we use electricity. Now we watch TV and don’t bother to use the message stick to communicate (‘no more message sticks, lubras and lads, Got television now, mostly ads’). They are afraid that their old ways will be lost and that the generations to come will not know what to do in the future.
ReplyDeleteSome boundaries that the poem is highlighting are that they can’t do things the way they use to. They now feel bound to be civilised. ‘No more boomerang, no more spear, now all civilised.’
The aboriginal people now have some struggles in their daily lives such as working hard to keep their jobs so they can bring food to their families (‘work like a nigger for a white man meal’). They have to work for money only to have to pay it back for other things.
They are now upset about how they culture has been taken over and in this poem is one way of expressing there feelings to everyone.
Oodgeroo is illustrating how abourigines culture has been taken over by the saying about how we wear clothes and all their dance and no more ceremonies. For an examples:
ReplyDeleteNo more corroboree
Gay dance and din
Now we got movies,
And pay to go in.
Abourigines have to change to be the same as the white men
In this poem, the persona is telling us some of the problems that they as an Aboriginal tribe are facing now that their culture and way of live has been changed to accommodate the Europeans.
ReplyDeleteIn aboriginal communities they young people are being raised differently than the elders of the tribe. They do not hunt for their food anymore and share it around the tribe, instead they have to buy it with the money that they have to do hard work for. (No more sharing what the hunter brings).
The houses have changed, they no longer make them themselves, and instead they have to pay for a house made for them by someone else.
(No more gunya, now bungalow).
They never wore clothes and were never embarrassed but now that it’s changed they feel ashamed to show their naked bodies in public.
(One time naked, who never knew shame; now we put clothes on to hide ‘whatsaname’).
The traditional tools that they used to make fire and hunt with are no longer used in our society.
Instead of having corroborees and dances for entertainment they now have the television. They no longer draw and tell stories to pass information and news, we have introduced television programs to tell things in a faster and easier fashion.
(No more corroboree, gay dance and din. Now we got movies).
(No more message-sticks, Got televisions now).
No more boomerang:
ReplyDeleteWhat are the boundaries Aboriginal people face now that European culture has taken over Australia.
The Aboriginals are now afraid that not showing the young generations how to make spears and use them to get food from the wilderness will be a lost part in the Aborigines cultural past. They also don’t have any place or time that they can dance for fun and to have a good meal. They don’t share what the hunters Bring home after the hunt has finished in our case it might be the business man bringing it home. Instead of going walkabout they go on public transport, to see city lights and towering buildings instead of the burnt orange ground and kangaroos.
They didn’t have to worry about clothes or shoes, and now they have to hide who they are e.g. “Now we put on clothes to hide what’s a name”. They don’t make their homes anymore; they have to pay it off in twenty years or so e.g. “No more gunya, now bungalow”. The Aboriginals don’t make fire anymore “that makes the white man scoff” now they use electricity “and no better off”.
They don’t get to tell stories and legends by drawing them in a cave “abstract picture? Cripes, in our caves we did better than that”. They don’t hunt for food e.g. wallaby. They don’t use there message stick to send messages from one tribe to another, they just watch TV now. They don’t use wooden clubs or throwing machines “ lay down the woomera and the waddy”.
In this poem the persona is telling us what has changed since the Europeans took over such as;
ReplyDelete'No more corrobone, gay dance and din. Now we got movies, And pay to go in' is saying that Aboriginals used to dance happily for entertainment, now there is movies, that we pay to go into.
In this poem it says one time they walkeed around naked and nobody cared, now we have to wear clothes to hide 'whatsaname'.
Another said in this poem is 'no more message-stick; Lubras and lads got television now, Mostly ads' means they used to use a message stick to send around messages, now there is television telling us messages, they are mostly ads.
The Aboriginals are angry at what the Europeans have bought in and got rid of. The boundaries outlined in this poem are: the Aboriginals have to live with what the Europeans have done. They can't change it.
"No More Boomerang" Oodgeroo
ReplyDeleteIn the aboriginal community the younger children are being raised up differently than what the elders did. They do not hunt for their food anymore now they have to buy there food which thay have to earn there money by working.
They never wore clothes and were never embarrassed but now that it’s changed they feel ashamed to show their naked bodies in public.
Instead of having corroborees and dances for they now have the television to watch which means work to pay for there electricity.
In the poem Oodgeroo is highlighting the struggles that aboriginal people now face in their country, like how their culture has change because of the European people.
ReplyDeleteShe has described how it used to be as an aboriginal and how it is now, living the life of a European. She is trying to explain to everyone that the European’s have taken over their land and how their whole lifestyle has changed. Examples from the text are: ‘no more boomerang no more spear; now all civilised colour bar and beer’.
In aboriginal life they never wore clothes but they do now (‘one time naked, who never knew shame; now we put clothes on to hide whatsaname’). They don’t hunt for food anymore they work and pay for their food at shops. They don’t need fires to cook food anymore they have all electric things just like us.
Not much aboriginal people do many of their cultural dances anymore to tell stories because we now have movies (‘no more corroboree, gay dance and din. Now got movies, and pay to go in’).
Aboriginal lifestyle has change heaps and they live like us now, not much of them do any of their cultural stuff because of the way the Europeans changed their life.
the poem no more boomerang is about aboriginal lifestyles had changed their lives heaps like we live. now they have electricity and power to live healthy and strong.
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