Theme
Name ONE theme
1. Aboriginal Identity and Experience
2. The destructive nature of colonialism
“We are as strangers here now, but the white tribe are the ______.”
Strangers
The repeated phrase, 'We are Going' is an example of which technique?
Repetition
What is 'We are Going' about?
The poem is about Aboriginal people returning to their sacred land and seeing it destroyed by white settlement.
Which group of people does this poem criticise?
European settlers and colonisers
Name ONE repeated line.
We are Going
Identify the simile in the poem
'White men hurry about like ants.'
What is Dreamtime?
The Dreamtime is the period in which life was created according to Aboriginal culture.
What theme is shown when traditional practices like corroborees and hunting are described as disappearing.
The destructive nature of colonialism
Where is imagery shown in the poem?
When it describes the loss of natural landscapes such as scrubs, sacred sites and hunting grounds.
She joined after the capture and death of her two brothers.
What theme does this quote belong to: "We are the corroboree and the bora ground, We are the old ceremonies, the laws of the elders."
Aboriginal Identity and Experience
What effect does the repetition of 'We are Going' create in the poem?
It shows the gradual disappearance of Indigenous culture
Which poetic technique is shown when the poet lists traditional aspects of Aboriginal life (e.g., corroboree, hunting, and campfires)?
Lisiting
In what year was 'We are Going' published?
1964
Find evidence which shows the theme: The destructive nature of Colonialism
The scrubs are gone, the hunting and the laughter...And we are going
What does the quote, “We are as strangers here now," symbolise?
This quote symbolises how Aboriginal people have become outsiders in their own land.
What tone of the poem?
Mournful and haunting
What is Noonuccal remembered for?
She is primarily remembered as a pioneering Aboriginal poet,60s civil rights activist, environmentalist, and educator