Pioneers- Banjo Patterson
Who were the pioneers?
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Pioneers are people who first enter or settle in a region.
Name 2 extremes of weather in Australia that Mackellar celebrates.
In Mackellar’s poem, these natural events — including droughts and flooding rains — are celebrated as part of Australia’s harsh beauty.
Who wrote the parody to Dorothea Mackellar's 'My Country'?
Oscar Krahnvohl
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This Australian animal is the only mammal known to lay eggs.
platypus
What were the conditions faced by the pioneers? Identify at least 2 natural elements.
These harsh natural elements (from below) challenged the pioneers on their journeys.
2 of these: heat, storms, and drought
“Core of my heart, my country”?
In your response, you are to mention which country she is writing in & its use in the text.
This is the phrase Mackellar uses to express her deep personal connection to Australia, even though she is in Britain. It is a phrase that is also repeated throughout the poem.
What does “Mid-urban sprawl expanded / For cost-accounting gains” refer to?
Urbanisation of the Australian Land.
What is the technique where the audience is guided to look a certain way using imaginary lines.
vectors
This city is Australia’s largest by population.
sydney
What are dull and slow?
This word describes what modern times have become, according to the poem, compared to the brave old days.
Mackellar uses 'opal in her poem, what is this referring to?
This gem is used metaphorically to describe the multi-coloured, complex heart of Mackellar’s beloved country.
Who is being reffered to when when Krahnvohl says "a trifle out of tune"?
USA
Why was the poem separated into three parts?
to show a transition in the Australian Landscape.
This is the Australian national floral emblem, celebrated for its bright yellow colour.
golden wattle
1. What is an anaphora
2. What is the anaphora in 'Pioneers'?
Anaphora is a poetic technique where each line starts with the same phrase / a phrase is repeated at the start of a sentence.
"twas they who"
What are two quotes from that text that compares Mackellar's current country to Australia?
England: The love of field and coppice Of green and shaded lanes, Of ordered woods and gardens.
Australia:
Strong love of grey-blue distance, Brown streams and soft, dim skies
I love a sunburnt country, A land of sweeping plains, Of ragged mountain ranges, Of droughts and flooding rains. I love her far horizons, I love her jewel-sea, Her beauty and her terror The wide brown land for me!
What is “this sunburnt land of mine”?
These words at the end of the poem ironically mirror Mackellar’s pride in Australia while exposing its flaws.
In part 3 of the artwork, what does the clearing of trees represent?
What is shown in the clearing of the trees?
The clearing of the trees represent cutting down trees for civilisation. loss of natural landscape
the clearing of the trees shows that the Pioneers have reformed the Australian landscape so that civilisation can occur.
This is the Australian currency.
the Australian dollar
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