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100

What was Lawson's writing shaped by?

The Australian Bush

100

Which text explores how dance can break social barriers?

Billy Elliot

100

“Bush all round – bush with no horizon.” Which text?

Lawson’s The Drover’s Wife

100

What is the name of Billy's dance teacher?

Mrs Wilkinson

100

Who directed Billy Elliot?

Stephen Daldry

200

What historical event is central to Billy Elliot?

1984 Miner's Strike

200

Which of Lawson’s stories best explores endurance in isolation?

The Drover’s Wife

200

"Next thing, I wake-up in a swaying bunk as if on board a clipper clambering at sea". Which text?

Journey, the North Coast

200

Who is a character we see in both Shooting the Moon and Our Pipes?

Jack Mitchell

200

Which country is Robert Gray from?

Australia

300

Where is Billy Elliot set?

Northern England, County Durham

300

What theme is common in Robert Gray’s poetry? We see it in all six!

Immersion in Nature

300

“There’s the Devil.” I looked up and saw a priest standing in the shade of the tree by the cemetery gate. Which text?

The Union Buries Its Dead

300

In “The Union Buries Its Dead,” who does the funeral focus on?

An unknown drover / dead man

300

What device arrests Leonard Mead?

Robotic police car

400

What is everyone addicted to in The Pedestrian?

TV / technology

400

The Loaded Dog focuses on the theme of mateship. What is the name of the dog?

Tommy

400

It is war minus the shooting.” Which text?

George Orwell's Sporting Spirit

400

Who is the main character in The Pedestrian?

Leonard Mead

400

What environmental issue is highlighted in Gray’s Flames and Dangling Wire?

Pollution / human impact on nature

500

Orwell wrote many essays after which war?

World War II

500

Transience is a theme in Gray's poem Harbour Dusk. What does Transience mean?

The state or fact of lasting for only a short time. 

500

"What the bloody hell are you doing here?" Which text?

Billy Elliot

500

Who secretly supports Billy’s dancing before his dad does?

His grandmother

500

What year is The Pedestrian set in?

2053