High Ground
In what year and region is High Ground initially set?
1919, Arnhem Land
What role does the narrator have on the island
Novelist
Complete this artist's name _____ Malone
Post Malone
The Lord of the Rings
What is a protest, and what is its basic purpose?
A protest is a public expression of disagreement or objection to a policy, action, or condition, usually aimed at raising awareness, applying pressure, or bringing about change.
What event from the opening sequence drives the main plot years later?
A police-led massacre of an Aboriginal group
Why does the narrator decide to hide her editor, R, in a secret room?
R is one of the rare people, like the narrator's mother, who cannot forget the disappeared objects, which puts him in danger of being taken by the Memory Police.
Who created the song "You're the Voice"
John Farnham
Who is taller? Joel Embiid or LeBron James
Joel Embiid
What are some common forms that protest can take?
Marches, rallies, strikes, boycotts, sit-ins, petitions, symbolic acts, and civil disobedience
Why does Travis, the former sniper, agree to help track down Baywara?
He feels guilt over the massacre and hopes to prevent further violence, including protecting Gutjuk.
What happened to the narrator's mother?
The narrator's mother was a sculptor who secretly kept disappeared objects and had the rare ability to remember them. Because of this, she was eventually taken into custody by the Memory Police and died; the narrator never sees her again.
Who has a higher net wealth: Rihanna or Beyonce
Rihanna - 1.4 billion as of 2026
Who won the Australian Open in Men's Singles
Carlos Alcaraz
What is the difference between lawful protest and civil disobedience?
Lawful protest stays within legal bounds (e.g., permitted marches), while civil disobedience involves intentionally breaking a law — usually openly and nonviolently — to challenge its legitimacy or draw attention to an injustice.
Gutjuk is caught between two worlds throughout the film. What are the two worlds?
Choosing between working for the mission/police (colonial structures) and loyalty to his uncle Baywara's resistance and his own culture
What is the significance of the novel-within-the-novel that the narrator is writing about a typist who loses her voice?
The typist in the narrator's manuscript gradually loses her voice and is ultimately imprisoned by her teacher in a room full of broken typewriters — mirroring the narrator's own erasure and R's confinement, and reflecting the novel's broader themes of losing identity, voice, and memory under an oppressive power
Most streamed song on spotify all time
Blinding Lights - The Weeknd
Who wears number 11 for the Melbourne Demons?
Max Gawn
What was one of the mentor texts we studied this year?
Harrison Bergeron, Mardi Gras article, What is Protest essay, Meyne Wyatt's Monologue or Pankhurst's Freedom or Death speech.
At the site of the original 1919 massacre, what specifically happens to Baywara, and who is responsible?
At the site of the original 1919 massacre, Eddy shoots Baywara, mistakenly believing Baywara is about to kill Gutjuk. This misjudgment reignites the cycle of violence that closes out the film.
By the end of the novel, what ultimately happens to the narrator's own body, and how does this connect to the island's larger pattern of disappearances?
The narrator's own body parts begin to disappear one at a time (starting with her left leg), mirroring the fate of the island's objects, until she disappears almost entirely — reduced to a voice/memory sustained by R, who remains behind, still remembering her after she is gone.
Name two songs by Queen
Mr Lawson will confirm
How old is Mr Lawson
36
What Section is the Framework of Ideas in for the Exam?
B