This research essay of inquiry seeks to address the focus question; how does their individual story of migration reflect wider trends in the meta-narrative of Australian migration? I will be analyzing and evaluating this question, through focusing on the migration pattern of my great-grandmother, Doris Dastion/Edwards/Blumke. I specifically chose to analyse the migration patterns of Doris Blumke, primarily because my grandfather (Eric Blumke) was very close to his mother, Doris. As a child, I was exposed to many fanciful tales of my great-grandmother and my grandfather’s stories about what is like living in Kingaroy, Queensland. The wealth of knowledge, from my grandfather’s tales from his youth and the photographs of his parents, Frank and …show more content…
Her two brothers had both settled in and lived comfortably in rural Queensland. Looking for a better life away from the smog filled streets of England which was now the epicenter of a booming factory and industrialized country. Australia seemed to fit the bill. As the young nation urged people, primarily from Europe to leave their homeland in the promise of a better future. This is evident through the age that Doris arrive in Australia was very young, at the age of twenty. Plus, she was a single mother with an infant child. Though there is little to no information on her pervious husband. Although it was assumed that he died during the Great War or some illness back in England. This still remains a mystery today, primarily because she rarely mentioned her first husband. Furthermore, this could have been because she wanted to forget her old life in England and start new life in Australia.
However, this could have been a romatcised image of her last husband as my grandfather could not recall her ever mentioning his name. Plus, when Doris was alive, Eric offered to take her back to England, to her hometown to visit. She declined to the
During the years from 1914 - 1918 Australia was at constant battle all over the world fighting for the british. With battles deaths always follow. So many people say, “what did we ever gain from WW1 we lost so many people as a country”. Although we lost almost 60,000 men and 150,000 wounded or taken prisoner. After the war the British Government offered ex-servicemen free transportation to some of the colonies, 17,000 migrants arrived in Australia between 1919 and 1922. Community organisations paid for migrants to come over to Australia. Small numbers also arrived independently. It was also said that up to 300,000 men came over from britain post war to live. The British government gave an incentive to migrate over because so many people
Culture is always changing. Beliefs, behaviours and presentation, religion and language all form part of what is an individual’s or community’s culture. (Bowes, Grace, & Hodge, 2012, p.75 & 77). Due to its intrinsic nature, when people migrate to Australia, they bring their culture with them. As migrants come from all over the world, and not the one place, their
Since World War 2 and the Vietnam War, Australia has become a multicultural country. Before the Vietnam War, though, the Australian government tried their best to keep Australia ‘white’. After the fear of communism from Vietnam, the government thought it would be in the country’s best interest to try and build up the population in Australia, but only allowing ‘white’ Europeans and British people to come. What is included in this report, is to discover how and why the migrants from non-European countries manage to change the face of modern Australia.
WWII had a large impact on the lives of Australian women. As the men were away from their homes and daily lives fighting overseas, women were employed in jobs, got paid at higher rates than usual, became the important figure in the house and were enrolled in women’s army roles.
Caroline Chisholm arrived into Australia in 1838 with her husband, Captain Archibald Chisholm. When she saw the state immigrant females were in, she was surprised and wanted to help them immediately. They lived in terrible living environments. They had no food, or jobs, and in many cases, no place to live. The home government only assisted some immigrants, usually those who were Protestants and not Catholics, meaning that they were unable to have a Catholic faith if they wanted assistance. She knew that most of the females who had immigrated to Australia had come to find better lives, and accept new opportunities, and she wanted to help those who didn’t get that chance. She investigated and promised the females that she would help them as much as she could.
During the World War II era, the outlook on the role of women in Australian society revolutionised. As a majority of men were at war, Australian women were encouraged to rise above and beyond their stereotypical ‘housewife’ status. They were required to take on the tasks that were once considered predominantly male roles, and also allowed the opportunity to join the armed services as well as enlist in the Women’s Land Army. Many women who doubted their abilities played their part by entering voluntary work. Women had the privilege of contributing in Australian society in many ways that they had never been able before. Thus, it is manifest that the role of women in Australian society had drastically changed.
These constant reminders of differences as well as stereotyping made it incredibly hard for Gouvrnel, Wei-Lei and all migrants to belong somewhere other than what their physical appearance may indicate. By Gouvrnel recalling this story to the readers it make us think and learn about the impact and implications migrants have to face when coming to Australia and the teasing, bulling and hardships they were forced to face. On multiple occasions she recalls being in tears and asking herself why she “couldn’t move back to Delhi,” difference in physical appearance and were we originate serve as indicatory of difference that can result in very stereotypical grouping, making assumptions purely based on looks as well as exclusion, preventing migrants from feeling as if they belong.
The Chinese people that came to Australia were typically men brining there family over with them to work for an income that would be big enough to support them. The wife however was left at home to forfill the role of looking after her in-laws in this time. The family would have to work for them aswell, and send a percentage of there profit over.
as New South Wales. “On the 13th May 1787 a fleet of eleven ships left Britain with two
Noel Pearson’s speech ‘an Australian history for us all’ discusses his approach to trying to solve some of the most systemic problems facing Australian Aboriginals today. The speakers are successful in understanding the ideas and values of the speech. Through the uses of various language techniques and context, Pearson’s speech details the struggles of the relationship between the first European settlers and Aboriginal Australians.
The last line “Australia is not just a country where I live – It is my home” concludes the text on a positive attitude. For Fatima, Australia is a place where she feels a sense of freedom and
Australian women prior to World War One lived a life that consisted of traditional female roles similar to those of their British and Irish relatives. Their value in society was based on their ability to bear and raise children and maintain a home and they were dependent on the financial support of their husbands. Families of 10 or 12 children were common in this era and daily home life was described as ¡§labour intensive.¡¨
Marriages often lead to families and creating a home, which causes women to take on yet another role. Nora and Edna, however, were polar opposites when it came to family. Edna definitely lacked motherly instinct, and she only occasionally spent time with her children (Chopin 16). Her children were the only thing
Australia is filled with many different aspects in which makes it the country it is today. I believe it is important to study texts that explore aspects of Australia by studying texts such as ‘The Club’, by David Williamson, a play written in 1977 about an Australian football club and movies such as “The Castle”, directed by Rob Stitch in 1997, about the daily life of an Australian family when their happiness is threatened when developers attempt to buy their house to expand the neighboring airport. Both these texts show us what Australian life was like in the past. By us looking at themes such as language, tradition and the mateship shown we are able to explore different aspects of Australia that make it what it is today.
The fundamental importance of family in completing one’s identity within an Australian context is demonstrated through the measures Gran takes to keep her family united. Despite her age, Gran insists on ‘goin’ with Sam and Milly’ by foot to Moore River, despite being offered the less vigorous train