Mateship

formalities and customs than from the bonds of mateship and the demands of necessity.” Paul Keating, former Prime Minister of Australia said these words at a memorial for the unknown soldier in 1993. Ladies and gentlemen, every time we go to see an movie with Australian film characters in it, what do we expect? We expect to see an Aussie battler,…

Interestingly, the convict origins of mateship perhaps explain some of the political maneuvers it later developed. The celebration of mateship is no more promoted than the various unionists and movements around Australia, in the past and indeed the present. Mateship can be seen to be used in the Union movements against government and business’ trying to weaken their authority, an idea of which draws many parallels to the convicts that suffered but banded together under the strain of…

ideals of Mateship throughout tough times. Furthermore Australia should be included in the film festival as the landscape is a clear and accurate representation of Australia. This all links back to the…

others in an unforgiving and harsh environment. The apparent use of visual detail and descriptions heighten the responder’s sensory engagement with the narrative. These distinctively visual images are evidently reinforced in the concept of mateship in Henry Lawson short stories “ The Loaded dog” and “ The Bush undertaker” which influences the responder to create a new perceptions of the world of others. The effective use of distinctive visual images throughout the story “The Loaded dog”…

and Frank Dunne (Mel Gibson) have an unbreakable mateship, which remains strong even through times of pain and doubt they were still best mates. Mateship is shown everywhere through you the movie but it firsts starts at the ‘Kimberly Gift’ where these two men first met each other. After the event the light horse brigade were asking for people to enlist for the war when these two fellas tried to sign up. But Archy was denied a place because one of his so-called ‘mates’ ratted him out for being…

However, he also represents the lessons and values in which Australian learnt about the endurance of hardship and the show of courage to be resilient against privations. The Unknown Soldier becomes a strong symbolism of bravery, endurance, resilience, faith and perseverance. To endure hardships special qualities to help them overcome the adversities. On the 25th April 1915, as they charge towards the steep cliffs, qualities such as bravery, determination and most important mateship were…

The movie demonstrates ‘mateship’. How has Peter Weir shown this through the relationship of Archy and Frank? Gallipoli is a movie that was directed by Peter Weir and was released in 1981. It is set in 1915 and is based around two very different young men, Archy and Frank, who are brought together by competitive running to fight in the war together and become the best of friends. Despite their differences, running brings them together to be best mates. Frank and Archy show mateship through many…

were over 80,000 cases on the British side. Shell shock caused some of the men to relive terrifying war experiences. They endured these following symptoms: Depression, paralysis, loss of appetite, loss of feeling in limbs, muscle contractions, dizziness and uncontrollable screaming. Some men went blind or deaf. In the beginning of the war, soldiers who suffered from shell shock early on were considered cowards. Others were shot by their own peers. Mobile hospitals were located several kilometres…

The ideas include bravery, skill, mateship and the magnificent picturesque Australian High country. The narrative looks at the strength and personal courage as “The man from snowy river” is positioned to be searching for a lost horse who is found and becomes his town’s legend. In this poem bravery and skill are highlighted throughout the poem, ‘As he raced across the clearing in pursuit’. The metaphor illustrates how the man from snowy river never gives up and always give things a go to his full…

Villers-Bretonneux, a town in France, is home to the main Australian World War One memorial, Musée Franco-Australien, Victoria School and Restaurant le Kangourou. The meaning behind its Australian atmosphere and influences are quite remarkable and displays the pure qualities of ‘Anzac Spirit’. These qualities include endurance, courage, ingenuity, good humour and mateship. It is believed that, “The only thing necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing” (Edmund Burke,…