Vincent Lingiari

Paul Kelly and is a song about the protest from the Gurindji people and Vincent Lingiari during their argument about land rights at Wave Hill station in August 1966. The Gurindji strike at Wave Hill station was an revolutionary incident that occurred in August of 1966 at Wave Hill station in the Northern Territory. On the eponymous date in 1966, Vincent Lingiari, a spokesman for the Gurindji people, led his fellow Gurindji compatriots and walked off their worksite and began a seven year strike. The strike was first assumed to be a strike by the Gurindji people about conditions and pay upon the station but it was quickly realised it was something far more important, Vincent and the Gurindji people wished to be given their land back, including Wave Hill station. In the end, Vincent Lingiari and his people achieved the goal they had set out to achieve after 8 years of strike action. In 1975, prime minister Gough Whitlam handed the land belonging to the Gurindji people back to Vincent Lingiari and his people and the strike led to the Aboriginals Land Right Act passed by the Whitlam government in 1975. Whitlam was quoted as saying this about the handover “On this great day, I, Prime Minister of Australia, speak…

It’s not easy to be classed as a true Australian hero. Our nation admires people who are selflessness and put others above themselves. Demonstrate great bravery and are yet humble we also respect people who stand up for what they believe in even though this might not be popular sentiment at the time. We are inspired by exceptional talent and by people who are the best at what they can do and in doing these things demonstrate to the world their pride in being an Australian. The person I am going…

Vincent Price The man behind it all In the mid-20th century, movies from the 50’s and 60’s were simple and yet captivating with many different genera’s to choose from. Some of the films where adapted to fit stories and epic tales you might find and remember from older books and fables from the past. Some of the best films focused on the classical Greek periods, the medieval times, renaissance period’s old westerns and modern day flicks with a strange horror aspect in it. Vincent Price was one…

As a result he dropped out of college after a year to work there (Pringle). While at Disney, he created two short films; Vincent (1982) and Frankenweenie (1984). Vincent allowed Tim Burton to work with one of his idols, Vincent Price, who supplied the voice of the narrator. Price would also later star in the film Edward Scissorhands in 1990 (CITATION). Frankenweenie was retelling of the Frankenstein story from the point of view of a young Dr. Frankenstein whose dog had died and he tried to bring…

This can be seen in the, short film Birthday boy (2004) directed by Sejong Park, which explores the innocence of children as a minute part of this world and how they don't understand the dangers of solitary life of a war stricken child. Vincent (1982) by Tim Burton…

Charles Manson is the founder of the Manson family. He is the mastermind behind many devistating murders in the late 1960's. Charles is still alive but is living in jail. He got a sentance for life in prison after what he has done. Charles childhood may have been the cause of all his destructive activites. Let us start by looking at a history about Charles Manson and his activites while leader of the Manson family. In 1934, Charles Milles Maddox was born to an unmarried sixteen year old…

Online Performance #1 Although all three videos showed the same song being performed, the environment of each performance definitely had an influence on how it was sung and performed. In each rendition of “If I Loved You”, by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, there was differences in the way the message of the song was being conveyed. There are probably things in each rendition that can be improved on, such as posture or in having more facial expressions. Each performance had its own…

Charles Manson Biography Charles Milles Maddox – referred to by most as Charles Manson – was the leader of the Manson Family cult in the revolutionary period of the 1960’s. The Manson Family was responsible for nine murders, starting with the infamous killings of the actress Sharon Tate and four of her friends, occurring within five weeks in the year 1969. Charles Manson is still alive today serving a life sentence in Corcoran State Prison. Manson’s dark childhood was an appropriate indicator…

allows Tarantino to focus on other aspects, especially the characters, without creating too much investment in any single character, each has redeeming qualities as well as flaws. One character, Marsellus, the boss is always shrouded in mystery. His character is developed by the characters around him. They take great caution around him so as not to rile him. They often gossip about him, but never directly confront him out of fear. This lends to his mystery and power. Additionally, he is hardly…

Tom Cooper was the strongest and tallest lumberjack ever. He was born in Canada in 1940. When Tom was born,he was born with more than 15 pounds. The people from his community were really surprised to see such a big baby like Tom. The people from his community wanted him to leave as soon as he was born,but his mom said no because he was just a baby. So his community accepted him to stay but said that as soon as he was 16,he needed to leave the community because he is causing fear and trouble. At…