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| − | === | + | === 24 April Mon === |
| + | * Australian customs very friendly. Seemed more concerned about searching to find plant matter. Cockatoos and kookaburras aplenty. | ||
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| + | === 25 April Tues ANZAC DAY === | ||
| + | * Dawn Service | ||
| + | * Aboriginal & Torres Straits Islanders Service at Aboriginal Plaque | ||
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| + | === 26 April Wed === | ||
| + | * Tour of the Hall of Memory with Margaret (Maggie). She's 91, we talked about family history and how she traced her father's side down 8 generations, and her mother's side up to the 11th century. I can't even understand what my grandmother is doing. | ||
| + | * Emily's talk on portraits made during WWI - the difference between character studies (names not included in original title as portrait was to reflect a generic 'type' of everyday soldier) vs named portraits. | ||
| + | * Discovery of NITV - channel dedicated to stories about indigenous people, by indigenous people. Every program warned that images of dead people might be shown. Read up on [https://www.reconciliation.org.au/raphub/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/respect-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-protocols-oxfam-australia.pdf Aboriginal avoidance practice and cultural practices] | ||
| + | * Inclusion of the indigenous people is actually a recent development | ||
| + | * Found out that Australia participates in Eurovision | ||
| + | * Watched [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzjW6RjQQi4 The First Australians Fight Back] - John Pilger (BBC 1985) | ||
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| + | === 27 April Thurs === | ||
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| + | == See also == | ||
| + | * [[Canberra]] | ||
| + | * [[ | ||
Revision as of 05:26, 27 April 2017
Contents
A Day by Day account of what I learnt and explored
24 April Mon
- Australian customs very friendly. Seemed more concerned about searching to find plant matter. Cockatoos and kookaburras aplenty.
25 April Tues ANZAC DAY
- Dawn Service
- Aboriginal & Torres Straits Islanders Service at Aboriginal Plaque
26 April Wed
- Tour of the Hall of Memory with Margaret (Maggie). She's 91, we talked about family history and how she traced her father's side down 8 generations, and her mother's side up to the 11th century. I can't even understand what my grandmother is doing.
- Emily's talk on portraits made during WWI - the difference between character studies (names not included in original title as portrait was to reflect a generic 'type' of everyday soldier) vs named portraits.
- Discovery of NITV - channel dedicated to stories about indigenous people, by indigenous people. Every program warned that images of dead people might be shown. Read up on Aboriginal avoidance practice and cultural practices
- Inclusion of the indigenous people is actually a recent development
- Found out that Australia participates in Eurovision
- Watched The First Australians Fight Back - John Pilger (BBC 1985)
27 April Thurs
See also
- Canberra
- [[
