Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Portrayal of Australian Mining Towns Essay
Arthur Boyd and Oodgeroo, formally known as Kath Walker, both effectively depict their own view of Australia through the painting ââ¬Å"The Mining Townâ⬠and the poem ââ¬Å"The Time Is Running Out. â⬠They each present slightly differing interpretations of the country based upon their altered perspectives and context. Arthur Boyd presents a vivid and vibrant life of an Australian mining town of 1920 through his painting while Kath Walker aggressively portrays an outraged view of what Australia has become violently outlining the damages caused by European settlement. In Kath Walkers poem ââ¬Å"time is running outâ⬠she uses a passionate and forceful tone allowing it to illustrate an Aboriginal perspective of the mining town, which effectively portrays her view of Australia. ââ¬Å"The miner rapes the heart of the earthâ⬠the use of the word ââ¬Å"rape,â⬠describes a traumatic and violent action. Kath Walker uses this aggressive quote to start her poem essentially stating the miners are ruining the natural part of Australia. She then proceeds to say ââ¬Å" With this violent spadeâ⬠meaning the spade the miners are using is killing the earth. ââ¬Å" Stealing, bolting her black blood. â⬠The use of a metaphor in this quote depicts the miner taking the black coal from the earth. She then personifies the earth to exemplify that the Europeans are destroying the natural beauty of Australia ââ¬Å"for the sake of the greedy trade. â⬠Kath Walker demonstrates her disappointment throughout the poem in the European culture of Australia and is horrified by what the country has become. She effectively conveys her view of Australia. In the second part of Kath Walkers poem she proceeds to use a patriotic and again a violent tone to portray her view of Australia. She challenges upon all Aborigines to take a stand against the violent nature on the earth caused by the foreigners. The repetition of ââ¬Å"violenceâ⬠ââ¬Å"he knows violenceâ⬠ââ¬Å"will be violently writtenâ⬠ââ¬Å"make the violent miner feelâ⬠exaggerates her perspective of Australia by portraying Australia as a terrible violent country. Throughout her poem she over exaggerates the terrible wok of the miners and at the end of her poem she hypocritically gives a violent message of retaliation against the miners ââ¬Å"to defend their timeless land. â⬠ââ¬Å"Come gentle black manâ⬠she creatively changes the audienceââ¬â¢s state of mind by showing that the aborigines are the victims and are innocent. Kath allows the audience to feel her frustration with the use of her aggressive tone and adjectives essentially providing the audience with not only Kathââ¬â¢s view of Australia but also the whole Aboriginal community. It is because of Kaths poetic devices and techniques which allows her to present her perspective of Australia from an Aboriginal point of view. Her aggressive and serious tone, shows her passion and love for the nature of the country. She also spreads a message of violence of retaliation and revenge on the European miners who are destroying nature in Australia all for ââ¬Å"the filthy dollar. â⬠Therefore I think that the poem most effectively conveys a view of Australia rather than the photo.
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