Australian Vision In The Wombats And Red Dog

Australian vision is made up of unique and special characteristics that can be seen or imagined in people’s mind to discuss about Australia. It is a representation of Australia’s distinctive nature. It is visualised the beauty and majesty unique to this nation. The ideas of vision are revealed in the poem ‘The Snow-Gum’ and ‘wombats’ by Douglas Stewart and ‘Red dog’ by Kriv Stenders respectively. In the poem ‘The Snow-Gum’ and ‘wombat’ portrays celebration and appreciation of Australia’s fauna and flora. In the film ‘Red Dog’ illustrates the Australian vision of the mateship value. However, both of texts ‘The wombat’ and ‘Red Dog’ are relates to the vison of egalitarianism.

In the poem ‘wombats’ and ‘The Snow-Gum’ expresses that appreciation

In the poem ‘The wombats’, the use metaphor of ‘we have one mother, good brother’ to explores this idea. It emphasises that relationship between wombat and Earth which mother Earth provides place for wombat to live and food to survival. Meanwhile, it also demonstrates kinship between poet and wombat that suggests all living thing in Australia are family and equally which possess the same mother nature and connect closeness to each other. Moreover, the dog in the film ‘Red Dog’ is equal identity to everyone else reflected by use personification of ‘it is not what he did but who he was’. The dog is not just a dog anymore which the townspeople all loved and understood. The red dog develops a personality and relationship with the townspeople. Furthermore, long camera shot of a scene which all peoples protest caravan park caretakers suggests that culturalism miners are band together to summon new community into existence. It reflects current Australian society that peoples from different background generates the conclusive definition of Australian life which is equality and harmony. Therefore, distinctively Australian vision of egalitarianism is clearly represented by the poem ‘The wombats’ and the film ‘Red