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Weblog for HIST 381 at NDSUSaturday, March 29, 2008
RP: Lecture 6
Lecture six started with the founding mythologies of Australia and New Zealand. Australia was a convict settlement with an obstreperous class consciousness. Although many settlers to the area were English they are defiant about it and say they are not English. New Zealand was a planned colony with a classless society being that everyone was middle class. Even though many Australians eventually migrated to New Zealand, New Zealanders refuse to be known as Australian.
The word Anglo-Celtic refers to cultures that are native to Britain and Ireland. This includes areas such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States. In both Australia and New Zealand there was a lack of diversity in the settlers. When New Zealand was first settled it had a lack of diversity due to its planned colonization. Due to Australia being a convict settlement, the majority of the population was male. Despite the fact that Australia had an all white policy Asians started immigrating there. As for New Zealand their planned settlement soon changed once Polynesians started to immigrate there.
Rugby, also called footie, is a popular sport in both New Zealand and Australia. It has been defined as a fast paced combination of speed, athleticism, skill and physical toughness. The all blacks are from New Zealand and are the most successful international rugby organization in history and look at rugby as the definition of masculinity. The rugby heroes of Australia are called the Wallabies. This game can be very aggressive and at times bloody. Other sports of New Zealand and Australia are net ball and cricket.
My point of interest was the discussion about women in society. Women in both New Zealand and Australian societies were treated brutally. In Australia it is believed that the degradation of men brought on the brutalization of women. Women were thought of as not useful, except of course for the use in bodily pleasures. Also, Dr. Isern had said that prostitution is legal in New Zealand, is this so in Australia too?
The word Anglo-Celtic refers to cultures that are native to Britain and Ireland. This includes areas such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States. In both Australia and New Zealand there was a lack of diversity in the settlers. When New Zealand was first settled it had a lack of diversity due to its planned colonization. Due to Australia being a convict settlement, the majority of the population was male. Despite the fact that Australia had an all white policy Asians started immigrating there. As for New Zealand their planned settlement soon changed once Polynesians started to immigrate there.
Rugby, also called footie, is a popular sport in both New Zealand and Australia. It has been defined as a fast paced combination of speed, athleticism, skill and physical toughness. The all blacks are from New Zealand and are the most successful international rugby organization in history and look at rugby as the definition of masculinity. The rugby heroes of Australia are called the Wallabies. This game can be very aggressive and at times bloody. Other sports of New Zealand and Australia are net ball and cricket.
My point of interest was the discussion about women in society. Women in both New Zealand and Australian societies were treated brutally. In Australia it is believed that the degradation of men brought on the brutalization of women. Women were thought of as not useful, except of course for the use in bodily pleasures. Also, Dr. Isern had said that prostitution is legal in New Zealand, is this so in Australia too?
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