Backbencher

Titled "Society: All Blacks v. Wallabies" lecture six discusses many people, sports, and aspects that influence Australian and New Zealand both past and present. We talked about the founding mythologies, Australia and the convict settlement, and New Zealand with the planned settlement. In learning about the two countries I've personally decided that Australia appeals more to me, probably just because Australia Was formed from convicts, and New Zealand with their "planned failure" makes me bored.
From there we discussed some influential people, William Diver, William Pember Reeves author of "The Long White Cloud." Russel Ward, "the Australian Legend." He was the muse for many bush ballads and popular lit. Women where mentioned in Australian history by Clark, but barely. We discussed one day that not much beyond the prostitutes was mentioned by Clark. We also discussed A.G.L Shaw, who also mentioned that "the ordinary man usually prefers the pleasures of the body." Which suggests again that women were not thought of.
The demographics were and we talked about the Maori defying 'fatal contact.' Along with that there was a wave of European immigrants after World War 2, and Asian Immigration (despite White Australia Policy.) It shocked me when we discussed the White Australia Policy, interesting that an entire country thought they could keep themselves "white."
Urban Australia was discussed and in class, and again after the lecture had been reviewed by a couple people, and I really enjoyed hearing the view points already discussed. I liked that someone thought they appeared to be posers. I'm glad Isern addressed this idea in class, it was interesting, and it was good to think about.
After all of this we ended the lecture with a few quick comments on sports. It would be fun to watch a cricket game, and I may try to watch some on campus, if I can find out more information about that.