Kawagoe-Salem Friendship Society

Lecture

Saturday July 16, 2016

Understanding Australia Through its

Poetry and Music

Professor Peter Harmer

Willamette University

Australia is one of Japan's most important foreign partners. In the past thirty years, not only have

trade relations between the two countries increased significantly but tourism and cultural exchange

programs have proliferated. Australia has become one of the most preferred destinations for young

Japanese on vacation and, significantly, for Japanese newlyweds as a honeymoon trip. A measure of

the growing interdependence of the two countries can be gauged from the decision of the Japanese

government to lift visa requirements for Australians visiting Japan as of December 1, 1998.

However, the path to the current state of mutual cooperation has not been without incident - the

Pacific campaign of World War II has colored the attitudes of older generations of Australians

toward Japan. On the other hand, it is obvious that the Japanese have little on which to base their

understanding of what constitutes the Australian character, apart from vignettes of sandy beaches

and koalas. To many Japanese, Australia is America with kangaroos. As interaction continues

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between the two countries it is important that the Japanese understand how Australians think of

themselves, where these perceptions originated, and how they have been expressed.

1) The Dreamtime

The Australian Aboriginal myths about the time before man and the creation of the world and

explanations for why nature looks and acts as it does.

a. Yigi Yigi (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf0RrQ62jw8)

b. Ryka Ali (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEgXAu30yuY)

2) Settlement

a. Botany Bay: (traditional): the convict beginnings of white Australia

Music - (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEYseM_R6Hk)

Lyrics - (http://folkstream.com/010.html)

3) The Land

a. My Country by Dorethea Mackellar: an evocative homage to the vast, stark, difficult

land that Australians love in contrast to the verdant pastures of England

Video - (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86TKK81EwJ4)

Poem - (http://www.dorotheamackellar.com.au/archive/mycountry.htm)

b. Letter to Narelle: the difficulties and rewards of life in the outback for Australian

women

Music - (http://lookingforlyrics.org/catalog/Rolf Harris-Letter to Narelle/)

Lyrics - (http://www.songlyrics.com/rolf-harris/letter-to-narelle-lyrics/)

4) Man from Snowy River: the quintessential Australian epic poem of courage

Video - (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs_-DKUimeo&feature=related)

Poem - (http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/pater01.html)

5) National Anthem

The national anthem - The words and music through which Australians have officially chosen to

represent themselves to the world:

a) God save the Queen: the original national anthem indicative of Australia’s

connection to England

Video - (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwziS2aE6Ww)

b) Advance Australia Fair: the current national anthem

Video -

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B57QEEl97po&feature=related)

c) Waltzing Matilda: the tune most foreigners know from Australia and the one

many believe should be the national anthem, expressing the freedom of the bush life

and the oppressiveness of authority

Video -

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwvazMc5EfE&NR=1)

Lyrics -

(http://www.imagesaustralia.com/waltzingmatilda.htm)

d) I still call Australia home: a modern song that captures the lure of Australia

for its people

Video -

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbGuqmaDgLA&feature=related)

Lyrics - (http://www.metrolyrics.com/i-still-call-australia-

home-lyrics-peter-allen.html)

6) War and National Identity

The veneration of the Aussie digger (soldier) and the myth of national character they generated, especially from

the beach landing at Gallipoli (Turkey) during World War I)

a. Beach Burial

Poem - (http://www.lyrikline.org/en/poems/beach-burial-1253)

b. Ode of Remembrance

Poem - (http://www.greatwar.co.uk/poems/laurence-binyon-for-the-fallen.htm)

c. The Band Played Waltzing Matilda: reflections on the consequences of war

Video - (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG48Ftsr3OI)

Lyrics - (http://celtic-lyrics.com/lyrics/36.html)

7) Humor

Examples of the important traits of being able to face adversity with aplomb and to laugh at oneself

a. Holy Dan

Poem - (http://www.poemhunter.com/best-poems/anonymous-oceania/holy-dan/)

b. Said Hanrahan

Poem - (http://www.cattlefacts.com.au/Poem%20Said%20Hanrahan.asp)

8) The Essence of the Australian Lifestyle

a. The Surfer: the ideal of the modern Australian, bronzed, free, adventurous

Poem - (https://allpoetry.com/The-Surfer)

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YouTube 動画 Didgeridoo - Yigi Yigi - David Hudson をプレビュー

Didgeridoo - Yigi Yigi - David Hudson

YouTube 動画 Ryka Ali Plays Aboriginal Eucalyptus Didgeridoo をプレビュー

Ryka Ali Plays Aboriginal Eucalyptus Didgeridoo

YouTube 動画 (We're Bound For) Botany Bay (Lyrics) - Trad.Arr P.M.Adamson をプレビュー

(We're Bound For) Botany Bay (Lyrics) - Trad.Arr P.M.Adamson

YouTube 動画 My Country Read by Dorothea McKellar をプレビュー

My Country Read by Dorothea McKellar

YouTube 動画 The Man From Snowy River - Banjo's Poem をプレビュー

The Man From Snowy River - Banjo's Poem

YouTube 動画 God Save The Queen - British National Anthem をプレビュー

God Save The Queen - British National Anthem

YouTube 動画 Australian National Anthem をプレビュー

Australian National Anthem

YouTube 動画 Slim Dusty - Waltzing Matilda をプレビュー

Slim Dusty - Waltzing Matilda

YouTube 動画 1998 Qantas TVC-Australia Home II をプレビュー

1998 Qantas TVC-Australia Home II

YouTube 動画 Eric Bogle - The Band Played Waltzing Matilda をプレビュー

Eric Bogle - The Band Played Waltzing Matilda

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