ASSIGNMENT (MEG)
AUSTRALIAN LIERATURE
MEG-09
 
Answer all questions in this assignment:
 
1. Critically examine the major themes of nineteenth century Australian poetry. 
2. “The ideas of the Australian nation and a sense of masculinity connected with the bush, are subverted very skilfully in Baynton’s stories.” Discuss this statement with reference to the treatment of the bush in Barbara Baynton’s story “The Chosen Vessel”.
3. “Voss’s journey is a quest for determining the nature of individual identity in a strange land.” Do you agree with this statement on Patrick White’s novel Voss?
4. Explain how Kevin Gilbert’s poem ‘Mister Man’ engages with the theme of Aboriginal ownership of the Australian land. 
5. Explain the significance of the title The Removalists.