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| What year did the Gurindji walkout happen? |
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| How much were they being paid vs. how much they wanted to be paid? |
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| The Australian media represents unions as being antithetical to being Australian how? |
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| In Australia the mainstream media generally represent the trade union movement as acting against the good of the nation |
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| The maritime workers strike received support from many how? |
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| Because it shapes the story of Australian-ness especially in terms of social movements organized around labor, peace activism, and the environment |
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| How is flash mobbing political? |
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| it is political because people are gathering, its a human art exhibition, all about spontaneity |
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| What type of political organization is the group Critical Mass? |
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| flash mob event of the cyclists' right movement |
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| What is Critical Mass’s political message? |
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| making people notice how choked with cars some cities are |
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| What is Reclaim the Streets? |
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| devoted to challenging and questioning the ordering of societies priorities by presenting one possibility of a more pleasurable alternative |
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| Although seen as a celebration of Gay Pride the G&L Mardi Gras is actually? |
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| a protest that seeks to achieve gay, lesbian, trans-gender, bisexual and queer peoples rights |
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| When did the first Sydney G&L Mardi Gras take place? |
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| Australian idiom that values equality, loyalty, and friendship |
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| What are the two types of mateship? |
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| What are the two levels of mateship? |
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| close bond between two males, camaraderie between Anglo-Australian male community |
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| When did the term mateship come into common usage? |
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| United Kingdom, 1890, poems wrote about mates in stories |
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| How did mateship grow through time? |
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| cases of hardship over the course of the first 150 years of Australian history- penal colony, gold rush of the 1850s, depression of the 1930s, World Wars I & II, formation of Australian labor movement |
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| Besides being mythologized mateship has also been… |
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| Although egalitarian, mateship is most predominant in what social class? |
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| working or physical labor classes |
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| Mateship is different in from the Honor System in what way? |
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| you don't tell on your mates |
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| Using the term ‘mate’ means you are in what social setting? |
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| How does mateship affect social etiquette? |
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| expresses equality amongst men, not being a bludger |
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| How does the relaxed attitude of Australians cause offense in others? |
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| very hard to offend an Australian, not very sensitive |
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| How did Hiro Mukai, a Japanese lecturer, describe Australians? |
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| naive, "Australians appear naive because they speak the same way with everyone" |
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| How is egalitarianism expressed with the male Australian accent? |
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| accent is broad, Crocodile Dundee |
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| Why is it rare for Australian women to speak with the same egalitarian accent as men? |
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| seen as lower social class, frowned upon |
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| Mateship is expressed through what two physical activities? |
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| References to mateship in comedy have Australian males being called what first name? |
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| How is egalitarianism expressed in the pub? |
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| having a shout, everyone buys a round |
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| How does the ‘round’ contribute to non-sexual relationships between men and women being very common in Australia? |
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| both women and men are expected to buy their own round |
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| Why is the ritual of rounds not always followed in night-clubs? |
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| different motivations in night clubs, looking to get laid, drug scene in night clubs |
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| someone who doesn't pay their own way |
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| How does mateship replace the family? |
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| strong bonds with fellow males, become more important than relationships with women |
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| Prior to the Anzac tradition how did mateship originate in Australia? |
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| immigrant nation, took single men, criminals, had to bond together to survive |
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| How is the term ‘mate’ different than ‘digger’? |
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| digger came around during time of the ANZACs, not really said anymore |
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| How did the conditions of living in Australia for the initial immigrants contribute to mateship? |
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| had to band together to survive |
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| How has Australia’s experience in war also impacted mateship? |
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| term digger came about, ANZACs bonded together |
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| What does the term ‘take the piss’ mean? |
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| say things to people's face, not behind their back |
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| How do Australians ‘take the piss’? |
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| say jokes to people's face |
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| How does honesty play into the Australian lifestyle? |
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| Australians value honesty, |
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| How do Australians deal with suffering? |
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| How do Australians feel about status relative to their egalitarian ideals? |
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| don't talk about status, don't talk about how much money you have |
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| Who has traditionally been excluded from the mateship idiom? |
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| In regards to gender, what is the unwritten creed of mateship? |
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| men are the fighters and breadwinners, women are the homemakers |
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| In the 1990s how did the definition of mateship change? |
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| more multicultural, included women |
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| How do feminists feel about Hawke’s purported inclusion of women in the mateship ideal? |
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| load of bullocks, don't try to pretend |
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| In 2000 what did Philip Knightley write about mateship on ‘Australia: A Biography of a Nation’? |
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| no sense in denying it, mateship is for the men |
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| How has the sexual and feminist revolution affected mateship? |
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| How has mateship affected the recorded history of Australia? |
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| very few stories about women succeeding |
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| How has capitalism impacted mateship? |
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| takes away egalitarian ideals |
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| Because o f mateship women have to do what in the workplace to succeed? |
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| How do Australians feel about mateship today? |
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| idea is eroding, need to bond together through hardship disappearing |
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