Part One Australian History
Chapter 1 The Aboriginal History
1.1 Background
1.1.1 The Aboriginal History
1.1.2 The Aboriginal Cultures and Religion
1.2 The film Rabbit-PF00f Fence
1.2.1 Director Phillip Noyce
1.2.2 Main Characters
1.2.3 Plot
1.2.4 Theme Analysis
1.3 Kevin Rudd’S National Apology
1.3.1 Kevin Michael Rudd
1.3.2 A National Apology to Australia’S Indigenous Peoples
1.4 Reading Passage：Australian Cinema and Settler—Colonial Imagination：
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Chapter 2 Australian National History
2.1 Background
2.2 The Film Gallipoli
2.2.1 Director Peter Weir
2.2.2 Main Characters
2.2.3 Plot
2.2.4 Theme Analysis
2.3 The Film Kokoda
2.3.1 Director Alister Grierson
2.3.2 Main Characters
2.3.3 Plot
2.3.4 Theme Analysis
2.4 Reading Passage：War and National Survival
Part Two Australian Multiculturalism
Chapter 1 Cultural Clash
1.1 Background
1.2 The Film Crocodile Dundee
1.2.1 Director Peter Faiman
1.2.2 Main Characters
1.2.3 Plot
1.2.4 Theme Analysis
1.3 Reading Passage：Cultural Attitudes and Aussie Communicative Style
Chapter 2 Cultural Recognition
2.1 Background
2.2 The Film Looking for Alibrandi
2.2.1 Director Kate Woods
2.2.2 Main Characters
2.2.3 Plot
2.2.4 Theme Analysis
2.3 The Film Strictly Ballroom
2.3.1 Director Baz Luhrmann
2.3.2 Main Characters
2.3.3 Plot
2.3.4 Theme Analysis
2.4 Reading Passage：Is Australia a Multicultural Nation?
Chapter 3 Multicultural Oneness
3.1 Background
3.2 The Film The Castle
3.2.1 Director Rob Sitch
3.2.2 Main Characters
3.2.3 Plot
3.2.4 Theme Analysis
3.3 Reading Passage 1：Creative Nation：Approaching Australian Cinema and Cultural Studies
Reading Passage 2：Governing Australian Diversity：Multiculturalism and Its Values
Keys to Exercises
References
