Hallo
Wir haben vor zwei Wochen mit dem heft Australian Encounters angefangen und schon einige Aufgaben daraus gelöst und bearbeitet. Diese stelle ich nun hier rein, in der Hoffnung, dass ich einigen damit helfen kann.

Australian Encounters ‚Waltzing the Outback’ Seite 7-9 Lösungen zu den Aufgaben 1,2 und 4

Aufgabe 1)
According to Blainey, how well do Australians know their outback?

- Most of the Australian have never been outback
- Nobody fully knows the outback
- Bur every Australian has a picture of the outback (TV, poems, paintings, films and slogans)
- The outback will never been viewed with neutral eyes

Aufgabe 2)
…find examples in the text that illustrate these differing attitudes:
- the picture of the outback changed and will change again in the coming century
- Waltzing Matilda reflects that ambivalent feeling
- 1990 Australians biggest countries appeared in what had been viewed as the outback
- Ayers Rock (Uluru) symbolised the profound chance (=National symbol)
- Possible source of wealth
- Dangerous environment
- Aborigines seen as enemies
- They also see the beauty of the country (e.g. Waltzing Matilda)

Aufgabe 4)
…what do you think the writer means?

- Geoffrey Blainey wants to compare both stories
- The outback is a dangerous place and a life as a swagman is also dangerous
- The waltzing can easily lead to death
- In the article Blainey is ‘waltzing’ through the outback
- He uses ‘waltzing the outback’ as an metaphor for exploring the unexplored
- Outback stands for freedom and in Waltzing Matilda freedom is also very important.
- In Waltzing Matilda: harmony and nice pictures of the outback are shown, but Blainey wants to show both sides of the outback.