AUSTRALIA

Australia is an epic romance set in Northern Australia in the late 1930s and 1940s. A transforming journey about romance, war, greed mistreatment, heroism, tragedy and triumph. The story deals with a period in Australia´s history when Indigenous Australians were dispossessed of their land, their children and their human rights. In the film you can see some consequences of white settlement on Australian´s original inhabitants, the development of the cattle industry, the effects of the second world war and the multicultural mix there were in the continent.
These topics are mentioned in different ways in the film. Pay attention to them and after watching the film discuss them. CHOOSE ONE YOU LIKE AND SPEAK ABOUT IT.
1. A transforming journey
2. Droving
3. Bombing during WWII
4. Land
5. Connections between Aboriginal people and white people
6. Stolen Generations
7. Connections between land and indigenous people
8. Love
9. Power of magic and beliefs