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How have your chosen written texts moved and shaped your ideas in regard to the context?

What is it that strikes you about the text you have chosen to recommend?

Are there any links between the set texts and the texts that interest and inspire you in regards to the context?

What forms of writing could you see taking shape from the ideas of the texts?

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Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Surviving Sydney Cove

A few years ago, I read the book ‘Surviving Sydney Cove’, a story about a young English girl, who is sent to Australia, after being wrongly accused of stealing. I find the storyline of the book similar to the text ‘The Secret River’, and their conflicts faced.
Not only are both the main characters of each book, William Thornhill, and Elizabeth Harvey, exiled to Australia, they both recount their experiences of their journey to their new country, and the differences between their old home, and their new homes.
Both characters encounter conflicts, such as personal conflicts, missing their old home and families, interpersonal conflicts with other Australians, and cultural conflicts with the ‘Blacks’.
Elizabeth came out to Australia with the 1st fleet, (April 1790), at the age of 13 which is much earlier than William. Her story is set in the format of a diary, while Will’s is set as a narrative. Her story lasts only 2 months, while Thornhill’s lasts many years.

By Steph
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