What geographical, socio-political and historical contexts have shaped the literature of Australia?

NEW LITERATURES IN ENGLISH

ASSIGNMENT FOR MEG –08

July 2016 & January 2017 Sessions

Programme: MEG

Assignment Code: MEG-08/TMA/2016-17

Max Marks: 100

2,  What geographical, socio-political and historical contexts have shaped the literature of Australia?

  Ans :  Australia, the smallest of continents, the largest of islands, fifth among the world’s nations in area, had indigenous peoples living there for thousands of years before the British claimed the land as terra nullius-empty land-following Captain James Cook’s invasion in 1788. It established a penal colony and named it New South Wales. Other colonies of the British Empire were gradually added.

For a long time the narration of the history of Australia began with Cook’s invasion and the Aboriginal people were considered mere wards of the state rather that as full citizens in their own right. It was only in 1967, after a national referendum, where ninety percent of the white population voted in their favor, that the Aboriginal people got citizen ship rights. Initially Australia followed a .................................

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