Review for Australia

“Australia” this is the second movie I watched in my English class. It is so-called “a very important movie” (as what it’s named and if you want to call it) to us, SAM students, who are going to fly to Australia at the end of next year although it is actually scarcely related to us but more about history of Australia in 1930's before the World War 2.

Therefore, at first when I first heard the name of the movie, I really paid my full attention to watch this movie although my eyelids were about to close and I could fall asleep as soundly as I could at any time. Oops! But soon I continued to watch (I successfully bore the tiredness) and realised that it was actually very meaningful and quite touched in some senses (the romantic love story between Lady Sarah Ashley and the Drover as well as Lady Sarah Ashley’s maternal love towards Nullah).

The character that I would like to talk about in this movie is Nullah. Nullah is a half-caste child whose mother is an Aborigine while his father is a white man. He is not recognised by the society in Australia that time and he is going to be sent to an isolated island together with other so-called “creamy” children.

Nullah is a very brave child. He knows his family is being exploited by a white man, Neil Fletcher who works under Lady Sarah Ashley by being not allowed to use water though they actually have a very big water storage tank in their farm. He knows Lady Sarah Ashley does not know about Neil Fletcher’s evil act, so he decides to reveal this immoral act to her. Although Neil Fletcher threatens to beat him and his mother, he insists to tell Lady Sarah Ashley this secret. At the end, he is chased and beaten up by Neil Fletcher.

Nullah also likes to sing. When his Aboriginal mother dies, he is emotional, solemn, sad and quiet. When Lady Sarah Ashley comes to comfort him, he asks her to sing a song for him. He then tells Lady Sarah Ashley that according to his grandfather, the King George, he has a magic that he can hear Lady Sarah Ashley’s singing anytime although they may be far apart from each other and vice versa. When he is sent to the isolated island because he is a half-caste child, he always sings and believes that Lady Ashley can hear him singing.

Nullah is also a child who is believed to have magic, inherited from his grandfather, the King George. He always believes that Lady Sarah Ashley can hear him singing wherever she is.When the cattle from Faraway Downs lose control and are running to the cliff edge to kill themselves, Nullah also miraculously stops the cattle by singing.

Nullah also loves his culture of being an Aborigine. This is shown when he wants to "walk about" with his grandfather, the King George. That is why Lady Sarah Ashley lets him go to "walk about" with the King George although she loves him so much and wants to keep him aside with her. She doesn't want him to abandon his culture.