Pioneers
“The sum total of what I knew about
Australia came to three things: it had an opera house, kangaroos and
Australians spoke the dreaded English.” Simon Tong.
Each
of the stories in Pioneers looks at the first members of the family to leave
the homeland and journey to Australia.
Each comes with differing hopes, dreams and reasons for their leaving
their homeland. What they expected and what they have lost become major themes
in the tales.
1. Do the second generation of migrants have an easier time than the
first?
2. Why do the pioneers choose to come to Australia? Do you think that
their reasons are always clear, even to them?
3. How do the pioneers’ lives change when they come to Australia?
4. What elements do they choose to bring with them when they migrate?
And which do they reject? Why?
5. What tricks do the pioneers learn to assist them in belonging to
Australian culture?
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