This is Australia Mateship Gid’day Mate! If you would like to involve an Australian Korean War Veteran in this link up please contact Jo Tate ????

Australian sayings Let’s practise these now: Gid’day Mate! (Hello Friend) Have a Captain Cook! (Have a look at that!) It’s fair dinkum (true, real, genuine) He’s gone walk-about (he’s away at the moment) It’s ridgy- didge (original, genuine) She’ll be right (It will be ok)

Just for fun…. Let’s say …. Gid’day Mate! Have a Captain Cook at that! Yes, it’s fair dinkim! It’s ridgy-didge. What? He’s gone walkabout? Don’t worry. She’ll be right Mate. Meaning: Hi Friend! Look at that. Yes it is real. What? He has gone somewhere? Don’t worry it will be ok.

More sayings … Kick the bucket (die) She’ll be apples (I will be alright) He has come a gutser ( had an accident) Cark it (to die) His blood is worth bottling ( he is a good person) Blood oath ( for sure this is right) Big mobs (large crowds) This arvo (this afternoon) ORAL TASK: Write a short dialogue using these ( Allow 5 minutes) – share some

A history of hardship in a foreign land Australia New Settlers (immigrants) and Convicts (Prisoners) arrived in Australia and relied on each other Mateship meant Mutual respect Unconditional assistance Understanding of shared experiences ‘Digger’ was a similar word that originated on the Gold Fields in the 1850’s where people would dig for gold

Let’s guess what these men are doing? Discussion What tools are they using? What hardships might they face? Working in the lonely bush + helping each other + friendships = a feeling that a man can trust his ‘Mate’ in anything.

‘Mates’ in WW1 ‘Mate’ and ‘digger’ were words commonly used by the soldiers Stories of soldiers' bravery, suffering and larrikin(fun loving) spirit in the First World War form the image of the Aussie 'digger'.

ANZAC Day April 25th Holiday The landings on the beach at Gallipoli remembered on ANZAC Day the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War. During the 1920s Anzac Day became a national day of commemoration for the more than 60,000 Australians who had died during the war. Does Korea have holidays to commemorate events related to past Wars? Discussion.

‘Mates’ in WW2 POW Camps In the camps Australians came together to support each other through the terrible circumstances. Is there a particular time in Korean history where people had to support each other?

‘Mateship’ in the Korean War “Cold! I thought I knew it but Korea taught me otherwise. Cold so intense that even the ground was frozen solid and rivers iced up whilst a bone-chilling variable wind swept over the barren landscape.” Private Desmond Guilfoyle, 1 RAR Did you know Australian soldiers are buried and honoured in the Korean War Memorial cemetery?

Australia Day Holiday January 26 Mates get together and share a BBQ "This Australia Day, more than anything else, we know mateship lives... We will hang on to our Aussie mateship and our Aussie fair go, in the worst of times and in the best, because we're Australian.“ Prime minister Juilia Gillard (after the terrible Queensland floods)

The Ozzy & Korean BBQ Outside relaxed meal Chops, sausages, steak and burgers We say, “Let’s fire up the Barby” Can a Korean student please explain the Korean BBQ to us? Inside? Meat?

Truth or fiction? In 2013 a survey of 1,000 people were asked to define what makes a typical Australian. The top answer was "mateship",(15%) followed closely by "friendly" and "laid back". Questions: Is this how Koreans see Australians? Do the Victorian students agree with the survey results?

Mateship today I call my friends ‘mate’, I call taxi drivers ‘mate’, people I have no relationship with ….. when you've completely forgotten the name of someone you've met on many occasions, call them ‘mate’. "It's a very Australian thing to do." So let’s be Mates!