The images and perceptions conveyed through the media, plays a major role in Australian culture and their obsession with staying young, dieting, keeping fit, looking good and changing looks through methods such as cosmetic surgery. Everyday, by simply turning on the television or opening a magazine...

Josephine Alibrandi is a third generation Italian Australian caught in a claustrophobic family tradition who acknowledges the family spirit, insists that she can free herself, even though she sees herself trapped deal with. It shows how people of different racial backgrounds are not accepted in the ...

Dear Susan, I hope you and your family are safe and healthy as I am missing you dearly. This letter is in response to your interest in the novel Shadows of Olive Trees. I am aware that you are studying English at school and thought that this would be an interesting text for your independent readi...