About Erine Dingo

Ernie Dingo is a famous Aboriginal actor. He has earned enormous respect as a performer capable of extraordinary
versatility. His talents as an actor, television host, reporter and comedian have made him one of Australia's best known and most loved performers.
On 31 Jul 1956, Ernie Dingo was bron at Bullaroo Station, out of Mullewa. The second of nine children, Ernie was given the name Oondamooroo, meaning shield in the Wadjarri language of the Yamatji people. Raised by his mother and grandmother, the family name Dingo was the result of his maternal grandfather's activities as a dogger and tracker.
In 1970 Ernie came to Geraldton region of Western Australia where he boarded at John Frewer Hostel for three years whilst attending Geraldton Senior High School. At high school Ernie excelled in long-distance running and all sports. Then he moved to Perth when he was 17 and his first job was as an apprentice sign writer, which he says developed from his interest in painting.
In 1973 and 1977, Ernie was selected for the state basketball team and was also very involved in traditional Aboriginal dancing.
In 1978, he joined the Middar Aboriginal Dance Theatre and made his first trip
overseas on the company's tour of Germany, which he says "was a real eye-opener".
In 1979, Ernie went to Victoria, where he spent several years as an Aboriginal Culture Officer, teaching self-awareness, self-esteem and as he says, “Anything related to Aboriginal heritage”.
In 1983, Ernie retured to Perth and he becamed heavily involved in acting again with his first major parts being in two of Jack Davis's plays, Kullark and The Dreamers.
In 1984, he toured Sydney and Melbourne with State of Shock, and productions of Merakee the Peacemaker, Jedda, Redfern, Wily's How and several children's
programmes.
In 1987, Ernie's first leading role came when he played Robert Tudawali in the SBS telemovie Tudawali, for which he received a nomination for best actor in the Australian Film Institute's awards for that year. International stardom came with a small part in Crocodile Dundee II in 1988.
In 1990, Ernie was awarded the General Division of the Order of Australia by Her Majesty the Queen.
In 1992, Ernie has been with the top tating Seven Network program The Great Outdoors since it began and he was the host of The World Around Us on the Seven Network from 1998 until 2001. He has fronted numerous other Seven productions, including two Olympic specials and Melbourne's Comedy Gala.
In 1994, he was voted "Aboriginal of the Year" by the NAIDOC Committee and "Personality of the Year" by the Australia Caption Centre.
In 1997, he was declared one of Australia's Top 100 "national living treasures" and in 1999, Ernie worked on the hit Seven Network production Kidspeak, a funny and candid insight into the things children do and say. He was a roving reporter and Andrew Daddo was the host.
In 2000, he was presenter for The Great Outdoors and in 2004 he was again recognised for his work when he was awarded the Deadly Award for "Outstanding Contribution to Film and Television".
Ernie Dingo is married to writer Sally Dingo and they have two children, Wilara and Jurra.

Andrew's story in Thailand

Andrew is a teacher and works at TAFE. In Apr of 2003 he went to Bangkok in Thailand with his wife---Eleanor. From 2003----2005 Eleanor was posted to the Australian Embassy in Bangkok to deal with human trafficing . In Bangkok Eleanor decided to adopt a child because she wanted to be a mother. Andrew loves his wife so he agreed to it, then they went to childdren's home and chose Nut . In Jun of 2003 Nut came to stay with them. In Dec of 2003 Nut came to Australia for a christmas hoilday with Eleanor and Andrew . This's Nut frist come to Australia. When they went back to Bangkok , they applie to adopt a second child because they thought that Nut needed a brother. In Apr of 2005 Andrew started part-time work at the Australian Embassy as a Prison Visits Officer and Nut's adoption was copmleted. Then Andrew and Eleanor got a notification of the selection of the second child, Num. In 2005 Eleanor finished her posting with the Australian Embassy in Bangkok , but she didn't came back Australia. She continued to stay at Bangkok and looked after Nut. Soon after Num came to stay with Eleanor and Andrew. Afther Eleanor and Andrew got permissionto take Num back to Australia. So in Oct of 2006 Andrew's famliy came back to Australia.
Now the boys 're living in Sydney and enjoying their new life with their new parents. They can speak English with Andrew and Eleanor, but when they talk to each other they use Thailand. I wish Andrew's famliy enjoy their new life and look forward to the boys loving their new parents.

HEALTH EXPO

On Oct of 24th TAFE Student Association made a "Health Expo". Our AMEP classes actively participated in this Expo.
Before day the Expo, our class--AMEP-D helped Student Association disposed the Expo's place. Some classmates blew balloons and hung everywhere in the Expo's place. Some classmates put some puffs about no smoke on the wall.
That day the Expo stared at 11 clock. Our classmates brought many toothsome food made for themselves because we had to sell food and got money contribute to CANTEEN about children cancer. There were Indian fire rice, Vietnamese rice roll, Peruvian food, Japonic sushi , some beef pies and a very especial sweet soup made of kelp and mung been. It was a very local Cantonese sweetmeat. Cantonese eat it on summer because it is good for people under the sun long time at outside. It is a kind of health food. We put food on the table waited people came.Then some students with responsibility for sell tickets, some students with responsibility for sell food and some students with responsibility for help poeple fill in the investigate form. All classmates enjoyed their volunteer job and done well!
On the time people came with one after another. They were very interesting our food and bought them. Our classmates were very busy. After food sale , we had a draw and a lot of prizes. When people bought our tickets can win these prizes. After some people very lucky that they won the prizes.
That day was a significant and abustle day. Everyone loved and enjoyed it. We are looking forward to do next !

Dreamtime Story--THE CASE OF THE MOTH

This is a sorrowful and feelingful dreamtime story!
The story about long long ago a Queensland hunter went on a long journey and taking his small son with him. It was hard for the little boy , and day by day he felt very weak . Then the rains came. They weren't stopping until rivers rose and the land became a vast swamp. The little boy got ill. The hunter built a rough shelter of bark and branches of trees to keep the rain off the boy. Their food had long been exhausted, and the man knew that his son would die if he was not given food quickly.
So he tucked the boy up in his kangaroo-skin rug and splashed through the marsh and searched quarries. It was not easy to find in the marsh, but after several days he found a possum and killed it with his spear. He hurried back to the gunyah he had built because he was scared that his son lying there dead from starvation.
He arrived at the clearing, he couldn't find his gunyah and his son . He could not understand what had happened. He had been prepared to find his son's body, but last he imagined was that it, and the little gunyah have disappeared as through by magic.
He leaned against a tree. His hand contacted with a loose knob of bark and twigs on the trunk. He looked at it idly and then, with a sudden sense of shock, more closely, for it was a replica of the little gunyah he had built to shelter his son. He opened it with trembling fingers. Inside the case lay the white body of a grub, and he knew that the spirits had taken pity on the boy and saved him from death.
To this day the grub of the Case-moth always has a gunyah which it builds to protect it, and remind it of how, long ago, a father cared enough for his son to build a shelter for him while he sought for food.

SYDNEY IN MY EYES

Sydney is the biggest city and it has the most populous city in Australia. It has many famous and old buildlings , beautiful beaches and a lot of nice parks.
I think the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge are the best place in Sydney because they are famous in the world. There are a lot of nice and beautiful parksin Sydney. For example the Camellia Gardens.
There are four seasons in Sydney , spring, summer,autum and winter. But there are two seasons in North Australia, just wet season and dry season. In Sydney the climate is very comfortable. The average temperature is 24 degrees centigrade.
The traditional food are chips, fish finger and B.B.Q.in the Sydney and the OZ love drink beer. The B.B.Q is the most popular dish in Australia because in Australia the people love make a B.B.Q for family party on the weekend. The most connon cap in Australia is Akubra. I think here is expensive for living and food because fruits and vegetables are very expensive. Every week I have to pay rent for living. It is more difficult find job in Sydney because a lot of immigrant from everywhere in the world. The big problem is the some people can't speak well English so it is very difficult find a good job .
I have been in Australia since 2003. I can speak Chinese and a little bit English. So I study English at TAFE now because I want to settle dawn in Australia and when my English get well I'll look for a good job. My hobbies are reading and travelling, but now I have to look after my little girl---Reanne. So I like go to parks with my little girl in my free time. My dreams are I hope owm my house in the future and hope visit around the world. I just know a little bit Aborigine word like Uluru, didgeridoo.

YUM CHA

Yum cha a term in the Cantonese spoken variant of Chinese literally meaning "drinking tea", refers to the custom of eating small servings of different foods while sipping Chinese tea in southern China. It is an integral part of the culinary culture of Guangdong Province and Hong Kong. In any city with a sizeable population of Cantonese people, Yum cha is a tradition on weekend mornings, and whole families gather to chat and eat Dim sum and drink pots of Chinese tea. Yum cha is also a morning ritual for the elderly to spend a good part of the morning after early morning exercise of tai chi or walk. The tea is important, for it is said to help digest the rich foods, which may be included in the choice of offerings. In the past, people used to go to a teahouse for yum cha, whereas dim sum restaurants have been gaining an overwhelming popularity of late.

LIVELY CITY----GUANGZHOU

Guangzhou is the capital of Guangdong Province in southern China. The city was formerly known internationally as Canton city. It is a port on the Pearl River, navigable to the South China Sea. So call Guangzhou is "South Gate in China". The population is approximately 14 million. It's the fifth most populous in China.
Guangzhou is a old city because its history has 2200 years. There are many old buldings in the city. It is famous for Temple of the Six Banyan Trees. But now Guangzhou is a very modern and lively city . A lot of top and modern buldings have bulit since 10 years ago, and Guangzhou has a lot of nice and ditterent kind of restaurants because Cantonese cuisine is very famous in China and in the world. In the Guangzhou you can taste many different kind of food from different place in China. So Guangzhou people very love night life because the night in Guangzhou is very noisy. People usually go out to restaurants , shopping and meet friends.
The main industries in Guangzhou are carmaker, petrochemical and electrommunication. Tourism and businessn are also important. The Chinese Export Commodities Fair, also called "Canton Fair", is held each spring and autumn for businessn in the world.
The weather in Guangzhou is warm and humid. The average temperature is 21 degrees centigrade and it rains a lot.
Guangzhou and Sydney are friendly twin city!

Camellia Gardens

Our class had an excursion to Camellia Gardens on 27th of SEP. We met at Kogarah Station and caught a train to Caringbah. We walked to the Camellia Gardens from Caringbah Station when we arrived Caringbah.
After 15 minutes we arrived the Camellia Gardens. It is a nice and beautifull place! A lot of trees around the garden and many similar colors but different kind of flowers made a small group. A small river wanders through the garden. We rambled on the an alley under the woods . Everyone felt exciting and took a lot of photos.
Then we had a picnic on the sod. Everyone took out different lunch made for theirself . After the picnic we played English game and someone played badminton .
We left the garden at 2 clock. That day was a nice day . Everyone had a good time!

DO YOU KNOW WHAT ARE THESE?

IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE! I THINK I CAN SEE......

1.The water of the swimming pool at a top of a hotel .

2.Snow globes in the souvenir shop

3.The picture about the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera House on the umbrella.

4.The picture about a concrete worker mixing cement in a pieces of stained glass window.

5.The top of the street light but I know it is

at the rock
6.Some people climbing the Harbour Bridge

7.The lady's back of the pylon lookout assistant in the level 1

8.The glass board on the top of the pylon lookout ,the side can see Double Bay .

9.The flower picture on the chinese of exhibition

10.11.&12. something of exhibition- I don't know what did it make?

13.A part of the Harbour Bridge

An excursion of Pylon Lookout

On Thursday our English class had an excursion to the Sydney Pylon Lookout.
At 9am I met the teacher Marion and some classmates at Kogarah station. We bought student return tickets and caught the train to Town Hall station. Then we changed toanother line and went to Circular Quay.
At 9.50am we arrived at Circular Quay station outside wharf 6 and met the teacher Rose and other classmates.
Then we went to the bridge's pylon on foot. We saw many boats, ferries and ships on the harbour when we were walking on the Harbour Bridge. After 20 minutes we arrived at the Pylon Lookout, and we walked in and went up the steps.
On level one , first we bought tickets and saw a display in the central chamber about the Harbour Bridge's history and construction. We saw six pieces of beautiful stained glass windows in this room. They showed diffrent trades on the windows. We could see a surveyoy measuring levels, a concrete worker mixing cement, a painter high up in the steelwork of the bridge, a rigger, a stone mason working on the granite faced pylons, a riveter and the silhouette of a dog-man hight above the other workers.
Then we went up the steps to level two, Level two has a souvenir shop. they sell post cards, caps,snow globes and many diffrent souvenirs. I was interested in an Australian Music Box. I don't know how they make them but they're $20 each-no cheap!
Next we went up the steps to level three. this is the top. There was a lot of information about the Harbour Bridge in the top room. Then we went outside and saw spectacular panoramic views of the city of Sydney. On the east we could see the Opera House and the beautiful Sydney Harbour. On the south we could see the Sydney Tower and many tall buildings. On the north we could see the top of the Harbour Bridge and saw some people cilmbing the bridge. How wonderful! We took a lot of photographs.
Finally we wwent down the steps to level one and watched a short audio-visual feature highlighting rare photographs. Then we finished this excursion and went home.
It was a lovely and exciting day!!!

Hello!

Hello, Everyone!

My name is Ling. I came from Guangzhou in China. I was bron in
Guangzhou. Guangzhou is a beautiful and old city.I love it because my family and my friends live there. I study English at TAFE now. Can I make a friend with you if you came from Guangzhou?
Do you know what this is a picture of?