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Study Guides on 'Immigrant Chronicle' and Belonging.

 * The Charles Sturt University __HSC Online__ has some good material on Skryznecki and the AOS.

Peter Skryznecki - Poet

 * Spend some time looking through Peter Skryznecki's own website. Includes the poet's insights into his own life and work. A very useful resource.
 * Immigrant Chronicle Book Rap - an older resource, but still well worth a read. Note: not all of the prescribed poems are included, but there's plenty of useful material, including an interview with Peter Skryznecki.



Migrant Experiences in Post War Australia

 * Ethnic Newspapers from the 1950s-60s. See the first of a [|two-part article on Ethnic newspapers] in 1950s-60s Australia. A useful National Library of Australia resource that provides insight into notions of belonging as a migrant.
 * Women and Migration in Australia since 1945. Read the story of Elizabeth Cham, the daughter of Polish prisoners of war who migrated to Australia in 1950.
 * Read more about Australian migration post World War II here.

Warsaw and WWII

 * View black and white images of Warsaw in 1945. Looking at these it is understand why so many Europeans were forced to flee their homeland after the war.

Writing about the poetry
This teacher's blog is a useful source for beginning to think about the extended response essay. Includes a sample question, introduction, conclusion and a useful body paragraph scaffold.