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Hi everyone,
My name is Imogen. I'm a visual arts student but one day I'm going to be a paramedic!

I was born in WA and moved to England when I was 3, spent 7 years there and moved back to finish school. I moved to Adelaide on my own, not knowing anyone. I came here to study art.

I identify as white Australian but having traveled the world I consider my values and attitudes to be a result of my contact with countless cultures from around the world!

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Hi I am a Vis Com student. I am Australian, born and raised. I think home is wherever you feel most comfortable. For me it is in the country, in open air where I can hear my own thoughts rather than being stuck in a crowded suburban house with no back yard.

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Hi, I'm Amanda. I am a Masters student at UniSA as well as your tutor for this course.
It's great to see so many of you participating on the padlet and providing such thoughtful answers.
I was born in the Riverland in South Australia and moved to Adelaide when I was 3 years old.
I identify as Aboriginal. My grandmother was part of the Stolen Generations and as a result I do not know what Aboriginal nation I belong to. If I did I would most certainly identify with a specific nation.
Home for me is really where my loved ones are; my son, my dog (and the cat i suppose...).
I have also always associated the sound of the Yidaki as the sound of home- there is something about the sound and vibrations that always seem to put me at ease.

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Hi, I am a Vis Com student. I always find it interesting when I'm travelling and we use the term 'home' as the place we go back to sleep but I think home is much more than that. I like to think home is a place where I feel most relaxed and a place where my family and friends are. My family comes from England and Ireland, however I identify myself as an Australian because it is where I grew up where I developed my morals and beliefs. I think home is where there is an emotional attachment.

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Hi! I'm Olivia and I'm 21 years old in my 2nd year of Studying Visual Arts specialising in Photography, most likely in film.

I am half Hungarian however as my parents are separated and I do not see that half of my family I do not really identify or resonate the Hungarian background. Moving around a lot as a child/teen I never lived in one home for a fairly long period of time. So for me, home is somewhere that feels nostalgic and emotionally personal to me and who I am living with. Recently I have moved out of home. Living by myself is something I'm not at all used to so it took some time but after settling it is not the place i am in, but more the memories of the belongings I own and have collected that make my place feel like my home. My home is my refuge, my space to feel sheltered, safe and comfortable.

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Hi all, my name is Max and I'm 19 years old and am currently in second year studying Vis Comm.

I would identify myself as Australian simply because of the Australian culture that I grew up around.

Home to me is anywhere I can feel comfortable. So actually at home or even at a place I've never been to before. But to me, the thing that makes home "home" is the company around you

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Hello, I am a Vis Com student. I was born and raised in Adelaide. Home, for me is a safe place where I am surrounded by my family, friends and things I love. Last year I completed an amazing Uni exchange in the USA and this experience really solidified the definition of 'home' for me.

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Hey! My name is Mitch and I'm currently 20 years old and am in my second year studying Vis Comms.

I would define my cultural identity as Australian although both my mum and dad's parents are from Italy. I've been raised mostly around Australian cultures and beliefs but have adopted some minor traits from my Italian grandparents.

I've been raised all my life back in Port Pirie which is country South Australia. I recently moved to Adelaide last year in order to study Vis Comms. I feel as-though Pirie is my home, all my family is back there and it's where I grew up. Whenever I go back there to visit, that's what feels like home, it's where I feel comfortable.

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Howdy, my name is Krystal and I'm a Vis Com student. i was born and raised in rural Australia. I guess you can say I'm Australian, since I've been raised on the woollies chocolate mud cakes. For me home is simply a place where i feel comfortable, and can call my own?

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Hey! My name is Renee, I am 19 years old and I’m studying Visual Arts, specialising in Photography. I have lived in the Adelaide Hills my whole life and commute daily to Uni. As I was born and raised in Australia, I therefore identify myself as Australian.

For me home is somewhere that you personally feel comfortable and safe. I feel that home is somewhere you always have an emotional connection to, where memories are made. For me home is my home in the Adelaide hills, it is where I grew up and where I have made many memories.

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Hi everyone, my name is Karla, I am 19 years old and I am studying visual arts, majoring in Digital Photography. I grew up on a large property in the Mid-North, surrounded by my parents and my 5 siblings. I moved to Adelaide in 2016 to attend university. I will always identify myself as Australian. Home will always be where I grew up and spent the first 18 years of my life. However, I think that it is also where you feel the most comfort and security, whether it be where you grew up, or wrapped within a loved ones arms.

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Hello! I'm Austin, A visual art student who was born & raised in Australia. Originally from Whyalla but moved to Adelaide when i was quite young.

For me home is where my immediate family and best friends are, where i find comfort in everything and everyone.

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Hello, my name is Maria I'm 19 and I'm in my second year on Vis Com. I was born and raised in Australia but both my parents were born and raised in Portugal. My parents migrated to Australia about 25 years ago. I consider myself as BOTH an Australian and a Portuguese person. My heritage is such a big part of my life even though I've lived my entire life in Australia. Portuguese was the first language I spoke and I still follow many Portuguese traditions as well as Australian traditions.

I will always have a place in Portugal to call home but to me my home is in Australia. It is where I grew up and made most of my memories. c:

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Hello, I'm Rachel! Study vis com part time whilst working at cafe. I enjoy bad jokes and dogs. My family doesn't know much about our cultural background which is a shame. Home for me is where i sleep and relax and emotional attached to.

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Hey hey, my name is Emma and I'm a 22-year old visual arts student majoring in Digital Photography.
I grew up in Murray Bridge and commuted to Adelaide every day for 6 years to attend school. I've lived in a small town in Germany called Herzogenaurach for a year where I attended school and learnt the German language. I've also lived in Orlando, Florida for 6 months while I worked at Disney World.
I define my culture as Australian having lived here for the majority of my life.

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Hello, my name is Maddy and I am a second year Vis Com student. I am a 20 year old from a small farm on the Eyre Peninsula. I lived there for 18 years, and moved to Adelaide to study.

I would define my cultural identity as Australian, having lived here all my life. Both sides of my family have been born and raised in Australia.

To me home is where there is comfort, familiarity and a sense of belonging, as well as your circle of friends and family. Even though I no longer live with my parents where I grew up, I will always consider it 'home', and I think this is because of the emotional attachment.

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Hello, I'm Nathan, a visual arts student, currently in my third year and specialising in sculpture. I'm looking forward to having some discussion with all of you over the next 12 weeks or so :)

To be honest i kind of cringe at the term 'Australian' as it seems to me to be a point of difference from another 'non-Australian'.
Furthermore, it is a term generally used in nationalistic debates concerning belonging and assimilation to a common ideal of 'Australianess' with which i do not generally identify.

However, for lack of an alternative term I suppose I would say I am an Australian, having lived here and been born here. Home for me denotes a community of friends and family, as well as the place i live.

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Hello, my name is Melina. I'm 20 years old and I come from a big Greek-Australian family. I was born and raised in Athens, Greece and I've been living in Australia studying University for nearly two years now. This whole experience and all the friendships I've made here had helped me develop even more as a person, however there's still not a day that goes by without me missing my home, family and friends back in Greece. To me home shall always be where you feel that you belong and where you're surrounded by the people you love.

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Hi everyone! Your tutor is Amanda Radomi

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Hi everyone! Your tutor is Amanda Radomi

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We've only just allocated the groups. I'm sure she'll make an appearance here soon.
Stephen

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Hi, my name is Sean and I am a 22-year-old male from a small town in the Fleurieu Peninsula. I define my cultural identity as Australian. My heritage is mostly from Australia, however on my mother’s side we have Dutch relatives and I have had heavy Dutch cultural influence on my life. Home to me is where I feel comfortable. I find comfort in the company of my friends and family, and home to me is where I am mostly happy.

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Hi, I am a Vis Com student. I always find it interesting when I'm travelling and we use the term 'home' as the place we go back to sleep but I think home is much more than that. I like to this it as a place where I feel the most relaxed and a place where my family and friends are. My family comes from England and Ireland, however I identify myself as an Australian because it is where I grew up and where I developed my morals and beliefs. I think home is where there is an emotional attachment.

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I’m a mother, a graphic artist, someone who loves nature, a little reclusive.  I identify with both England and Australia, although I was born in England, I have lived in Australia now almost as long. My extended family all live in the UK and I still have a strong pull to where I was born - Christchurch, England - a breezy seaside town. So where is home?  Is it the family I live with, the land I’m familiar with, or perhaps both?  My children are Australian and to me this is now the strongest pull, but although I live happily in the Adelaide Hills surrounded by beautiful gum trees and birds I always relate strongly to the openness of the beach.

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HI Yvonne, I don't think our tutor has been assigned yet. I think we post questions on the forums though? correct me if I'm wrong, but there's a forum for questions.

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Who is our tutor for group C??