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Hello all. My names Merridy Brown. I've only lived in South Australia however I have travelled a bit for enjoyment. I find home where I most visit often - so i'd claim the house I keep all my belongings in. I do feel completely comfortable in the nature on camping trips also. I shock myself on how comfortable i can be while travelling overseas with a simple bag on my back but i would not consider that to be home. Australia is my home, more specifically Adelaide. It is where i grew up and where i intend to stay - or come back to after adventures.

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I'm 24 years old. I've lived in 4 different states (QLD, VIC, SA, WA), I am 1 of 11. I have 3 immediate siblings, all of which are older than me and 7 step-siblings, 4 of which I grew up with from the age of 13. My parents separated when I was 3 after we moved from Charleville in the middle of Queensland to Brisbane. My Step-siblings are of TI, Aboriginal and Chinese descent, my Step-Dad has a Chinese mother and had a Torres Strait Islander father. My relatives are from all over the world, Japan, Kenya, Spain, China. Which means our feasts are amazing. I look incredibly Irish and both of my grandmother's loved it (not in a racist way haha just apparently in Irish celtic beauty standards). I have incredibly translucent skin, hazel eyes and deceptively thick wild dark hair.

I am of predominately Irish descent with English, Prussian and Scandi influences. I was brought up with Grandparents that really enjoyed Irish Celtic history, along with it's influences on music (fiddle, pipes, pretty much Lord of the Rings sounding music), Tolkien, 'Irish dancing', food/feasts, fancy alcohol, talking heaps and laughter.

I guess home to me at the moment is Adelaide, my boyfriend lives here and I feel very calm and safe.

Thanks for reading.

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Hi may name is shokria and shakira is my middle name. I am originally from Afghanistan but been grown up in Iran due to war.
i finished year 8 in Iran then my familly decided to come to Australia for a better life and future becuase we had no such option to continue study there due to the government if we had the option we had to pay a lot.
its been 7 years that I live here in Adelaide and I really love it to be here.
I study visual art and running my own business and looking for more people to work with.

i also would like to say that i have a homeland, the plce where i came from and I was born in. Colours, foods, religion, language that i have with my self are represents my culture and i belive without my culture i wouldnt comfortable where i am now :) i am proud and respect everyone els culture and I belive that, worlds is beautiful with all coulure not only one coulure.

cheers :)

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Greetings! My name is Emmaleise, I'm 19 and I am in my second year of Visual Arts. I'm the middle child of 7 and I grew up in a very small town in the Mallee called Karoonda. Having lived there my whole life and attending a school with only 7 people in my year, moving to Adelaide and going to university was a big  change in my life.

I don't know a lot about my heritage. Only that my fathers side migrated from Italy at some stage and my mothers from England.

To me Karoonda will always be home because thats were I grew up and my family still resides and continues to grow there.

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Hi, I'm YingChien. I was born in Taiwan.
My family immigrated to Australia when I was 10.
I have lived in Australia doubled the time I had in Taiwan.
Adelaide was the longest place I have ever lived since coming to Australia. We have moved a few time from NSW to SA before we are fully settled and gained our Permanent residence in Adelaide.

I agree with what Suada said about home - being with people that you love and cherish.

Though I lived in Australia longer than Taiwan, when it comes to defining my cultural identity, I think I would still recognise myself as a Taiwanese. My parents don't speak very well English but they think it is important for us to keep some of the cultural values and practices. So I think I am still very much of a 'Chinese' inside me. Without them, I will not be who I am.

I'm currently studying Bachelor of Visual Arts.
The course was quite different to what i had expected when it comes to studying theory. I struggled at first, but looking at it from the perspective of getting to know the past in order to know how we got here made it interesting and not as hard to understand. We now live in a global world, a diverse culture, and an environment that somehow made us all connected in some way.
So I look forward to gain a better understanding of the Indigenous culture.

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Hi I'm 20 and was born in South Australia and have lived here my whole life with my parents and siblings; two younger sisters and a younger brother. I'm doing  Bachelor in Visual Arts in order to learn what my artistic style is because I want to be an artist. I'm also doing a Diploma in Language in Japanese because I really love the language and culture. I'm hoping to someday live in Japan for a few months.

I  think my mum's side of the family is mainly British, but I'm unsure how much because I know nothing about my mum's dad only his first name and that he cheated on my grandmother so they split up when my mum was very young. Then my dad's side also has some British. I'm told my dad's mum is part Ukrainian, but growing up we never learnt anything about Ukrainian culture from her and I'm not sure why. Then my dad's parents also divorced and my granddad remarried to my grannie who is Scottish and I love her accent (the family has teased her a bunch of times about how she pronounces words and we all laugh about it including her). This was when my dad was a teenager.

Since both my parents had parents who divorced they didn't ever want to do that to us. They also both grew up in households where they couldn't always afford things and so they wanted to give me and my siblings a better life than theirs.

Anyway I hope my self introduction covered the basics. Thank you for reading it!

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Hi!

My nationality is Vietnamese born in South Australia. Currently Studying Graphic Design in third year.

My primary school was a rather multicultural school, so I'm quite lucky to have known and grow up with a range of all ethnicities around me. In my primary school there were kids that came from backgrounds like Chinese, African, Aboriginal, Muslim, Croatia etc. Growing up with such a diverse surrounding definitely made me a open minded person when it comes to peoples cultural backgrounds.

I guess home is wherever i'm with people i'm close to/care about, right now thats of course my family which includes my mum and younger brother.

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Hi, I am 20 years old and currently in my second year of Bachelor of visual arts. I was born in Adelaide and I have lived here my whole life with my parents, two older brothers, older sister and my two nephews. I also have family in Melbourne and 3 years ago my brother moved there so we all travel to Melbourne when we can.

My mum was raised in an Aboriginal community called Areyonga which is out of Alice Springs as my grandma and grandpa were missionaries there. Therefore I have a strong interest in learning more about Indigenous art.

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Hi, my name is Jacob, I am  second year Vis Comm student.

I was born in the small country town of Port Lincoln which is about 7 hours from Adelaide. I have just recently moved to Adelaide to further my studies. My fathers side of the family come from Italy while my mother is Dutch.

I believe that home is not only where you come from or live, it is also where you feel like you belong

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Hi, My name is Carol and i am 22 years old. I am an international student from Hong Kong. I am studying a Bachelor of Visual Communication.
I was born in Hong Kong,  Hong Kong is a bustling city in China.
Home to me is family. I think where have my family where can be my home.

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Hello, my name is Deanna, I am 20 years old and a second year student studying a Bachelor of Visual Arts.

I was born here in Adelaide however my heritage is Italian as both my parents are from Italy. My sisters and I are first generation Australian on my mother's side as mum's family were all born in Italy and moved here when she was five. On my father's side, we are second generation Australian.

Home to me is wherever my family is. Family is extremely important to me and I honestly could not live without my family close to me. I don't know what the future is going to bring, if I'll need to move for work or not but I'll always consider Adelaide to be the place I'll always be coming back to where my family is.

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Hi!
My name is Dahley. I am currently studying in Visual arts in second year and age 20. I tend to struggle with new things and being in an online course for the first time is one of them, however i will do my best to keep up.

I'm not sure what type of background i have, i do know that i am part Malaysian, but you'd never be able to tell looking at me. I'm fairly certain i am part Russian/Ukrainian as well, (Eastern European).

I live in Goolwa, it's fairly cold, being winter. It's also very beautiful, lush with fresh grass and very little traffic. The air is always fresh and the stars bright!
It takes me about 2 hours to get down to the city to study for my degree, i'm full time and i'm luckily able to live with my auntie while i study down in Adelaide.

I'm not a very social person and i like being alone, night time is usually the best time for me to work and for my creativity to "awaken"

I've never really had a "true" home and all my life i have moved from place to place.

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Hi, my name is Stephanie and I am 23 years old. I am currently studying a Bachelor of Arts.

I was born in Adelaide, so I guess that makes my cultural identity Australian.

I also agree with Suada, and therefore home for me isn't where you were born, but rather where your family is.

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Hi All, Im a BA Indigenous Cultures and Australian Society student doing my second BA degree. My previous was in Visual Arts so this subject ties nicely into my focus of ceremony ritual and art.
The greatest challenge I will face with this course is coping with all the technology side as that is where my weakness lies.
I live in Blackwood and its damn cold up here today.
Im also not sure if I will get time to do all the walking and viewing sections of this course as Im a full time student, working part time and running my own business as a marriage celebrant as well as teaching classical and contemporary dance classes.
So its fair to say, I have no social life during Uni semesters. lol
Michelle

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Hi, my name is Rachael and I'm 20 years old studying nutrition and food science.

I was born in Adelaide but I have a Russian background.  I have never visited Russia but would love to go one day. My dedushka went recently and brought back babushka dolls as gifts.

I also agree with what Suada wrote about home being where the people you love and cherish.

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Hello,

My name is Chloe and I'm a second year Visual Arts student. I moved to Adelaide in 2015 from a small rural town in country SA. Basically everyone knows everyone and the land has been lived on by many generations of family farmers. My parents divorced when my sisters and I were quite young.  They separated to either side of the Goyders line approximately 60km apart, and as children we would go back and forth.

'Goyders Line' divides the land of high rainfall, which is well suited for cropping and the land which is suitable for grazing, where there is hardly any rain and more desert like.

My family has been in Australia for 5 generations and settled from England, Scotland and Ireland, I have never been overseas and hope to one day explore more of what the world has to offer.

I am looking forward to what this class has to teach about Indigenous cultures. Furthermore, how the art and design that is created in different areas speaks for itself and how the environment and surrounds plays part in what is and was created.

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My name is Tyler, I am 21 years old, and studying in Communication Design.

Most of my family and I are of British descent, with the remaining being the first to be born in Australia.

I suppose I would define my cultural identity as British. Yet I live here in Australia, and have for a long time.

I don't exactly consider the "place" you live, or where you are born to instantly become your home, it's moreso where you are most comfortable.

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Hi,
My name is Xinyu, but I prefer others call me Helen. It is easier to pronounce.

I am a International student from China, before I studied aboard in Australia. I lived in a city which is in the south and west of China. This is a beautiful and picturesque city, Guiyang. Guiyang is the central city of Guizhou province.

The reason why I studied aboard in Australia is that this experience can not only broaden my horizon, but also assist me deeply understand the different culture of Australia. This is my second year in Unisa. I hope I can make friends and study more about the arts, history and culture of aboriginal in this course.

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Hi, my name is Dallas and I'm 19 years old studying communication design.

I am a first generation Australian and would say that my cultural identity is Australian, with some Filipino influence from my parents. I have visited the Philippines quite a few times though as all my relatives live there so I've learnt and experienced the culture and how different it is.

I too agree with Suada and believe that I feel at home when I'm with the people I love and care for.

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Hiya, my name is Maria, I'm (almost) 22 years old studying a visual communication design degree. This is my second time around with uni, as I graduated from a bachelor of marketing in 2013.

I'm of Australian, English and Italian descent and I've spent many years travelling between these countries. I spent the first 10 years of my life living in London, til my family packed up and moved here to lil ol' Adelaide. I found assimilating from English to Australian culture quite easy, loved how Aussies said hello to each other on the street and shortened basically any word in the dictionary. My grandparents on both sides are from Italy, so I've been raised amongst their wholesome culture, speaking odd Italian dialects that I'm sure modern-day Italians would find laughable.

I like what you said Suada about how you feel at home with the people you cherish. I think the same goes with me.

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Hi,

My name is Suada, I was born in Kosova and came to Australia for a better future with my mother, father and twin brother. Despite what happen in the past, I’m a very positive person who dreams of becoming a high school Design and ESL teacher as I plan to teach the next generation on social problems and ways to overcame them. Especially ones which involve the environment as I think that nothing is more beautiful than a piece of land that hasn’t been destroyed by something that society has created.

I wouldn’t say I have a home, as home to me isn’t a place but where those I cherish most are and as long as they are with me then I’m home.

And that about me.

:) Suada