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The Australian Dictionary of Invisible Culture for Teachers

home

noun: a place of one kind (see more)

I think about this place like this: This place is like part of me. This is the place where I live. This place is like something that is mine.

I feel something good when I think about this place.

It is good if all people can think about a place like this.

Note

Note the perspective 'this place is like a part of me' rather than 'I am like a part of this place' which is likely to be closer to the Indigenous Australian usage of the word.

"Since being away for six months, in three different countries, I'm ready to go home."

"Gerald loves going home to see his Mum and his little brother and sister."

"At the moment I'm just staying in a student residence. It's a small place, but it's home."

it’s my place, I decide what can happen”it’s my place, I decide what can’t happen it’s my place, I decide what other people can do make yourself at home belonging homesick

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