Even if the whale kills him, Ahab will choose his own doom. Thus, Ahab represents mankind in rebellion against Nature, fate, or God. He will fight against fate, rather than resign himself to a divine providence.

What symbolic meaning do you find in the comparison between Ahab and the mast? Ahab is expressing fear and apprehension prior to this (his next attempt to kill Moby-Dick) and that Starbuck is making one last futile effort to persuade Ahab to forgo the quest.

In sales terms, a white whale (or simply whale) is a lead that has the potential to bring enormous sales revenue to a company. The term is a reference to Herman Melville’s novel Moby Dick, where the main character pursues a white whale named Moby Dick for a very long time, yet never manages to catch it.

The White Whale is ultimately a metaphor. A metaphor, like a symbol, has to do with an object representing an idea or a different, non-literal object. The White Whale is frequently used as a metaphor for an obsession, usually in the sense of a goal that you chase but are unlikely to attain.

Belugas

Beluga whales and bottlenose dolphins are related—they are both cetaceans, meaning they are in the whale family with orcas and narwhals. They are highly intelligent, social and vocal. Belugas will imitate people, other animals and other sounds they hear.

Killer whales (or orcas) are powerful predators capable of killing leopard seals and great white sharks. They have also been recorded preying on usually terrestrial species such as moose swimming between islands. In the wild, there have been no fatal attacks on humans.

With brown eyes and a white pigmented exterior, Migaloo isn’t hard to spot in a pod of humpback whales. His hypo-pigmentation is likely a genetic mutation, and scientists have speculated whether he is a true albino or if he is leucistic: an inability to produce pigment but with coloured eyes.

Genetic testing in 2004 by Southern Cross University scientists further confirmed that Migaloo is a male; this confirmed what we knew because Migaloo has been recorded singing and only male humpback whales produce song.

Spade-toothed whale

a white person

Nunga is a term of self-identification for Aboriginal Australians, originally used by Aboriginal people in the southern settled areas of South Australia, and now used throughout Adelaide and surrounding towns. It is used by contrast with Gunya, which refers to non-Aboriginal persons.

Some of the most well known Aboriginal words for hello are: Kaya, which means hello in the Noongar language. Palya is a Pintupi language word used as a greeting much in the same way that two friends would say hello in English while Yaama is a Gamilaraay language word for hello used in Northern NSW.

Aboriginal English for mate

“Aborigine” It expresses that Aboriginal people have been there from the beginning of time. ‘Aborigine’ is a noun for an Aboriginal person (male or female).

A waddy, nulla nulla (also written nullah nullah) or hunting stick is an Aboriginal Australian club for use in hunting and fighting. The first of these names comes from the Darug people of Port Jackson, Sydney.

Wominjeka means Hello/Welcome in the Woiwurrung language of the Wurundjeri people of Kulin Nation – the traditional owners of Melbourne. Yumalundi means Hello in the Ngunnawal language.

But as with many Aboriginal languages there’s no simple way of saying goodbye in Wiradjuri. Traditionally, there was little use for such a term. The nearest word like that in Wiradjuri is guwayu – which means in a little while, later or after some time.

Aboriginal people have lots of mothers, lots of fathers, lots of sisters and brothers. Everyone with whom you interact for a long time is included in the kinship system….Sisters and brothers.

Share. IT HAS been an urban legend for years: that Moomba, officially known as an Aboriginal word meaning “let’s get together and have fun”, actually means “up your bum”.

Let’s get together and have fun

Its origins date back to 1951, when Melbourne celebrated fifty years of Federation with a parade and the staging of the theatre production ‘An Aboriginal Moomba: Out of the Dark’. The following year, the final Labour Day procession was held in Melbourne after running for almost a century.

-up /ʌp/ is a suffix commonly found in place names in south western Western Australia. The suffix originated in a dialect of Noongar, an Indigenous Australian language, in which “-up” means “place of”. The suffix “-in” or “-ing” has a similar meaning in a related dialect of Noongar.

‘Deadly’ is an Aboriginal English word for ‘fantastic’, ‘great’ or ‘awesome’.

How do I obtain proof of my Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander heritage? Doing your family history may help you obtain proof of your heritage. You might find a birth, death or marriage record that traces your family to a particular Aboriginal station or reserve.

The name Joondalup is a Noongar word, first recorded in 1837 and possibly meaning either “place of whiteness or glistening”, or “place of a creature that can only move backwards”.

Joondalup is a great place to live, from the elderly to the kids. It is one of the busiest shooping districts outside of perth and will soon be the next CBD the way the northern suburbs are extending.

Kojonup is a town 256 km south-east of Perth, Western Australia along Albany Highway in the Great Southern region. The name Kojonup is believed to refer to the “Kodja” or stone axe made by Indigenous Australians, from the local stone.

16km

about 5 hours