1.they are probably silent naturally but they also could be silent and subdued because they are felling as if they are being overthrown from the white people and under thier power.

2. they are represented as ants. because they are working to build thier colony as ants do.

3. a bora ring is an initiation rite for the aboriginies in which the boys are accepted into the tribe as men, and it is important to this poem because the bora ring is becoming less existant as the white poeple are settleing in.

4. the aboriginals are treated as insignificant to the white poeple, yet the white people are the unsettlers.

5. a sense of belonging is the effect it gives to the reader.

6.the poet is giving the reader a direct view to let us see the things as the aboriginals would have seen it “many white men hurry about like ants.”

7.The poem begins to talk about their tribe , it then talks about their land and home it has been overrun by the white men (English) moving around the land quickly as if ants, it seems their land is being used as a rubbish tip. They are disgraced for this is sacred land in which ceremonies such as corroberies and other special ceremonies are held such as the hunt and tales are told of the sacred dreamtime the tribe look upon their land. All of its speciality is gone for invaders have taken t from them and since they are not strong enough to fight for them selves they leave it to fight another day. And in the last 6 lines they explain how their culture is becoming more non existent.

8. Just as in the Dreamtime stories, the elements have personality. Thunder is “that loud fellow.”

9. Certain lines in the poem create an atmosphere/mood of hatred such as “We belong here, we are of the old ways.”

10.The theme in this poem is very important becasue it is something that is still a big issue today. As for the title “we are going” it ties in with the conclusion  (last 6 lines) where the poet lists the things that have gone after the white people came.