The Early Settlers by Ken Chau

1. How does this title refer to two groups of ‘settlers’? Who are they? The settlers are the people who have immigrated form overseas. The two groups of settlers are the Europeans and the Asians. The technique used is a pun - using a word with multiple meanings i.e. hanging out with my mate bill owl is a hoot. This is also an example of juxtaposition. 
2. How is the first line of the poem successful at being ‘forceful’ regarding the Great-Grandfather’s presence in Australia? The first line of the poem is successful at being 'forceful' by it being representative of Asians arriving in Australia. It's said as a statement making it objective and of stronger meaning. 

3. What action are the ‘early settlers’ doing that gives them equally a strong presence? The Early settlers are growing corn and cabbage and tobacco, contributing to the fruit and cigarette industry, giving them a strong presence in Australia. 

4. How is the intention of the Great-Grandfather juxtaposed to the beliefs of the ‘early settlers’? Great-Grandfather's intentions of growing a tobacco farm is juxtaposed by his growing drugs being compared to a terrorist. 

5. What action does the Great-Grandfather do that ties him both to the ‘early settlers’ and to his own culture? He becomes a farmer. This ties himself to both the early settlers and his own culture by his old job in Asia probably being farming and the majority of early settlers being farmers. What Great-Grandfather does is call the others of the early fleet a fucking bastard and vice versa but both have relevance
6. How does this short poem highlight the irony of the hatred that immigrants experience when they come to a 'settled' land like Australia? The poem juxtaposes great-grandfather with a foreign devil because he and the early settlers may take over the land. This is ironic because aboriginals viewed the first fleet as foreign devils.