User:Smorri/sandbox

Answers to Module 7 Questions

 * 1) My media was a picture of somone performing the gesture described in my stub.
 * 2) It is my own work.
 * 3) The file format is
 * 4) The license is Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
 * 5) I added it to the category of 'gesture'
 * 6) I described it as "a figure performing the Aussie Salute".

Process
As illustrated in a YouTube video posted by John Walsh and then reposted by The University of Adelaide blog, ‘Life in Adelaide News’, the Aussie Salute is a quick movement using the arm and movement from the hand to wrist. Bent at the point of the elbow and straight from the wrist to the hand, the process of an Aussie Salute involves the arm being raised closer to the participants face. Movement is then seen as the hand moves, fingers running parallel to the jaw, rotating the hand on the wrist joint across the face. The gesture is often repeated.

The movement is often repeated due to the agility of the bush fly. With their two sets of wings, they are able to react to the hand gesture quickly and return to their position around the said person’s face. The fly is also able to use their compound eyes to anticipate the incoming hand, able to sense through the sudden presence of shade around them.

Practising Citation
Source 1: A definition of the gesture. Wilkes, G. A. "Australian salute." In A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms. : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Source 2: Evidence of the term being used in popular media. The Great Aussie Salute: Victorians are not only suffering unusually hot weather but also an influx of flies [online]. Ten 5pm News (TEN Melbourne); Time: 17:17; Broadcast Date: Monday, 19th November 2007; Duration: 1 min., 45 sec.