Images of Australia: An Introductory Reader in Australian StudiesGillian Whitlock, David Carter This introductory text for students and general readers is designed for use with the new ABC TV Open Learning program. Through a collection of 14 readings by writers and academics such as Graeme Davison and Gail Reekie it explores questions of Australian culture and identity. |
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Page 16
... Austra- lians were fused in a common dream of the future . Palmer seeks to formulate a common experience ( albeit one in the past ) to serve as a point of reference for the present . That is , he does not argue that we could or should ...
... Austra- lians were fused in a common dream of the future . Palmer seeks to formulate a common experience ( albeit one in the past ) to serve as a point of reference for the present . That is , he does not argue that we could or should ...
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... Austra- lians recognised the fact that they lived in a " multi - cultural " society , to such an extent that " multi - culturalism " itself could be- come something of a fad . The " White Australia " policy was for- mally abandoned and ...
... Austra- lians recognised the fact that they lived in a " multi - cultural " society , to such an extent that " multi - culturalism " itself could be- come something of a fad . The " White Australia " policy was for- mally abandoned and ...
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... Austra- lians who , by 1890 , lived in capital cities and larger country towns was to be found in provincial England rather than on the wheat frontiers of Canada and the United States . Up to that time the ma- jority of adult ...
... Austra- lians who , by 1890 , lived in capital cities and larger country towns was to be found in provincial England rather than on the wheat frontiers of Canada and the United States . Up to that time the ma- jority of adult ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Part Two White Australia Has a Black History | 59 |
Part Three A Multicultural Nation? | 101 |
Copyright | |
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Alter/Asians: Asian-Australian Identities in Art, Media, and Popular Culture Ien Ang No preview available - 2000 |