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 59
... Reading 3 , by John Rickard , is from the first chapter of a gen- eral history of Australian culture . By beginning his book with an account of Aboriginal society and culture , and by insisting on its diverse and continuing presence ...
... Reading 3 , by John Rickard , is from the first chapter of a gen- eral history of Australian culture . By beginning his book with an account of Aboriginal society and culture , and by insisting on its diverse and continuing presence ...
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... Reading . Ward's thesis has provoked an enormous amount of commen- tary and criticism , some of which you will already have encoun- tered in Readings 1 , 2 and 9. Graeme Davison , in Reading 12 below , attacks from another angle ...
... Reading . Ward's thesis has provoked an enormous amount of commen- tary and criticism , some of which you will already have encoun- tered in Readings 1 , 2 and 9. Graeme Davison , in Reading 12 below , attacks from another angle ...
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... Reading 14 , considers Russel Ward's thesis ( Reading 11 ) against the evidence of Australian urbanisation . He first details an alternative to the bush legend - a city legend of the larrikin . He concludes by questioning the process of ...
... Reading 14 , considers Russel Ward's thesis ( Reading 11 ) against the evidence of Australian urbanisation . He first details an alternative to the bush legend - a city legend of the larrikin . He concludes by questioning the process of ...
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 |