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 38
... bush - worker rested on two points . Firstly the bush - worker , rather than the urban or agricul- tural worker , gave Australia its identity in the empire . The eco- nomic basis of empire was that the colonies provided a variety of raw ...
... bush - worker rested on two points . Firstly the bush - worker , rather than the urban or agricul- tural worker , gave Australia its identity in the empire . The eco- nomic basis of empire was that the colonies provided a variety of raw ...
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... Bush ' " . Lawson , as it happened , was not the first writer to adopt the convention and his pursuit of the bush idea was only one strand in a broader movement during the 1890s to make the rural interior a focus of Australian ideals ...
... Bush ' " . Lawson , as it happened , was not the first writer to adopt the convention and his pursuit of the bush idea was only one strand in a broader movement during the 1890s to make the rural interior a focus of Australian ideals ...
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... bush again " . Even so , he was the excep- tion among the Bulletin writers in testing experience against the bush ideal , and though others came to his defence in the contro- versy with Paterson , few in practice adopted as sardonic a ...
... bush again " . Even so , he was the excep- tion among the Bulletin writers in testing experience against the bush ideal , and though others came to his defence in the contro- versy with Paterson , few in practice adopted as sardonic a ...
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 |