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 11
... colonies . Hence the growing debate over Australian nationalism in the nineteenth century included attempts to persuade the people of all the colonies that they had shared interests that transcended colonial boundaries . Indeed ...
... colonies . Hence the growing debate over Australian nationalism in the nineteenth century included attempts to persuade the people of all the colonies that they had shared interests that transcended colonial boundaries . Indeed ...
Page 17
... colonial quest for self - definition , and how these impinge on the contemporary na- tion . He argues that a fundamental experience for the white set- tlers was the vastness and strangeness of the land itself , which seemed so much at ...
... colonial quest for self - definition , and how these impinge on the contemporary na- tion . He argues that a fundamental experience for the white set- tlers was the vastness and strangeness of the land itself , which seemed so much at ...
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... colonial society . From 1813 when Blaxland , Lawson , young Wentworth and their convict " hands " struggled back across the Blue Mountains , there was a constant coming and going of men , and resulting exchange of manners and ideas ...
... colonial society . From 1813 when Blaxland , Lawson , young Wentworth and their convict " hands " struggled back across the Blue Mountains , there was a constant coming and going of men , and resulting exchange of manners and ideas ...
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 |