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 8
... distinctive views of Australia may be held by different cultural groups . It may make sense to talk of the Aboriginal - Australian Australia , the Italo- Australian Australia , the Anglo - Celtic Australia , and so on . Even within the ...
... distinctive views of Australia may be held by different cultural groups . It may make sense to talk of the Aboriginal - Australian Australia , the Italo- Australian Australia , the Anglo - Celtic Australia , and so on . Even within the ...
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... distinctive about the land and its people , have ended their search among the convicts , the bushrangers , the shearers , the gum trees and the wide open spaces . But these are merely some of the materials with which the images have ...
... distinctive about the land and its people , have ended their search among the convicts , the bushrangers , the shearers , the gum trees and the wide open spaces . But these are merely some of the materials with which the images have ...
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... distinctive " outback " ethos was not simply the result of climatic and economic conditions , nor of na- tional and social traditions brought with them by the " govern- ment men " who first opened up the " new country " beyond the Great ...
... distinctive " outback " ethos was not simply the result of climatic and economic conditions , nor of na- tional and social traditions brought with them by the " govern- ment men " who first opened up the " new country " beyond the Great ...
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 |