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 31
... girls conforming to the style of the " New Woman " . In a letter to Roberts , Streeton reminisced about one of the camps : How we made sketches of the girls on the lawn . The lovely pure mus- lin , and gold , sweet grass - seeds and the ...
... girls conforming to the style of the " New Woman " . In a letter to Roberts , Streeton reminisced about one of the camps : How we made sketches of the girls on the lawn . The lovely pure mus- lin , and gold , sweet grass - seeds and the ...
Page 90
... girls still go down to Sydney with aunty escorts to see they don't con- tract a marriage to a male of the wrong skin group . The Strelley people proclaim their vision and practice of a spartan , stern , al- most Hasidic orthodoxy and ...
... girls still go down to Sydney with aunty escorts to see they don't con- tract a marriage to a male of the wrong skin group . The Strelley people proclaim their vision and practice of a spartan , stern , al- most Hasidic orthodoxy and ...
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... girl or a flash barmaid they took up with . With the Eyetalians it's animals . Same difference with the Greeks . It's rams with golden fleeces or it's white bulls or it's swans having their way with young girls . Our fellows don't go as ...
... girl or a flash barmaid they took up with . With the Eyetalians it's animals . Same difference with the Greeks . It's rams with golden fleeces or it's white bulls or it's swans having their way with young girls . Our fellows don't go as ...
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 |