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 95
... heard said , ' How can you really consider yourself an Aboriginal person when you had a white father , or if you've got white blood in you ? ' You cop it all the time from white Australians and I just say to them , ' Look , you are what ...
... heard said , ' How can you really consider yourself an Aboriginal person when you had a white father , or if you've got white blood in you ? ' You cop it all the time from white Australians and I just say to them , ' Look , you are what ...
Page 174
... heard worse than that . You can tell he's a foreigner by the words he uses , like " inter - species reciprocity . " I had to first look it up and then sit and puzzle it out to mean taking a poke at a sheep . Any backblocker would have ...
... heard worse than that . You can tell he's a foreigner by the words he uses , like " inter - species reciprocity . " I had to first look it up and then sit and puzzle it out to mean taking a poke at a sheep . Any backblocker would have ...
Page 194
... heard of . Also the neighbours got less sleep than anybody ever did in the vicinity of any other boarding - house . The dining room had not been papered since the beginning of history , and the landlady had only one eye ; also her ...
... heard of . Also the neighbours got less sleep than anybody ever did in the vicinity of any other boarding - house . The dining room had not been papered since the beginning of history , and the landlady had only one eye ; also her ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Part Two White Australia Has a Black History | 59 |
Part Three A Multicultural Nation? | 101 |
Copyright | |
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References to this book
Alter/Asians: Asian-Australian Identities in Art, Media, and Popular Culture Ien Ang No preview available - 2000 |