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
... interests and should resist such outside control . Such uses re- mind us of the impulse fostered by Australian nationalists to assert a distinctive identity in the face of British ( or , after the Second World War , American ) dominance ...
... interests and should resist such outside control . Such uses re- mind us of the impulse fostered by Australian nationalists to assert a distinctive identity in the face of British ( or , after the Second World War , American ) dominance ...
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... interests often in competition with one another . The result is that the national identity is continually being frac- tured , questioned and redefined . The earliest debates about Australia's identity involved conflicting British interests ...
... interests often in competition with one another . The result is that the national identity is continually being frac- tured , questioned and redefined . The earliest debates about Australia's identity involved conflicting British interests ...
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... interests were doing when they sought to protect local industry by tariffs , and advertised local products as superior to foreign imports . Once they were aware of themselves as a pro- fessional group , writers and artists began to make ...
... interests were doing when they sought to protect local industry by tariffs , and advertised local products as superior to foreign imports . Once they were aware of themselves as a pro- fessional group , writers and artists began to make ...
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 |