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 168
... kids . I thought she mightn't come back , being who she was . It made me feel a bit dif- ferent about the blacks and Reg was as fine a baby as the others had been , and fatter . Until he was ten months old . One moment he was as bonny ...
... kids . I thought she mightn't come back , being who she was . It made me feel a bit dif- ferent about the blacks and Reg was as fine a baby as the others had been , and fatter . Until he was ten months old . One moment he was as bonny ...
Page 172
... kids , and that's what he was trying to make you believe . - He was a dirty man , the dentist I didn't like him . I could tell what the night would be like by the way he came home . If his pa- tients had been men , he'd come home ...
... kids , and that's what he was trying to make you believe . - He was a dirty man , the dentist I didn't like him . I could tell what the night would be like by the way he came home . If his pa- tients had been men , he'd come home ...
Page 174
... kids , and bringing them up to know there are two or three more things in the world than how to break a horse and ... kids of his when I'd left . Kay'd have been all right , but young Kev was a picky little kid , had a weak stomach ...
... kids , and bringing them up to know there are two or three more things in the world than how to break a horse and ... kids of his when I'd left . Kay'd have been all right , but young Kev was a picky little kid , had a weak stomach ...
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 |