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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... century , acquired its modern polit- ical sense in the late 18th and early 19th centuries . Nationalist appeared in ... nineteenth century , that is to say at roughly the same time as the number of white , native - born Australians came ...
... century , acquired its modern polit- ical sense in the late 18th and early 19th centuries . Nationalist appeared in ... nineteenth century , that is to say at roughly the same time as the number of white , native - born Australians came ...
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... nineteenth century the Australian economy was di- versifying . From the imperial point of view the wool industry re- mained of special significance , and its drovers and shearers continued to contribute to the romance of empire ...
... nineteenth century the Australian economy was di- versifying . From the imperial point of view the wool industry re- mained of special significance , and its drovers and shearers continued to contribute to the romance of empire ...
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... nineteenth century as a whole the typical American frontiersman was a small individualist agricultural proprietor or farm labourer , not a cowboy or ranch - hand . In Canada and New Zealand , too , the farmer was the typical ...
... nineteenth century as a whole the typical American frontiersman was a small individualist agricultural proprietor or farm labourer , not a cowboy or ranch - hand . In Canada and New Zealand , too , the farmer was the typical ...
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 |