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 97
... things and others who can talk about other things . " " Aboriginal families are so extended — that's the biggest thing I think , getting used to having heaps of people in the house , cous- ins , aunties , uncles . There might be ten ...
... things and others who can talk about other things . " " Aboriginal families are so extended — that's the biggest thing I think , getting used to having heaps of people in the house , cous- ins , aunties , uncles . There might be ten ...
Page 169
... thing about him . Nervous . A nervous man who could never write about things as they really were but only about how they would have seemed to be if he'd been what he would have liked to be . - Gloomy , that , but I wanted to tell it ...
... thing about him . Nervous . A nervous man who could never write about things as they really were but only about how they would have seemed to be if he'd been what he would have liked to be . - Gloomy , that , but I wanted to tell it ...
Page 172
... things he wanted , in the dark with the blinds down , would've fetched him a bullet if he'd been an animal want- ing them in the farmyard . Should've known , since that's the way I met him , over a rotten tooth that had to come out ...
... things he wanted , in the dark with the blinds down , would've fetched him a bullet if he'd been an animal want- ing them in the farmyard . Should've known , since that's the way I met him , over a rotten tooth that had to come out ...
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 |