| Description |
xviii, 260 pages ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Overture / Miles Franklin -- The workers' paradise / Albert Metin -- The Anzac landing / Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett -- The Gallipoli letter / Keith Murdoch -- Women in Australia / Maybanke Anderson -- Kangaroo / D. H. Lawrence -- The Australian democracy / W. K. Hancock -- The foundations of culture in Australia / P. R. Stephensen -- What is significant in us will survive / Vance Palmer -- The forgotten people / Robert Menzies -- The cultural cringe / A. A. Phillips -- Re-writing Australian history / Manning Clark -- The Australian legend / Russel Ward -- A nice night's entertainment / Barry Humphries -- The Australian ugliness / Robin Boyd -- The lucky country / Donald Horne -- After the dreaming / W. E. H. Stanner -- Racists / Humphrey McQueen -- Australia as a suburb / Hugh Stretton -- Manzone country / Anne Summers -- The real Matilda / Miriam Dixson -- The spectre of Truganini / Bernard Smith -- The end of certainty / Paul Kelly -- From three cheers to the black armband / Geoffrey Blainey -- The future eaters / Tim Flannery -- A spirit of play / David Malouf -- Home-grown traditions / Inga clendinnen -- Our right to take responsibility / Noel Pearson -- The new liberalism / Judith Brett -- The fig, the olive and the pomegranate tree / Ghassan Hage |
| Summary |
This is not a book of documents, snippets or worthy speeches. Instead it presents the original essays and the moments of insight that told us what Australia is and could be. These are the essential statements from historians, reporters, novelists, mavericks and visionaries that take us from federation to the present-day |
| Analysis |
Australian |
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Australian literature |
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Essays |
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History |
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National identity |
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Social customs |
| Notes |
Essays from 1901 to 2008 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-260) |
| Audience |
Tertiary/Undergraduate, General |
| Subject |
Durmugam
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Midgegooroo, died 1833
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Truganini, approximately 1812-1876.
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Yagan, died 1833
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Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions -- History.
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Australian essays.
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Essays -- Australian
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Essays.
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Politics and culture -- Australia -- History.
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Australia -- History.
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Australia -- Social life and customs.
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Australia -- History -- 20th century.
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Australia -- Social conditions -- History.
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| Author |
Feik, Chris.
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Manne, Robert (Robert Michael), 1947-
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| LC no. |
2012494681 |
| ISBN |
186395578X |
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9781863955782 |
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