Title Images and identity : Australia and Britain / Andrew Hassam, James Bradley, Edel Mahony

Published London : Sir Robert Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, University of London, [1995]

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Description 45 pages ; 21 cm Series Working papers in Australian studies ; nos. 100-102 Working papers in Australian studies ; nos. 100-102 Contents 'Tis Roger' : recognition, narrative closure and cultural identity in the letters and diaries of nineteenth century Australian visitors to Britain /Andrew Hassam -- Australian nightmares : cricket and the dreamtime of the English / James Bradley -- 'A place in England called Australia' : popular images of Australia in inter-war Britain / Edel Mahony Summary Three essays discussing the imagination and construction of British and Australian identities from the nineteenth century to the late twentieth century; construction of identities by nineteenth century Australian visitors to Britain; inventions of Australianness and Englishness in the writings of cricket commentators such as Neville Cardus; Australia as a pre-urbanised and pre-industrial paradise in the imaginations of the British during the inter-war years Notes Series numbers on title page: nos. 100-103 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Working papers in Australian studies no:s. 100-102 Subject Cardus, Neville, 1889-1975. Australian literature -- History and criticism. Cricket stories. Cricket. National characteristics, Australian. National characteristics, British. Travelers' writings -- History and criticism. SUBJECT Australia. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 Author Bradley, James. Mahony, Edel. Sir Robert Menzies Centre for Australian Studies. ISBN 1855070723

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