216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
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'To be Australian': what can that mean? Inventing Australia sets out to find the answers by tracing the images we have used to describe our land and our people - the convict hell, the workingman's paradise, the Bush legend, the 'typical' Australian from the shearer to the Bondi lifesaver, the land of opportunity, the small rich industrial country, the multicultural society. The book argues... Read more
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Terra Australis Incognita
2. Hell upon earth
3. A workingman's paradise?
4. Another America
5. The national type
6. Bohemians and the bush
7. Young, white, happy and wholesome
8. Diggers and heroes
9. Growing up
10. Everyman and his Holden
Further reading
Endnotes
Index
Introduction
1. Terra Australis Incognita
2. Hell upon earth
3. A workingman's paradise?
4. Another America
5. The national type
6. Bohemians and the bush
7. Young, white, happy and wholesome
8. Diggers and heroes
9. Growing up
10. Everyman and his Holden
Further reading
Endnotes
Index
Biography
Richard White is a young historian with a particular interest in the development of a distinctive Australian culture. He has written on the 'Australian way of life' and on 'Americanisation' and popular culture.
