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Softcover. Zustand: AS NEW COPY. AUSTRALIANAÂAs new copy!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 â" from historians, reporters, novelists, mavericks and visionari…es â" that take us from Federation to the present-day, and tell a story of national self-discovery.There is the Frenchman who saw that Australia was a 'workingman's paradise', and the historian who explained why.The two reporters who realised the true significance of Gallipoli and conveyed it to the nation.Russel Ward on the Australian Legend, Robin Boyd on the Australian Ugliness, Donald Horne on the Lucky Country, W.E.H. Stanner on the Great Australian Silence and Anne Summers on Manzone Country.Real Matildas, Cultural Cringers, Future Eaters and Forgotten People â" and much more.Memorably written and cohesive, this is the essential sourcebook of the words that made Australia.xviii, 260 p. ; 24 cm. #241222 Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-260) First Edition.Race relations - Racial discrimination - Social.ÂÂ|ÂÂSocial welfare - Government.ÂÂ|ÂÂSocioeconomic conditions - Social deprivation.ÂÂ|ÂÂCulture - Theory and criticism.ÂÂ|ÂÂGovernment policy - Assimilation.ÂÂ|ÂÂGovernment policy - Initial period and protectionism.ÂÂ|ÂÂHistory - Cultural.ÂÂ|ÂÂPolitics and Government - Referenda - Referendum, 1967.ÂÂ|ÂÂAustralia -- Social life and customs.ÂÂ|ÂÂAustralia -- History -- 20th century.ÂÂ|ÂÂAustralian Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.
