x, 205pp, index, endnotes, bibliography, bw ills. Or card. Minor edge wear to covers, some foxing to top edge. Looks at what it means to be Australian by tracing the images we have used to describe the land and the people- convict hell, workingman's paradise, the Bush legend, the tyical Aussie from shearer to Bondi lifesaver, land of opportunity, small rich industrial country, multicultural society. Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 048064

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Title: Inventing Australia. Images and Identity ...

Publisher: George Allen & Unwin, Sydney

Publication Date: 1981

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: First Paperback.

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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.

About the Author:

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.

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