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The Australian legend fifty years on.(Critical essay)
IT CAN'T HAVE TAKEN the first colonials long to realise that the social fabric of the Old World quickly disintegrated on this continent. And it can t have been very long after that that the idea of an Australian attitude was born. Ever since, perennial agonising has underwritten seasonal attempts to recast the Australian identity to reflect changes in Australian society. Despite all this, it is what Russel Ward referred to as "the Australian legend" in his influential book of that name that has prevailed and endured.
The Australian Legend was first published in 1958, by which time the legend was the best part of a century old. Whilst the pull of the legend has ...
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- Magazine article from: Journal of Australian Studies Murrie, Linzi March 1, 1998 700+ words
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- Francis De Groot: Irish Fascist, Australian Legend.(Book review)
- Magazine article from: The Australian Journal of Politics and History Cathcart, Michael September 1, 2006 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Quadrant Murray, Robert April 1, 2006 700+ words
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- Cricket: Beefy hails an Australian legend.(Sport)
- Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) January 3, 2003 700+ words
...another of cricket's living legends Steve Waugh after the Australian captain defied the odds to score a century on a recordbreaking...standing ovation with his side in trouble at 56 for three. The Australian captain, about whom there has been fevered speculation that...
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- Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England) September 26, 2004 700+ words
Byline: Words: Deirdre O'Brien Keep it in the family This is my beautiful daughter Bindi at an exhibition of her work. She is a very talented painter and sculptor - she makes enormous, colourful canvases that are just a joy. She has a little boy called Marlon who is eight and has already started
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- Magazine article from: Journal of Australian Studies Lee, Christopher January 1, 2006 700+ words
...affinities with the Australian Legend. Paul Kelly has characterised...bush to define the Australian Legend; a descendant of...contempt for 'ordinary Australians' which analyses of...traditions of the Australian Legend has sometimes taken...
