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Inventing Australia
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Author : Richard White
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-07-28
Inventing Australia written by Richard White and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-28 with History categories.
'White sets himself a most ambitious task, and he goes remarkably far to achieving his goals. Very few books tell so much about Australia, with elegance and concision, as does his' - Professor Michael Roe 'Stimulating and informative. an antidote to the cultural cringe' - Canberra Times '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 that these images, rather than describing an especially Australian reality, grow out of assumptions about nature, race, class, democracy, sex and empire, and are 'invented' to serve the interests of particular groups. There have been many books about Australia's national identity; this is the first to place the discussion within an historical context to explain how Australians' views of themselves change and why these views change in the way they do.
Inventing Australia
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Author : Richard White
language : en
Publisher: Sydney ; Boston : Allen & Unwin
Release Date : 1981-01-01
Inventing Australia written by Richard White and has been published by Sydney ; Boston : Allen & Unwin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981-01-01 with Australia categories.
The Imaginary Australian
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Author : Miriam Dixson
language : en
Publisher: UNSW Press
Release Date : 1999
The Imaginary Australian written by Miriam Dixson and has been published by UNSW Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
Examination of the nature of Australian national identity; includes reference to Aborigines discussed in terms of violence, racism, guilt, remorse and memory; questions the characterisation of race relations through forgetting and silence (Stanner) and violence (Rowley); argues that simplified historical narratives about race relations impede reparative energy in race relations; psychological understanding of racism; theories of the nation; crisis of history and time in Australia and its impact on identity.
Australia S Greatest Inventions
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Author : Lynda De Lacey
language : en
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Release Date : 2010-07-30
Australia S Greatest Inventions written by Lynda De Lacey and has been published by ReadHowYouWant.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-30 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Australia's Greatest Inventions; From boomerangs to the Hills Hoist by Lynda de Lacey Australia has a reputation for innovation and inventiveness - that famous 'tie it up with fence-wire' attitude towards getting things done is one of our best-known national characteristics. Popular opinion tells us that a knack for adaptation - for jerry rigging and so-called 'bush improvisation' - is one of the qualities that marks us out as Australian. If you had to play 'spot the Australian' among other nationalities, you'd choose the ones with the duct tape and pliers in their hands. But ask your average Aussie to reel off a list of uniquely Australian inventions at a pub trivia night, and most won't get much further than the stump-jump plough, the Hills Hoist, Speedos and the pavlova. Suddenly you may find yourself wondering if we're all that inventive as a culture after all? These examples certainly don't seem to build a terribly convincing case. This book proves that for a 200-year-old culture with a relatively small population, Australians have a much richer inventive history than we give ourselves credit for. Once we've seen that this reputation for inventiveness is justified, the next question becomes; is there something in our cultural wiring, something about being Australian, that makes us more inventive than other people?
Creating Australia
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Author : Wayne Hudson
language : en
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Release Date : 1997
Creating Australia written by Wayne Hudson and has been published by Allen & Unwin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
Essays from some of Australia's leading historians showing how Australian history has been rewritten in the past twenty years to accommodate different notions of Australian identity.
Inventing Anzac
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Author : Graham Seal
language : en
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
Release Date : 2004
Inventing Anzac written by Graham Seal and has been published by Univ. of Queensland Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
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Australia S Greatest Inventions And Innovations
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Author : Christopher Cheng
language : en
Publisher: Random House Australia
Release Date : 2012
Australia S Greatest Inventions And Innovations written by Christopher Cheng and has been published by Random House Australia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
"In Australia's Greatest Inventions and Innovations, you will find out about our nation's most ingenious inventions, their makers, and how to turn a bright idea into a useful creation."--Back cover.
Australia S Amazing Inventions
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Author : Frances Payne
language : en
Publisher: Redback Publishing
Release Date : 2020-02-27
Australia S Amazing Inventions written by Frances Payne and has been published by Redback Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-27 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
From the scientific discoveries made by the Indigenous Australians living thousands of years ago, right up to the wonders of Wi-Fi, the technology that Australians continue to invent is used by people around the world. Whether it's medicines from local plants, or ways to keep babies safe while travelling in cars, there are lots of inventions to find out about in this book. How much do you really know about Australia? Did you know that the whole continent is on the move, or that Aussies were the first to use penicillin? Dip in anywhere throughout this series to find masses of mini articles on everything you could want to know about Australia.
Inventions And Innovations
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Author : Stuart Bremer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Inventions And Innovations written by Stuart Bremer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Inventions categories.
Dating back to colonial days, Australia has a long history of inventivness. This is an account of people who came up with ideas to make life better, easier or more efficient, and fought through many obstacles to make them happen. These are the inventions & innovations that made Australia.
101 Great Australian Inventions
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Author : Paul Holper
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
101 Great Australian Inventions written by Paul Holper and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Inventions categories.
Read all about the madcap Australian inventors who have influenced the world - from their invention of the world's first feature-length film to ultra-sound technology, from the detection of quasars and supernova to much, much more! Learn about indigenous and enduring Australian inventions, high-tech inventions such as Sarich orbital engine and gene technology and inventions that were snapped up by other countries, such as penicillin and Hargraves' flight designs. Read about spectacular failures such as Clement Wragge's crazy idea to create rain-bearing clouds. Take a look at what's on the drawing board, inventions that are still to make their mark and the inventions of tomorrow. This step-by-step guide to inventing will encourage readers to brainstorm their own experiments.