Once An Australian
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Once An Australian
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Author : Ian Britain
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Once An Australian written by Ian Britain and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The four Australians featured in this book--Barry Humphries, Clive James, Germaine Greer, and Robert Hughes--are all writers and performers who decided to leave their native land in the late 1950s or early 1960s and to pursue their brilliant careers abroad. Ian Britain's profiles of their careers concentrate on the reasons for their expatriatism and consider what aspects of their Australian identity they have retained. His is the first detailed study of this generation of Australian expatriates, and richly combines elements of biography, cultural criticism and social history.
How To Be Australian
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Author : Ashley Kalagian Blunt
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2020-05-26
How To Be Australian written by Ashley Kalagian Blunt and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-26 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
When Ashley persuades her new husband Steve to leave snowy Canada and join her for a year Down Under, she looks forward to an easy transition. After all, Australia's just Canada with more sunshine and strange animals, right? But they soon discover things aren't so simple. Steve struggles to settle and Ashley fears he will come to regret both the move and the marriage - especially after she loses her wedding rings on Bondi Beach. Baffled, homesick and increasingly anxious (in a land renowned for 'no worries'), she is preparing to return to Canada when Steve shockingly announces that he wants to stay in Australia. Forever. For the sake of her marriage and her happiness, Ashley must find an Australia she can belong to: she decides to travel the country, learn its history, decode its cultural quirks and connect with as many residents as she can meet. How to Be Australian is a remarkable memoir, at once familiar and faraway, that shines a fresh, funny and fascinating light onto the country we think we know.
Australianama
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Author : Samia Khatun
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2019-02-15
Australianama written by Samia Khatun and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-15 with History categories.
Charts the history of South Asian diaspora, weaving together stories of various peoples colonized by the British Empire.
One Hundred To One 100
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Author : Kyla-Jane Hunt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
One Hundred To One 100 written by Kyla-Jane Hunt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Australia categories.
Large-format photographic book published during the Centenary of Australian Federation. Beginning with the year 1901 and continuing until 2000, each page in turn presents a photographic portrait of a person born during one of the 100 years of Federation. Each photo is accompanied by a brief biography of the person, a quote from the subject, and map of their location. A wide range of personalities and cultural backgrounds are celebrated. Two-colour design. An educational resource CD-ROM is also available, as well as a touring exhibition and website (www.100to1.com.au).
I Once Met A Man
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Author : Reginald Murray Williams
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
I Once Met A Man written by Reginald Murray Williams and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Australia categories.
Understand, then, that these chapters are concerned with the spirit of men and women from whom something of worth has shone out to make them worthy of record. You will note that the book is not of deeds, achievement, great honour; just that indefinable something that has no other name in our language but spirit... from the Introduction In I Once Met a Man, legendary Australian figure R. M. Williams tells wonderful stories of his most memorable encounters in the bush. From the rough riders to sideshow fighters, from the best woman drover in the west to a young English lady who raised her sons with their Aboriginal father's tribe, Williams recreates the characters he met in his harsh and hungry years spent on the road with a swag. When Williams sold a handmade packsaddle to Sir Sidney Kidman for 5 pounds in 1933, he was in fact beginning one of the country's most highly successful manufacturing enterprises. The R. M. Williams label - famous for its sturdy riding boots, moleskins and oilskins - has since become beloved of country and city people alike.Charmingly illustrated, these true stories from one of Australia's greatest folk heroes will entertain and enlighten readers everywhere.
Once Upon A Time
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Once Upon A Time written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Art festivals categories.
Deep Time Dreaming
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Author : Billy Griffiths
language : en
Publisher: Black Inc.
Release Date : 2018-02-26
Deep Time Dreaming written by Billy Griffiths and has been published by Black Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-26 with Social Science categories.
People would have known about Australia before they saw it. Smoke billowing above the sea spoke of a land that lay beyond the horizon. A dense cloud of migrating birds may have pointed the way. But the first Australians were voyaging into the unknown. Soon after Billy Griffiths joins his first archaeological dig as camp manager and cook, he is hooked. Equipped with a historian’s inquiring mind, he embarks on a journey through time, seeking to understand the extraordinary deep history of the Australian continent. Deep Time Dreaming is the passionate product of that journey. It investigates a twin revolution: the reassertion of Aboriginal identity in the second half of the twentieth century, and the uncovering of the traces of ancient Australia. It explores what it means to live in a place of great antiquity, with its complex questions of ownership and belonging. It is about a slow shift in national consciousness: the deep time dreaming that has changed the way many of us relate to this continent and its enduring, dynamic human history. John Mulvaney Book Award: Winner Ernest Scott Prize: Winner NSW Premier's Literary Awards: Winner - Book of the Year NSW Premier's Literary Awards: Winner - Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-fiction Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards: Highly Commended Queensland Literary Awards: Shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards: Shortlisted Educational Publishing Awards: Shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards: Longlisted CHASS Book Prize: Longlisted ‘What a revelatory work! If you wish to hear the voice of our continent's history before the written word, Deep Time Dreaming is a must read. The freshest, most important book about our past in years.’ —Tim Flannery ‘Once every generation a book comes along that marks the emergence of a powerful new literary voice and shifts our understanding of the nation’s past. Billy Griffiths’ Deep Time Dreaming is one such book. Deeply researched, creatively conceived and beautifully written, it charts the expansion of archaeological knowledge in Australia for the first time. No other book has managed to convey the mystery and intricacy of Indigenous antiquity in quite the same way. Read it: it will change the way you see Australian history.’ —Mark McKenna, historian ‘Billy Griffiths’ Deep Time Dreaming: Uncovering Ancient Australia is a remarkable book, and one destined, I believe, to become a modern classic of Australian history writing. Written in vivid, evocative prose, this book will grip both the expert and the general reader alike.’ —Iain McCalman, author of The Reef: A Passionate History: The Great Barrier Reef from Captain Cook to Climate Change
I Once Met A Man
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Author : Reginald Murray Williams
language : en
Publisher: Angus & Robertson
Release Date : 2014
I Once Met A Man written by Reginald Murray Williams and has been published by Angus & Robertson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Australia categories.
Understand, then, that these chapters are concerned with the spirit of men and women from whom something of worth has shone out to make them worthy of record. You will note that the book is not of deeds, achievement, great honour; just that indefinable something that has no other name in our language but spirit... When Williams sold a handmade packsaddle to Sir Sidney Kidman for 5 pounds in 1933, he was in fact beginning one of the country's most highly successful manufacturing enterprises. The R. M. Williams label - famous for its sturdy riding boots, moleskins and oilskins - has since become beloved of country and city people alike. In I Once Met a Man, legendary Australian figure R. M. Williams tells wonderful stories of his most memorable encounters in the bush. From the rough riders to sideshow fighters, from the best woman drover in the west to a young English lady who raised her sons with their Aboriginal father's tribe, Williams recreates the characters he met in his harsh and hungry years spent on the road with a swag. This illustrated edition contains stunning photographs from leading Australian photographers taken in and around locations mentioned in R M's stories. It includes an introduction by former Prime Minister Mr John Howard and three new stories never before published.
After Australia
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Author : Michael Mohammed Ahmed
language : en
Publisher: Affirm Press
Release Date : 2020-06-09
After Australia written by Michael Mohammed Ahmed and has been published by Affirm Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-09 with Fiction categories.
Climate catastrophe, police brutality, white genocide, totalitarian rule and the erasure of black history provide the backdrop for stories of love, courage and hope. In this unflinching new anthology, twelve of Australia's most daring Indigenous writers and writers of colour provide a glimpse of Australia as we head toward the year 2050. Featuring Ambelin Kwaymullina, Claire G. Coleman, Omar Sakr, Future D. Fidel, Karen Wyld, Khalid Warsame, Kaya Ortiz, Roanna Gonsalves, Sarah Ross, Zoya Patel, Michelle Law and Hannah Donnelly. Edited by Michael Mohammed Ahmad. Original concept by Lena Nahlous. Published by Affirm Press in partnership with Diversity Arts Australia and Sweatshop Literacy Movement.
Mateship
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Author : Nick Dyrenfurth
language : en
Publisher: Scribe Publications
Release Date : 2015-01-05
Mateship written by Nick Dyrenfurth and has been published by Scribe Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-05 with History categories.
A ‘mate’ is a mate, right? Wrong, argues Nick Dyrenfurth in this provocative new look at one of Australia’s most talked-about beliefs. In the first book-length exploration of our secular creed, one of Australia’s leading young historians and public commentators turns mateship’s history upside down. Did you know that the first Australians to call each other ‘mate’ were business partners? Or that many others thought that mateship would be the basis for creating an entirely new society — namely, a socialist one? For some, the term ‘mate’ is ‘the nicest word in the English language’; for others, it represents the very worst features in our nation’s culture: conformity, bullying, corruption, racism, and misogyny. So what does mateship really mean? Covering more than 200 years of white-settler history, Mateship demonstrates the richness and paradoxes of the Antipodean version of fraternity, and how everyone — from the early convicts to our most recent prime ministers, on both sides of politics — have valued it. PRAISE FOR NICK DYRENFURTH ‘[A] detailed, nuanced and readable study, which charts the evolution of the concept in all its complexity’ The Sydney Morning Herald ‘[A] provocative and insightful book … the first significant exploration of what the author terms “our secular egalitarian creed” since Russel Ward’s path-breaking 1958 work The Australian Legend.’ The Australian