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Exploring Australian National Identity : Heroes, Memory and Politics.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Emerald Points SeriesPublisher: Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (185 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781787565036
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Exploring Australian National IdentityDDC classification:
  • 994.07
LOC classification:
  • HT51-1595
Online resources:
Contents:
Front Cover -- Exploring Australian National Identity: Heroes, Memory and Politics -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- Introduction -- Chapter Organisation -- Notes -- 1 Convicts -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Claiming Convict Ancestry -- 1.3. The Social Background of Convict Ancestors -- 1.4. Convict Ancestry Australian and Britain -- 1.5. Discussion -- 2 Free Settlers -- 2.1. Settler Influence -- 2.2. Social Location and Settlers -- 3 Ned Kelly -- 3.1. Outlaw Culture -- 3.2. Outlaw Identity -- Notes -- 4 Anzacs -- 4.1. Foundation Principles -- Notes -- 5 Sporting Heroes -- 5.1. Sporting Heroes -- 5.2. Politics and Sport -- Notes -- 6 Influential and Important Australians -- 6.1. Who Are the Influential and Important Australians? -- 6.2. Historical Influences -- 6.3. The Most Important Australians -- 6.4. Cosmopolitan Effects -- Notes -- Conclusions -- Politicians and Doctors -- Forgotten Heroes -- Global Futures -- Note -- References -- Index.
Summary: This book examines the influence of historical and popular figures on the way Australians see themselves in the 21st century. Investigating whether colonial figures such as convicts and bushrangers still influence contemporary Australian identity, and how the influence of sports figures, politicians and scientists manifests itself.
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Front Cover -- Exploring Australian National Identity: Heroes, Memory and Politics -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- Introduction -- Chapter Organisation -- Notes -- 1 Convicts -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Claiming Convict Ancestry -- 1.3. The Social Background of Convict Ancestors -- 1.4. Convict Ancestry Australian and Britain -- 1.5. Discussion -- 2 Free Settlers -- 2.1. Settler Influence -- 2.2. Social Location and Settlers -- 3 Ned Kelly -- 3.1. Outlaw Culture -- 3.2. Outlaw Identity -- Notes -- 4 Anzacs -- 4.1. Foundation Principles -- Notes -- 5 Sporting Heroes -- 5.1. Sporting Heroes -- 5.2. Politics and Sport -- Notes -- 6 Influential and Important Australians -- 6.1. Who Are the Influential and Important Australians? -- 6.2. Historical Influences -- 6.3. The Most Important Australians -- 6.4. Cosmopolitan Effects -- Notes -- Conclusions -- Politicians and Doctors -- Forgotten Heroes -- Global Futures -- Note -- References -- Index.

This book examines the influence of historical and popular figures on the way Australians see themselves in the 21st century. Investigating whether colonial figures such as convicts and bushrangers still influence contemporary Australian identity, and how the influence of sports figures, politicians and scientists manifests itself.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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