Saluting the Dot-spangled Banner

Aboriginal culture, National identity and the Australian Republic. The closing ceremonies of the Atlanta Olympics were watched by a 1/5th of the world's population. This was arguably the most expensive bit of air time on the planet at that moment....

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Post-Colonial Dreaming

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Different Dreaming

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The Sublime and the Parochial: The Foot of God

In Australia, the land has been, for non-Aboriginal settlers, from the beginning a sign for the nation and for the manufacture of livelihood (the sheep's back, mineral wealth) as well as a repository of dreams and misapprehensions. The importance of the land to Aboriginal Australian ought to be easy for us to comprehend.

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Mothertongue

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The Stamp of Republicanism

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Glue and Yeast: Asian Perceptions and the Year 2000

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