... Sewell and Louis Nowra arose. Called at the time the new 'internationalists', the two ceased to be interested in the idea of an Australian National Identity. Nowra and Sewell were still interested in exploring aspects of Australian history and culture but thought of doing so in a broader international context in which the idea of local 'distinctiveness' seemed less important. What connected Australia ... characters bear witness to the pressures of unfinished historical business. Co­, Nowra's most acclaimed play, cannibalizes aristocratic culture, and is perversely set in a 1970s Melbo...

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... in a fictionalised manner. This fictionalised approach can be further understood by examining the various ways in which these films represent and resolve conflicts, and their relation to broader issues of Australian identity and cultural values. "The agonism of a film is the way it represents forces in conflict operating through representative individuals, and how these forces are reconciled leading to a ... last ranger to give himself up, harmony is restored to the community. This film is extremely significant to the bushranging period, which played another historic part of Australian ...

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... and putting up plastic Christmas trees. By making the beach holiday the main setting of the play Michael Gow can express aspects of Australian culture through his characters and their actions. Australian colloquial speech is used throughout the play. The characters use expressions such as "dunny", "slogged me guts out", "I could' ... them", "pot luck", "the nuddy" and "got the huff". Prominent Australians such as Chips Rafferty and Dame Pattie Menzies are referred to. Australian products such as Bex, Rinso and Pine-O-Clean are also mentioned. These cultural references make the setting of...

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... be the intolerance of most Australians who feared that their own identity was being changed. "It's all about attitude" The attitude to the new Australian migrants would have rude, crude and snobbish. " in the main life was more acceptable than the one left behind in the devastated homeland. And ... called "Assimilation". With the introduction of this new policy any person in Europe can enter Australia as long as they gave up their culture and learned to live the Australian way of life. "These people didn't speak English but they were "white", so they were acceptable to the government". "N...

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... she is writing about issues which need to be discussed, about stories that need to be told. Wright feels strongly about her ancestry as an Australian and she expresses this through her poetry by telling the stories of Australia, it's land and it's people. "The Graves at Mill Point ... "South of My Days." When Judith Wright says in South of My Days, "my bloods country", she really means it. Wright treasures her Australian ancestry while accepting her European heritage as well. South of My Days explores the history of man on the land in Australia and gives Wright ... Wright also reaches o...

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