The ideals of land, happiness, family, home, mateship, sense of belonging and love are values confirmed by this text and are the fundamental generalised values of the working class people. A large majority of these values such as the love of the land, mateship and home are renowned to be a large part of Australia's culture. The dominance and endorsement of the working class in this text could be resultant of the class's Australian values, as this class is valuable in the representation of Australia's cultural identity. Both the main families constructed in this text are restricted within the boundaries of the working class, financially and morally. One of the main values presented in this text is the importance of family. The importance of family was represented as clearly when Quick asks Lester what he lived for in life, in Lester's reply on page 304, "The family, Quick Take away the family and that's it, there is not point." Here, Lester highlights the notion of the vital of family that he and the rest of the characters perpetuate throughout the text. The idea of family being the ultimate in life as apposed to a new car or house, a pretentious materialistic value, furthers the acceptance of the working class and their values. After Lester said this, Quick seemed to be shocked, but as he thought about what his father had said They worked their bums off and took life seriously But there was love too even in the miserable times he too, realised the importance of family, thus furthering the notion of working class values. Ultimately the portrayal working class is significant in this text as it adds to the way in which the identity of Australia's culture is represented. Also, by working class values being endorsed, confirms to the generalised values of Australia's cultural identity.
A clear insight to another text in this context is provided by the characterisation of Toby Raven, which furthers the representation of Australia's cultural identity.