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1 The Evening Redness in the West William D. Routt , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 1 October 2005; (p. 8) Discusses the way in which violence is presented in the film.
1 More Australian than Aristotelian : The Australian Bushranger Film, 1904-1914 William D. Routt , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , January-February no. 18 2002;

This analysis of The Story of the Kelly Gang, Thunderbolt, and The Squatter's Daughter considers early Australian films in the light of American cowboy films, arguing that 'it is the contention of this paper that these relations are the result of certain cultural coincidences between Australia and the Western United States rather than the outcome of direct influence of the one upon the other. Viewed in this light, “the American cinema par excellence” can perhaps be more reasonably understood as the epitome of a global cinema – not an original myth of nationhood, but a story of no-place retold everywhere and at all times, even in terra nullius itself.'
1 Are You a Fish? Are You a Snake? An Obvious Lecture and Some Notes on The Last Wave William D. Routt , 1994 single work essay
— Appears in: Continuum : The Australian Journal of Media & Culture , vol. 8 no. 2 1994;
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