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Travellers Under the Southern Cross : Australian Show People, National Identities and Difference single work   essay  
Issue Details: First known date: 2001... 2001 Travellers Under the Southern Cross : Australian Show People, National Identities and Difference
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'I am writing this paper on 26 January 2001 in the Queensland regional city Rockhampton. This is a public holiday for most Australians, Australia Day in the year of the centenary of Federation for many Australians, and Invasion Day for some Australians. This complex variety of attitudes to a single date encapsulates some of the themes to be explored in this paper.'

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    y separately published work icon Queensland Review vol. 8 no. 1 May 2001 Z892909 2001 periodical issue 'Recent voting trends around the nation seem to suggest, among other things, a growing unease at the ways in which the cultural dimensions of Australian life have been subordinated to questions of economic efficiency. It would be rash or foolish to suppose that the reduction of cultural and human values to what can be effectively marketed will reverse itself any time soon; but there is at least some evidence at the political level that people want governments that are prepared to invest more rather than less in the enrichment of cultural opportunities and amenities for everyone.' (Editorial) 2001 pg. 77-85
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