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CONTENTS1HTRODUCTBONThe Australian Temperament Peter Goldsworthy 11

PEOPLEThe Prodigal Son Patrick White 22Ordinary Australian Michael Leunig 22National Insecurity?—MacGregor Duncan, Andrew Leigh,

David Madden and Peter Tynan 23Stretching the Stereotype MacGregor Duncan, Andrew Leigh,

David Madden and Peter Tynan 24Siblings Sophie Gosper 25Pottsy Tom Ramsey 26My Country: A Personal Journey Robert Manne 27The Black Armband View Geoffrey Blainey 29Made in Britain David Malouf 32Anglo Inheritance Suzy Baldwin 32What Australia Means to Me Bob Can 33All Australian Now Inga Clendinnen 34Fifties Australia Phillip Knightley 35I'm a Whiteman Now! Sally Morgan and Jack McPhee 36Black Chicks Talking Kathryn Hay < 37Some Lads # 1 Tracey Moffatt 38A Plea on Behalf of Eros David Foster 39Turning the Map Upside Down Regina Ganter 41Neighbours Tim Winton 41Australia's (Re)Awakening Joel Deane 45Say 'Poy' Gillian Bouras 45The Operation Peter Goldsworthy 46

TRUE BLUE?

Cantopop Aussie Hsu-Ming Teo 47My Other Lives # 7 Liu Xiao Xian 48Far and Near Ouyang Yu 49What Place Multiculturalism? Peter Jensen 49Practical Citizenship John Ditchburn 51A Short History of Immigration Geoff Page 51Of Middle Eastern Appearance Randa Abdel-Fattah 54An Environmental View of Culture Tim Flannery 57A Modest Daily Heroism Peter Conrad 58Broometime Susan Varga and Ann Coombs 59Mate Kate Grenville 60The Sand People Robert Drewe 62A Turkish Tale Robert Manne 63The Great War Les Carlyon 66Authority John Hirst 68Weary Lucy Tartan 68Humility Peter Corlett 70My First Sight of Australia Hieu Van Le 71Differences Quarantined John Hirst 72Volunteers Michael Brinkkotter 73The Two of Us Frank Robson 74Australia: A Parallel Narrative Marion Halligan 75The Spirit in Australia Barney Zwartz 76The Mitchells Les Murray 78True Blue John Williamson 79Wave Away Any Notion, of Identity Hugh Mackay 19The Main Road from Cooktown to Cairns Tom Ramsey 82

SYMBOLSReflecting Ourselves? John Tiedemann 84'Brand' Australia Ken Boundy 85Party Town Clive James 86

GQITEITS

What Lies Beneath Larissa Behrendt 89Aboriginal Australia Jack Davis 90Anzac Day Inga Clendinnen 91The 7:56 Report on Anzac Day John Clarke 92Dork, Geek, Jew Danny Katz 95A New Coat of Arms David Dale 91Drowning in Eucalyptus Pip Wilson 99Sturt's Dreaming Bruce Lundgren 101The Stuff Heroes Are Made Of Charmaine Newton 101Anti-heroes Peter Conrad 103Local Heroes Inga Clendinnen 105The Next Big Thing Car la Grossetti 106House for Sale: Comes with Crab Tom Ramsey 108Shearing the Rams Tom Roberts 109The Pioneer Frederick McCubbin 110Sergeant of the Light Horse George W. Lambert 111Sunbaker Max Dupain 112First-class Marksman Sidney Nolan 113Family Home: Suburban Exterior Howard Arkley 114Suburban Girl # 1 Robert Pearce 115Suburban Girl # 2 Rick Rycroft 116

PLAGEInner Cities Sophie Watson 118Land's Edge Tim Winton 118Barwon Heads Bridge Simon O'Dwyer 121Sanctuary Arnold Zable 122Aussie? Paul Miller 123Australia Day 1788 Peter Nicholson 124The Surfers Anne Zahalka 125Sitting on the Beach John Clarke 126Life Lessons at the Pool Michael Leunig 128

TRUE BLUE?

The Land Itself Philip Hodgins 129Outback Assorted film stills 130Australia A.D. Hope 131Fragility Arnold Zable 132Upwey Landscape Fred Williams 134Remembering Babylon David Malouf 135Space Gillian Bouras 137Napperby Death Spirit Dreaming Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri Anmatyerre

and Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri Anmatyerre 138Country Pat Dodson 140Fire 2 Lin Onus 141The Rock Robyn Davidson 142The Great Divide Geoffrey Blainey 143Rather More Suburban Hugh Mackay 144Homo suburbiensis Bruce Dawe 145Secret Men's Business Mark Thomson 145Suburban David Malouf 147Backyards Catherine Ford 148The Mower Charmaine Hardy and Simon Strong 151Not a Village? Drusilla Modjeska 152Bush Security Sabrina Agee Watt 152

SPORTThis Rich Sporting Life Waleed Aly 156A Nation of Barrackers Jim Davidson 159Local v Global Martin Flanagan 162Sport Is Culture Richard Cashman 163The Nation's Specimens Peter Nicholson 165On the Death of a Late Famous Cricketer Geoff Page 166Behind the Bowler's Arm Paul Kelly 166Dawn Dawn Fraser and Andrew Denton 168Football Code Responds to Racism Wayne Ludbey 170

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Nicky Winmar v Collingwood Peter Nicholson 111Two Flags Dean Lewins 172Beach Cricket Inga Clendinnen 173A Woman's Game? Andrew de la Rue 174This Unsporting Life Dominic Knight 175Waltzing Materialism Jonathan King 111Australian Way of Life: Going AWOL Garrie Hutchinson 178Bronze, Bronze, Bronze Anonymous 178The Touchstone of Australian Life Kieren Perkins 180The Australian Game Brian Matthews 181Australia's World XI Steve Meacham 183Sport Crazy and Gambling Mad Warren Fahey 184Priorities Bob Hawke 186Footy Tipping David Pope 187

WORDSUn-Australian? Un-nice, Un-necessary and Un-fair

Suzy Freeman-Greene 190Australia's Un-doing Judith Ireland 192Just Who Is Un-Australian? Hugh Mackay 193Application for Australian Citizenship Anonymous 195Making Do with Language Don Watson 198A Sense of Balance: The Australian Achievement

John Howard 199The Unknown Australian Soldier Paul Keating 200Bluey, Rowdy, Shorty Chad Swanson 203Mechanical Aptitude Frank Moorhouse 203Australia Ania Walwicz 204Amanda's Ode to Oz Jonathon Moran 205On Preambles Michael Leunig 207The Currency Is Comedy John Marsden 209A Taint of Cruelty Simon Cater son 210

TRUE BLUE?

Encyclopedia of Australian Life Richard Castles, Kelly Chandler,Pete Cruttenden, Mic Looby, Anthony Morris and David Nichols 210

The 'Ours' Jack Marx 212

POSTSCRIPTWarren Pearson 215

iCKNOUJLEDGEMENTS 216

Please noteIn traditional Aboriginal communities it is customary not to mention thename of, or reproduce images of, the recently deceased. Care and discretionshould therefore be exercised in using this book within Arnhem Land,Central Australia and the Kimberley.

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