Author: Hirst, John.
Title: The Australians: Insiders and Outsiders on the National Character Since 1770.
Description: Melbourne Black Inc., 2007. 1st ed. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. 211 pp. First edition. John Hirst provides an annotated anthology of writings that outsiders and Australians have said about Australian national characteristics: these different perspectives did not always agree. What distinguishes the Australian identity? There is celebration and criticism, humour and insight. Contributors include Winston Churchill, D. H. Lawrence, Dickens, Henry Lawson - and Tim Flannery, Germaine Greer, David Malouf and Peter Cosgrove. "This is the most democratic place I have ever been in. And the more I see of democracy the more I dislike it": D.H. Lawrence. ISBN: 9781863954082

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