The Australian Nation

by Partington, Geoffrey

• ISBN13: 9781560002956
• ISBN10: 1560002956
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-04-01
• Publisher: Transaction Pub

Summary

Geoffrey Partington was inspired to write this book by caricatures of the mainstream Australian past as repressive, intolerant, and reactionary. He paints a different portrait, detailing the historical account of the influences that have made Australia the nation and continent it is today. The Australian Nation shows how various identities, such as Britishness, Irishness, and Aboriginality, have combined to create a distinctive Australian nationality. Partington ranges widely and easily over politics, religion, education, literature, art, music, and sport. He identifies blemishes as well as merits in the Australia created by the British and Irish, and values the legacy derived from their efforts.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Transaction Edition	vii	(6)
Acknowledgements	xiii	(2)
Introduction	xv
1 Continuities and Discontinuities	1	(27)
2 Anglicanism	28	(18)
3 John Dunmore Lang and Scottishness	46	(13)
4 Roman Catholicism and Irish-Australianism	59	(25)
5 Interests and Sentiments	84	(14)
6 Politicians	98	(55)
7 Education	153	(23)
8 Literature	176	(32)
9 The Bulletin and Henry Lawson	208	(18)
10 Joseph Furphy	226	(16)
11 Art and Music	242	(9)
12 Sport	251	(18)
13 The Aborigines	269	(31)
Bibliography	300	(15)
Notes	315	(26)
Index	341