02696nam 2200553 450 991046487780332120200520144314.01-921870-17-6(CKB)3710000000087042(EBL)1887398(SSID)ssj0001153047(PQKBManifestationID)11629335(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001153047(PQKBWorkID)11150324(PQKB)11752545(MiAaPQ)EBC1887398(Au-PeEL)EBL1887398(CaPaEBR)ebr10834536(OCoLC)898100855(EXLCZ)99371000000008704220140210h20102010 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Australians insiders & outsiders on the national character since 1770 /John HirstSecond edition.Collingwood, Victoria :Black Inc.,[2010]©20101 online resource (282 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-86395-513-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.COVER PAGE; TITLE PAGE; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; 1. WHO ARE THE AUSTRALIANS?; 2. INDEPENDENT SPIRIT; 3. MATESHIP; 4. DIGGERS; 5. LARRIKINS; 6. SUBURBAN NATION; 7. EMPTY AND FLAT; 8. PUT-DOWNS; 9. SPORT; 10. ANTHEMS OFFICIAL AND UNOFFICIAL; 11. SURPRISES; 12. CONTRASTS; 13. FAIR GO; 14. HUMOUR; 15. NEWEST AUSTRALIANS; 16. GOING NATIVE; HIS COUNTRY - AFTER ALL; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; SOURCESUS General Douglas MacArthur, on the Australians fighting on the Kokoda Track, 1942: "Operations reports show that progress on the trail is NOT repeat NOT satisfactory."To which Major-General A.S. Allen drafted this reply: "If you think you can do any better come up and bloody try."Is there an Australian national character? What are its distinguishing features? Over the years, how have insiders and outsiders summed up this country and its people, and how have Australians responded to outside criticism?In The Australians, John Hirst gathers together the key assessments of the national characterThe Australians :insiders and outsiders on the national character since 1770National characteristics, AustralianAustraliaQuotations, maxims, etcElectronic books.National characteristics, Australian.Hirst John751675MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464877803321The Australians2154339UNINA