LEADER 02691nam 2200541 450 001 9910789113803321 005 20230725054708.0 010 $a1-921870-17-6 035 $a(CKB)3710000000087042 035 $a(EBL)1887398 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001153047 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11629335 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001153047 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11150324 035 $a(PQKB)11752545 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1887398 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1887398 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10834536 035 $a(OCoLC)898100855 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000087042 100 $a20140210h20102010 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Australians $einsiders & outsiders on the national character since 1770 /$fJohn Hirst 205 $aSecond edition. 210 1$aCollingwood, Victoria :$cBlack Inc.,$d[2010] 210 4$dİ2010 215 $a1 online resource (282 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-86395-513-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCOVER 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; SOURCES 330 $aUS 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 character 517 3 $aThe Australians :$einsiders and outsiders on the national character since 1770 606 $aNational characteristics, Australian 607 $aAustralia$vQuotations, maxims, etc 615 0$aNational characteristics, Australian. 700 $aHirst$b John$g(John Bradley),$f1942-2016.$0751675 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789113803321 996 $aThe Australians$93737649 997 $aUNINA