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Colonialism in our literature: My thirty years’ war [by P. R. Stephensen, 16 June 1962]

15 May 2021 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article by P. R. Stephensen was published in the “Forum” section of The Bulletin (Sydney, NSW), 16 June 1962.] Colonialism in our literature My thirty years’ war By P. R. Stephensen This is an abridgment of a Commonwealth Literary Fund Lecture which Mr … [Read more...] about Colonialism in our literature: My thirty years’ war [by P. R. Stephensen, 16 June 1962]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Aborigines as a dying race, cultural nationalism, P. R. Stephensen (1901-1965) (author), propaganda as a neutral term, publication The Bulletin (Sydney), SourceTrove, year1962

Our neglected culture [5 June 1964]

15 May 2021 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article was published in Tharunka (Journal of the New South Wales Students’ Union) (Kensington, NSW), 5 June 1964.] Our neglected culture Do you belong to the nescient mass, guilty of neglecting your own culture or of regarding it as something inferior or … [Read more...] about Our neglected culture [5 June 1964]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: cultural nationalism, SourceTrove, year1964

The cultural cringe [Arthur Phillips, Summer 1950]

15 May 2021 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article by Arthur Phillips was published in Meanjin, Summer 1950.] Arthur Phillips The cultural cringe The Australian Broadcasting Commission has a Sunday programme, designed to cajole a mild Sabbatarian bestirment of the wits, called ‘Incognito’. Paired … [Read more...] about The cultural cringe [Arthur Phillips, Summer 1950]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Arthur Angell Phillips (author), cultural cringe, cultural nationalism, SourceIACLibrary, year1950

“Foreigners in their own country” [The Bulletin, 20 July 1911]

5 May 2021 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article was published in The Bulletin (Sydney, NSW), 20 July 1911.] “Foreigners in their own country.” Over three hundred years ago William Camden wrote in the preface to one of his books:— If any there be which are desirous to be strangers on their own … [Read more...] about “Foreigners in their own country” [The Bulletin, 20 July 1911]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Australianism, cultural nationalism, publication The Bulletin (Sydney), SourceTrove, word home (UK), year1911

Australian Universities and the importing mania [The Bulletin, 20 July 1911]

5 May 2021 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article was published in The Bulletin (Sydney, NSW), 20 July 1911. The article attacks the practice of Australian institutions filling important positions with people from overseas, instead of appointing Australians.] Australian Universities and the importing … [Read more...] about Australian Universities and the importing mania [The Bulletin, 20 July 1911]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: cultural cringe, cultural nationalism, publication The Bulletin (Sydney), SourceTrove, year1911

“There is nothing wrong with Australian speech” [by Dr. A. G. Mitchell, 12 September 1942]

18 April 2021 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article by Dr. A. G. Mitchell was published in The ABC Weekly (Sydney, NSW), 12 September 1942. This was the second of two articles written by Dr. A. G. Mitchell on the subject for The ABC Weekly; the first article, “Australian speech is here to stay”, was published … [Read more...] about “There is nothing wrong with Australian speech” [by Dr. A. G. Mitchell, 12 September 1942]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: A. G. Mitchell (author), Australian language, cultural nationalism, SourceTrove, year1942

Australian speech is here to stay [by Dr. A. G. Mitchell, 5 September 1942]

18 April 2021 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article by Dr. A. G. Mitchell was published in The ABC Weekly (Sydney, NSW), 5 September 1942. This was the first of two articles written by Dr. A. G. Mitchell on the subject for The ABC Weekly; the second article, “There is nothing wrong with Australian speech”, … [Read more...] about Australian speech is here to stay [by Dr. A. G. Mitchell, 5 September 1942]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: A. G. Mitchell (author), Australian language, cultural nationalism, SourceTrove, year1942

Popularising Australian literature and another matter [by P. I. O’Leary, 6 April 1922]

12 April 2021 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article by P. I. O’Leary was published in The Advocate (Melbourne, Vic.), 6 April 1922.] Popularising Australian literature and another matter. The Australian Natives’ Association was on good ground when it recommended, as it did at its recent conference, … [Read more...] about Popularising Australian literature and another matter [by P. I. O’Leary, 6 April 1922]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Americanisation, Australian Natives' Association, Australianism, cultural nationalism, Patrick Ignatius O'Leary (1888-1944) (author), SourceTrove, year1922

Australianism

10 May 2012 · Leave a Comment

A collection of items promoting, or relating to, Australianism (an idea which, broadly speaking, relates to Australian patriotism, nativism, and cultural nationalism; the Collins dictionary defines this concept of “Australianism” as “loyalty to Australia, its political … [Read more...] about Australianism

Filed Under: featured items, topics Tagged With: Australian national sentiment, Australianism, cultural nationalism

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