[Editor: This is a chapter from The Foundations of Culture in Australia (1936) by P. R. Stephensen.] § 10 A poetry competition The two different cultures, English and Australian, found an early definition and contrast in the celebrated Prize Poem for the Chancellor’s … [Read more...] about Section 10 [The Foundations of Culture in Australia, by P. R. Stephensen, 1936]
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Section 9 [The Foundations of Culture in Australia, by P. R. Stephensen, 1936]
[Editor: This is a chapter from The Foundations of Culture in Australia (1936) by P. R. Stephensen.] § 9 Sentimental exiles Throughout the nineteenth century in Australia, from the earliest writers, whether they were convict gentlemen or military gentlemen, or black … [Read more...] about Section 9 [The Foundations of Culture in Australia, by P. R. Stephensen, 1936]
Section 8 [The Foundations of Culture in Australia, by P. R. Stephensen, 1936]
[Editor: This is a chapter from The Foundations of Culture in Australia (1936) by P. R. Stephensen.] § 8 Birth of a new idea Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson may be regarded as typical pioneers of indigenous culture in Australia. Whatever their faults, their work has an … [Read more...] about Section 8 [The Foundations of Culture in Australia, by P. R. Stephensen, 1936]
Section 7 [The Foundations of Culture in Australia, by P. R. Stephensen, 1936]
[Editor: This is a chapter from The Foundations of Culture in Australia (1936) by P. R. Stephensen.] § 7 No place like home The culture of a country is the essence of nationality, the permanent element in a nation. A nation is nothing but an extension of the … [Read more...] about Section 7 [The Foundations of Culture in Australia, by P. R. Stephensen, 1936]
Section 6 [The Foundations of Culture in Australia, by P. R. Stephensen, 1936]
[Editor: This is a chapter from The Foundations of Culture in Australia (1936) by P. R. Stephensen.] § 6 Imported literature There are two elements in every nation’s culture — the imported and the indigenous. English literature, for instance, developed through … [Read more...] about Section 6 [The Foundations of Culture in Australia, by P. R. Stephensen, 1936]
Section 5 [The Foundations of Culture in Australia, by P. R. Stephensen, 1936]
[Editor: This is a chapter from The Foundations of Culture in Australia (1936) by P. R. Stephensen.] § 5 An Englishman’s view An Englishman resident in Australia, Professor G. H. Cowling, who is Professor of English Literature at the University of Melbourne, recently … [Read more...] about Section 5 [The Foundations of Culture in Australia, by P. R. Stephensen, 1936]
Section 4 [The Foundations of Culture in Australia, by P. R. Stephensen, 1936]
[Editor: This is a chapter from The Foundations of Culture in Australia (1936) by P. R. Stephensen.] § 4 Colony or nation What then of culture in Australia? Here is not a mere vicinity, but a whole continent, unique in its natural features, and unique in the fact of … [Read more...] about Section 4 [The Foundations of Culture in Australia, by P. R. Stephensen, 1936]
Section 3 [The Foundations of Culture in Australia, by P. R. Stephensen, 1936]
[Editor: This is a chapter from The Foundations of Culture in Australia (1936) by P. R. Stephensen.] § 3 Race and place What is a national culture? Is it not the expression, in thought-form or art-form, of the spirit of a Race and of a Place? The Ancient Greeks were … [Read more...] about Section 3 [The Foundations of Culture in Australia, by P. R. Stephensen, 1936]
Section 2 [The Foundations of Culture in Australia, by P. R. Stephensen, 1936]
[Editor: This is a chapter from The Foundations of Culture in Australia (1936) by P. R. Stephensen.] § 2 We are not Americans There is a parallel, but not a close similarity, between Australia and America. In both countries a continental wilderness, sparsely populated … [Read more...] about Section 2 [The Foundations of Culture in Australia, by P. R. Stephensen, 1936]
Section 1 [The Foundations of Culture in Australia, by P. R. Stephensen, 1936]
[Editor: This is a chapter from The Foundations of Culture in Australia (1936) by P. R. Stephensen.] § 1 Genius of the place Australia is a unique country. All countries are unique, but this one is particularly so. Visitors, such as D. H. Lawrence, have discerned a … [Read more...] about Section 1 [The Foundations of Culture in Australia, by P. R. Stephensen, 1936]
Foreword [The Foundations of Culture in Australia, by P. R. Stephensen, 1936]
[Editor: This is the foreword from The Foundations of Culture in Australia (1936) by P. R. Stephensen.] Foreword This essay was written in three instalments: the first in June 1935, the second in July 1935, and the third in January 1936. It was originally intended for … [Read more...] about Foreword [The Foundations of Culture in Australia, by P. R. Stephensen, 1936]
The Foundations of Culture in Australia: An Essay towards National Self-Respect [by P. R. Stephensen, 1936]
[Editor: The Foundations of Culture in Australia: An Essay towards National Self-Respect (1936), by P. R. Stephensen, was a significant book which promoted ideas of Australian cultural nationalism. The 55 sections, or chapters, of the book are divided into three parts, which were … [Read more...] about The Foundations of Culture in Australia: An Essay towards National Self-Respect [by P. R. Stephensen, 1936]
The Valley [poem by Rex Ingamells]
[Editor: This poem by Rex Ingamells was published in Forgotten People (1936).] The Valley Ages of moonlight have flooded down the valley, Whitening and shadowing the gaunt, stark mallee Ages of moonlight . . . And how can I speak Of its hueless glare on the sands of … [Read more...] about The Valley [poem by Rex Ingamells]
Evening in the MacDonnells [poem by Rex Ingamells]
[Editor: This poem by Rex Ingamells was published in Forgotten People (1936).] Evening in the MacDonnells Look at the rocky range, wallowing in the sun’s glow. The fierce white sun sinks, regretted by the black crow. The black crows are calling, forlornly crying … [Read more...] about Evening in the MacDonnells [poem by Rex Ingamells]
Loveliness [poem by Rex Ingamells]
[Editor: This poem by Rex Ingamells was published in Forgotten People (1936).] Loveliness Loveliness swims In the lake as the light dims, Skims, With vague form, In the warm Gold waves, far out — Where black duck silently drift about Before they rise with a dark … [Read more...] about Loveliness [poem by Rex Ingamells]
Parrots [poem by Rex Ingamells]
[Editor: This poem by Rex Ingamells was published in Forgotten People (1936).] Parrots Parrots are flying and crying in the bush: Their colours and their shrillness sweep veering through the gumtrees. Green leaves and green birds. Golden leaves and golden … [Read more...] about Parrots [poem by Rex Ingamells]
Frogs [poem by Rex Ingamells]
[Editor: This poem by Rex Ingamells was published in Forgotten People (1936).] Frogs Each night now, since the rains last week, The frogs keep croaking in the creek. I hear, ere sleep, the medleyed notes Escape the wet, moon-gleaming throats. There’s one old … [Read more...] about Frogs [poem by Rex Ingamells]
Branches [poem by Rex Ingamells]
[Editor: This poem by Rex Ingamells was published in Forgotten People (1936).] Branches The beauty of sunset Lingers on old Wonder-webbed branches, Dazzling with gold. But stars in the moonset Struggle in vain, Clawed close into branches Which huddle … [Read more...] about Branches [poem by Rex Ingamells]
Bush Cameo [poem by Rex Ingamells]
[Editor: This poem by Rex Ingamells was published in Forgotten People (1936).] Bush Cameo An old log-house homestead Of twisted mallee In a rich mist of sunset In an outback valley. Tan-legged children With towsled hair Romped radiant with a beauty Unbeknown to … [Read more...] about Bush Cameo [poem by Rex Ingamells]
Colonization [poem by Rex Ingamells]
[Editor: This poem by Rex Ingamells was published in Forgotten People (1936).] Colonization I stand upon this height that Flinders named And charted during his great voyaging From Leeuwin to Sydney. Out there flamed Upon the Gulf, with shrouds and sails a-swing In … [Read more...] about Colonization [poem by Rex Ingamells]
Change [poem by Rex Ingamells]
[Editor: This poem by Rex Ingamells was published in Forgotten People (1936).] Change Ages of time had idled by Under this temperate southern sky. Time that the white man put in mould Had been the black man’s age of gold: White man had records, sered and torn, Of all … [Read more...] about Change [poem by Rex Ingamells]
Ulamba [poem by Rex Ingamells]
[Editor: This poem by Rex Ingamells was published in Forgotten People (1936).] Ulamba The stars watch with their wide, unwinking eyes. The winds are sharp. A-stalk with dew-wet feet, The warriors, early on the plain, surprise A kangaroo at drink for the day’s … [Read more...] about Ulamba [poem by Rex Ingamells]
The Present and the Past [poem by Rex Ingamells]
[Editor: This poem by Rex Ingamells was published in Forgotten People (1936).] The Present and the Past I I have wandered all about the land, and seen The present and the past; and I have known Sorrow, when standing where the blacks have been, By a totem-rock or a … [Read more...] about The Present and the Past [poem by Rex Ingamells]
Forgotten People [poem by Rex Ingamells]
[Editor: This poem by Rex Ingamells was published in Forgotten People (1936).] Forgotten People I As the sun leaps up behind the range and throws His radiance round the gums upon the crest, All earth, it seems, remembers — all earth knows A pang whose bitterness … [Read more...] about Forgotten People [poem by Rex Ingamells]
From a High Hill-Road [poem by Rex Ingamells]
[Editor: This poem by Rex Ingamells was published in Forgotten People (1936).] From a High Hill-Road From a high hill-road I saw, Against a line of low crests in the night, The city’s glitter and the city’s glare — A wide white sea of light, Monotonously lapping … [Read more...] about From a High Hill-Road [poem by Rex Ingamells]