Title A spirit of play : the making of Australian consciousness / David Malouf

Published Sydney : ABC Books for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1998

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W'PONDS	303.40994 Mal/Aso		AVAILABLE

Description 128 pages ; 22 cm regular print Series Boyer lectures ; 2001, 1998 Boyer lectures ; 2001, 1998 Contents The island -- A complex fate -- Landscapes -- Monuments to time -- The orphan in the Pacific -- A spirit of play Analysis History National identity Social change Social values Notes Originally broadcast as 6 lectures on the ABC, from 15 November 1988 to 20 December 1988 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 126-128) Notes Boyer lectures no:1998 0524-1820 Subject National characteristics, Australian. Social change -- Australia. Social evolution -- Australia. Social evolution. SUBJECT Australia -- Civilization http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87002863 -- Foreign influences. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005056 Australia -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591 Australia -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114311 Australia -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114315 Author Australian Broadcasting Corporation. LC no. 99232550 ISBN 0733307264

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