Most Australians have heard of Norman Lindsay’s fantastical children’s book The Magic Pudding. He was just one of ten talented siblings.
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From humble beginnings, poet Bruce Dawe became a genial voice, capturing everyday humanity with wry focus. For many Australians, he provided a first taste of verse.
New grants to aid the arts and culture sector are welcome. But as we look for distraction and meaning in isolation, a bigger correction is needed to how the government values Australian creativity.
This Perth exhibition is a raucous, overwhelming, exciting and at times confusing immersion into ideas about national identity.
Australian operas have been written about many pressing topics - from the Stolen Generations to the Lindy Chamberlain case - but few have been staged a second time. What is going wrong?
There’s a fine tradition of Australian poetry harnessing the corrective power of insult. In doing so, it prompts us to face hard questions about our history and identity.
While contemporary Australia is proud of its multicultural status, the White Australia policy shows this wasn’t always the case.
Although politicians claim to place a great deal of importance on the idea of the fair go, there are still significant ways in which Australian society seems to depart from this idea.
Having moved so far from its origins in 1788, perhaps Australia Day should now be a celebration of Australian ‘ordinariness’.
The marking of our national day has long been fraught, and this year is no exception.
Examining our sporting heroes reveals much about ideas of national identity and who is accepted.
Protesting about Australia Day is a smokescreen to obscure the real problems that many Aboriginal Australians face today.
Historians may not be the media stars they were in the 1980s, but understanding our history remains vital to understanding ourselves.
Dallas Rogers speaks with Alanna Kamp on how racism and sexism has excluded lives and experiences of Chinese-Australian women from our historical record.
It’s every performer’s dream. To stand in front of a huge live audience and perform the national anthem. So why did Deborah Cheetham decline the chance to sing at the 2015 AFL Grand Final?
Australian hip-hop artist and rapper 360 (Matt Colwell) caused an uproar earlier in the week when he said on Q&A that he identified the Australian flag and the Southern Cross with racism. 360 announced…
Events in the Middle East that have both shocked and horrified us seem to have opened the doors to anyone who wants to criticise Islam, raise concerns about multiculturalism and romanticise an age when…
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Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing, The University of Melbourne
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Head of Urbanism and Associate Professor of Urban Studies, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Social and Cultural Geography, Western Sydney University
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Senior Curator of Australian and First Nations Art, National Gallery of Victoria, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of History, CQUniversity Australia
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Associate Dean, Music, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of History and Politics, School of Humanities and Social Inquiry, University of Wollongong
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Director, Vice-Chancellor's Centre of Public Ideas (CoPI) and Donald Horne Professor of History and Public Ideas, University of Canberra
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Head Of Department in Department of Sport & Event Management, Bournemouth University
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Associate Professor of Vocal Studies and Opera, University of Sydney
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Lecturer, Faculty of Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University
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Professorial Fellow in History, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University
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Professor of Creative Arts, Griffith University
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