Index

Exploring Australian National Identity

ISBN: 978-1-78756-506-7, eISBN: 978-1-78756-503-6

Publication date: 11 June 2018

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Donoghue, J. and Tranter, B. (2018), "Index", Exploring Australian National Identity, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 171-176. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78756-503-620181013

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INDEX

Aboriginal identity
, 31

American culture, globalisation of
, 148–150

Anti-authority in Australia
, 66, 69

Antipodes
, 45

Anti-Vietnam war movement
, 48

Anzac Cove
, 79, 92–93

Anzacs
, 50–54, 99, 114, 116, 137, 140, 143

attitudes towards
, 81–84

Day ceremonies
, 76–78, 87–89, 92, 94, 120, 132

legend in context of modern warfare and multiculturalism
, 90–91

likelihood of prioritising
, 85

portrayal in arts and films
, 92–93

in relation to national identity
, 79–86, 89–91, 93, 117–119, 121, 125, 138

representation in mass media
, 81

role of political leaders in legitimating heroism of
, 91–92

as the tradition
, 77

trajectory of, in Australia
, 80

Ashes cricket series
, 100

Australia

early twenty-first century
, 49

economic growth and European immigration
, 46

flow of free settlers and gold miners
, 45–46

homeownership
, 47

national cricket team
, 101

organised sport in
, 101

population, between 1946 and 1974
, 46–47

sale of Crown land
, 46

trade with overseas countries
, 49

White Australia policy
, 46

Australian citizenship
, 139

Australian Constitutional Referendum Survey (ACRS)
, 30, 33–34

Australian icon
, 65–66

Australian identity, conception of
, 48

Australian Imperial Force (AIF)
, 75

Australian Institute of Sport (AIS)
, 102

Australian military heroes
, 77, 139

degree of confidence in
, 86–87

See also Anzacs

Australian national identity, settler influence in
, 50–52

Great Divide
, 50

Australian nation building project
, 46–47

Australian nativism
, 24

Australian Survey of Social Attitudes (AuSSA)
, 33, 51–52, 81–82, 103, 107, 117, 119, 138

Australian way of life
, 76, 97

Baby boom generation
, 31

Bean, Charles
, 91

Bradman, Sir Donald
, 104–105, 107–108, 111, 114, 116, 127, 133, 137, 139, 143, 146, 151

British convicts
, 44

laws of
, 45

Bushrangers
, 55–56, 60, 117–118, 120, 137

‘Captain Moonlite’
, 60

‘Captain Thunderbolt’
, 60

as folk hero and larrikin
, 62

Gardiner, Frank
, 60

Hall, Ben
, 60, 121

‘Mad’ Dan Morgan
, 60

See also Kelly, Ned

Byrne, Joe
, 61

Carey, Peter
, 56, 137

Chang, Victor
, 129, 151

Chinese labour
, 45

Civic culture
, 24

Civic national identity
, 25

Columbus’ ‘discovery’ of America
, 80

Convict ancestry, claims of
, 21–28

acknowledgement of Australia’s convict heritage
, 23

age-related differences
, 31

as an assertion of one’s families’ temporal primacy
, 25–26

Australians and British
, 33–39, 42

claim to British or Irish ethnic identity of a particular type
, 25

cultural differences between English and Irish convicts
, 40–41

dispersion of convicts
, 26

ethnic basis
, 28

foundation myths and collective memory
, 24

indigenous identity claims in Australia
, 31–32

in New South Wales
, 26

primordial ties
, 25

re-enactments during the bicentennial celebrations
, 23

taste cultures
, 27

in United Kingdom
, 23

Convict identity
, 26

civic form
, 28

essentialist aspects of
, 26

identifiers
, 41

level of education
, 29, 39–40

likelihood of identifying convict ancestors
, 30

religious denomination
, 29

social construction of
, 27, 29–32

transformation of
, 31

Convict identity in Australia
, 23

Convict labour
, 44

Convicts, transportation to Australia
, 22–23

Cook, Captain James
, 43

Court, Margaret
, 106

Crowe, Russell
, 104

Crown land, sale of
, 46

Curtain, John
, 46–47

Drewe, Robert
, 56

Dunlop, Sir Edward ‘Weary’
, 129, 140, 151

Ethno-nationalists
, 28, 139

Ethno-nationals
, 25

Florey, Sir Howard
, 129, 140, 151

Fraser, Dawn
, 104–105

Fraser, Malcolm
, 141

Freeman, Cathy
, 104

Free settlers
, 44–45, 110, 117, 119–120

contributions to formation of multicultural society
, 54

influence in development of national identity
, 50–52

social location
, 52–54

Gallipoli campaign
, 77–78, 91–93

Generation X
, 31

Gillard, Julia
, 132–133, 141

Greens supporters
, 125, 129

Hart, Steve
, 61

Hawke, Bob
, 102, 127, 137, 141, 143

Historical figures
, 114, 119–125, 139

Hollows, Fred
, 128–129, 131

Hollows Foundation
, 129

Homeownership
, 47–48

Hood, Robin
, 58

Howard, John
, 45, 48–49, 53, 88, 91–92, 107, 109, 127–129, 131–132, 134, 140–143, 151

Howard’s battlers
, 142

Imagined descendants
, 28

‘imagined’ nation
, 62, 100

Immigration Restriction Bill
, 46

Irish Catholics
, 45

Irish convicts
, 24, 40, 44

Irish ethnic identity
, 25, 32, 41

James, Jesse
, 116, 149–150

Jones, Alan
, 147

Keating, Paul
, 48, 88, 134, 142

Kelly, Daniel
, 61

Kelly, Ned
, 55–56, 97, 114, 116, 121, 127, 134, 140, 146, 149–151

as an ‘Australian identity’
, 57

as an important symbol of Australian identity
, 64–71

background of Kelly Gang
, 61–62

battle at Stringybark Creek in 1878
, 61

depictions in film and literature
, 57, 60

figures in Sydney 2000 Olympic Games
, 61

importance by descriptions
, 69

importance for national identity
, 72

importance in Australian culture
, 63

political leanings towards
, 73

representations in print media
, 57

Sidney Nolan’s ‘Kelly series’ of paintings
, 61, 65

social class differences and support for
, 71–72

Kelly Gang
, 61–62

Kenneally, J. J.
, 56

Kirkpatrick, John Simpson
, 77

Labor supporters
, 125, 129

Lambert, Ronald
, 33

Lap, Phar
, 105

Laver, Rod
, 106

Legitimate culture
, 27

Lincoln, Abraham
, 116

Lucky country
, 24

MacKillop, Mary
, 141, 129

McArthur, General Douglas
, 116

Media owners, portrayal of
, 144–147

Menzies, Bob
, 131

Menzies, Sir Robert
, 47, 127, 129, 131–132, 140–142, 151

Middle class Australians
, 50, 139

Migrant mentality in nineteenth century
, 45

Monash, Sir John
, 77–78, 140, 149

Murdoch, Keith
, 91

Murdoch, Rupert
, 144–147

My Place (Sally Morgan)
, 31

National foundational principles
, 88–94

National identity in Australia
, 24, 62–73, 82–83, 115

contemporary Australians view
, 132–133

cosmopolitan national identity
, 131–134

future hold for
, 147–152

heroes, saints and sages in
, 116–117

historical figures
, 114, 119–125, 139

nationally important individuals
, 126–131

political party identification effects
, 125, 129, 132

postmaterialists and materialists, attitude of
, 124–125

social factors influencing
, 121–124

sporting heroes
, 98–107, 114, 116–118, 120, 133, 138

value orientations as a discriminating factor
, 85–86

See also Anzacs; Kelly, Ned

Nationalism, myth and memory of
, 23–24

Nationally important individuals
, 126–131, 140–144

social background
, 130

National mythscape
, 99, 126, 145, 151

Ned Kelly: A Short Life (Ian Jones)
, 57

Neil, Sam
, 104

Nolan, Sidney
, 97

depiction of Australian soldiers
, 92–93

‘Kelly series’ of paintings
, 61, 65, 137

Olympic Games events
, 61, 98, 102, 110

Outlaws
, 58–62, 121

Anglophone
, 58

Australian
, 60

identity
, 62–73

legends and myths surrounding
, 58

Owen, Wilfred
, 93

Packer, Kerry
, 144–145

Philip, Arthur
, 44

Post-war immigrants
, 50, 52, 54, 139

influence on Australian identity
, 50

Re-enactments
, 23

Rosewall, Ken
, 106

Rudd, Kevin
, 142

Sassoon, Siegfried
, 93

Scottish convicts
, 24, 41

Smith, Dick
, 129, 140

Social bandits
, 58–59

Social order
, 47

Spiritual kinship
, 21

Sport in Australian culture
, 112, 114

male sporting personalities
, 100–101

Olympic medal counts
, 110

politics and
, 107–111

public funding for elite sportspeople
, 102

social and political background characteristics
, 106

social background of sporting heroes
, 108

sporting achievements
, 109–110

sporting heroes for Australian identity
, 98–107, 114, 116–118, 120, 133, 138

Squatters
, 45

Tasmanians
, 26, 29, 40

Taste cultures
, 27

Taylor, Mark
, 107

‘terra nullius’
, 43

Thorpe, Ian
, 111

True History of the Kelly Gang (Peter Carey)
, 60

War heroes
, 77

Warne, Shane
, 111, 137

Washington, George
, 116

Weir, Peter
, 93

White Australia policy
, 46

discrimination against non-British migrants
, 46

Immigration Restriction Bill, introduction of
, 46

Whitlam, Gough
, 128–129, 131, 140–142, 151

Williamson, David
, 146

Working-class Australians
, 21, 28–29, 42

Zones of taste
, 27, 65