National Identity

[transcendancing]

So the interesting thing about uni, is that lecturers have opinions - and that's awesome! Cos then I can agree or disagree with them

Comments

[baby_elvis]

For me, the Australian Nurses and civilians who were prisoners of war of the Japanese in WWII are part of my ANI, but I may be the only one. I suppose they are my female version of the ANZACS. I'd add mateship to the ANZAC myth, as well as to the male POWs in WWII.

There is also the station/farm wife figure, perhaps. The beach girl?

Note - lack of aboriginality in ANI.

I think of the Azaria chamberlain story as an Australian myth, but don't think it fits into ANI.

I reject Ned Kelly as part of my ANI.

The ANZACS also has an element of sticking it to the poms, because 'it was their fault it all went wrong'.

[cricketk]

No you're not - because I immediately thought of A Town Like Alice except of course, apart from being fictional, she was British.

[arcadiagt5]

Well said.

I will admit to a sneaking hope that despite the initial proposal of Wright that the new QLD seat will end up being called Waters (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Waters) as I think that would start to sneak some aboriginality into the ANI via the ANZAC route.

[babalon_93]

I reject Ned Kelly as part of my ANI.

I'd like to hear more about this if you are up for elaborating.

[doctor_k_]

I prefer the Eureka Stockade if you need some sort of rising up against authority...

[strangedave]

And I think it is very interest the constant efforts to co-opt the Eureka Flag to various, often dubious, causes.

[kitsune_iii]

I would really like the Eureka Flag to be the Australian Flag, but I know that would get up a lot of people's noses.