Travellers Under the Southern Cross
Australian Show People, National Identities and Difference
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1321816600002385Keywords:
Australia Day, centenary of Federation, Invasion Day, commemoration, attitudesAbstract
I am writing this paper on 26 January 2001 in the Queensland regional city Rockhampton. This is a public holiday for most Australians, Australia Day in the year of the centenary of Federation for many Australians, and Invasion Day for some Australians. This complex variety of attitudes to a single date encapsulates some of the themes to be explored in this paper.
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