John Lidstone

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Is Australia Racist or a work in progress? A
personal perspective Presented at Texas A M
University January 2002
John Lidstone Faculty of Education Queensland
University of Technology , Brisbane Australia
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The Deep North
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Australia - Europe compared in terms of area
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Australia - Europe compared in terms of population
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Australia - USA compared in terms of population
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Meter Maids on the Gold Coast of Queensland
ensure that holiday makers are not booked by
the Police for parking offences
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.. and therefore is strongly influenced by
relatively small forces
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National self esteem
The economy The Republic
The state of the Nation
Social issues such as immigration and indigenous
population
Environmental issues
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Main issues of concern to citizens in twelve
selected countries (after Newspoll/Cribb)
The other countries in the study
were Spain Bulgaria Hungary Poland India Argentin
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National self esteem
The economy The Republic
The state of the Nation
Social issues such as immigration and indigenous
population
Environmental issues
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• Examines
• Human settlement
• Biodiversity
• Atmosphere
• Land resources
• Inland waters
• Estuaries and the sea

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The summary of Human Settlement Key threats to
sustainability
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Issue
Comment
biodiversity.
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Comparing landscape modification in Australia
with the USA
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National self esteem
The economy The Republic
The state of the Nation
Social issues such as immigration and indigenous
population
Environmental issues
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South Africa
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Internal Migration in Australia
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Populate or Perish Arthur Caldwell, 1945
"In its early days, multiculturalism was . .. an
easy way of sorting out the 'liberals ' from the
"conservatives". It. offered, especially to the
eager young professionals who so readily embraced
it, a cosmopolitan identity far more exciting
than the cultural cringe" which for so long had
hung over the nation.  Katherine Betts, The
Great Divide, 1999
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It is a strange country The intellectuals
have always hated Australia and wished they were
living in Europe. The folk have always loved it
because it provided them with a lifestyle which
was pleasant. David Williamson, Australian
Writer, 1985
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We are xenophobic. We fear the outside world,
especially generalised threats about yellow
perils and red tides. We also have a broad
streak of racism that emerges when we are asked
what should be done about the boat people from
Vietnam. Turn the boats around and send the
buggers back is a common response from Labor and
Liberal supporters alike. Geoffrey Barker,
Journalist, 1980
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"It's important to remember Australia before the
most recent wave of migration. It was dull,
self-satisfied and joylessly conformist ... Not
merely mindless, but lobotomised. Philip Adams
1980
wasteland. A nation of barbarians. A land
without culture and interesting food ... Above
all a country of suffocating boredom. David
Dale, 1990
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Australian attitudes to migrants constantly
changes
The Brisbane Courier Mail, April 28th 2001
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Australia and its Aboriginal peoples our legacy
of unutterable shame
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The Weekend Australian, March 17, 2001, p. 24
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Olive Kennedy was taken from her mother in
Tennant Creek in 1947 when she was three years
old. In 1962, as a young, just married, woman,
she decided to find her birth-mother.
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The other side of the Frontier Henry Reynolds,
1981
The Killing of History How literary critics and
social theorists are murdering our past. Keith
Windshuttle, 1996
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Where does Australia stand in the world in 2002?
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Uncomfortable thoughts
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National self esteem
The economy The Republic
The state of the Nation
Social issues such as immigration and indigenous
population
Environmental issues
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Some more or less significant achievements of
Australia
Surf Life saving clubs, 1906
Orbital combustion engine
The bionic ear developed at Melbourne University
in 1970s
Stump jump plough 1870
Ultrasound developed in 1961
Stripper harvester 1884
The Story of the Ned Kelly Gang was the worlds
first feature film
Electric motor/dynamo 1871
Antibiotics
The esky, 1950
Cardboard wine cask invented 1967
Ultrasound developed in 1961Plastic banknotes
Black Box flight recorder, 1958
Speedos
Spun concrete pipes for plumbing and sewage
Blundestone Boots
The ute, 1934
Worlds first round the world passenger service by
QANTAS in 1958
Rotary washing line 1946
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Perhaps Australians just like playing in
dangerous waters? The deep ocean with all its
waves is more exciting than a swimming pool
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