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National identity and important Australians
Citation
Tranter, B and Donoghue, J, National identity and important Australians, Journal of Sociology, 51, (2) pp. 236-251. ISSN 1440-7833 (2014) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2014 Sage Publications
DOI: doi:10.1177/1440783314550057
Abstract
Aspects of the national narrative of an advanced industrialised nation are examined in this research.
Nationally representative survey data suggest the most important collective figures for Australian
identity are the Anzacs, colonial free settlers and post-Second World War immigrants, while
sporting heroes have a negligible influence upon what it means to be Australian. Although many
Australians have ancestors who were transported, the convict ‘stain’ persists, while indigenous
people are also under-represented in Australian identity myths. The most important individual
Australians are not the heroes, saints or sages of an earlier ‘golden era’ nor contemporary
sporting heroes, but political leaders, medical doctors and scientists who have (had) actual rather
than mythical influence upon the everyday lives of Australians.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | Anzacs, Australia, myth and memory, national identity, politics, sport |
Research Division: | Human Society |
Research Group: | Sociology |
Research Field: | Sociology not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Culture and Society |
Objective Group: | Other culture and society |
Objective Field: | Other culture and society not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Tranter, B (Professor Bruce Tranter) |
UTAS Author: | Donoghue, J (Dr Jed Donoghue) |
ID Code: | 96354 |
Year Published: | 2014 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 12 |
Deposited By: | School of Social Sciences |
Deposited On: | 2014-10-31 |
Last Modified: | 2018-01-09 |
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