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Title
'What better advertisement could Australia have?': encyclopaedias and nation-building
Author/Creator
Kavanagh, Nadine
Institution
The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Education & Arts, School of Humanities and Social Science
Description
In the early twentieth century, Australians committed to nation-building had to be inventive. With neither a foundation myth nor a unique defining history to resort to, other cultural products were created to succour Australia's postcolonial development. Whereas one such cultural product, the Sydney Bulletin, has been examined in Australian historiography, the role of encyclopaedias has been neglected. It is argued here that the Australian Encyclopaedia (1925–26) plumped the cheeks of the nation; and that encyclopaedias, despite their claims to objectivity, are surprisingly effective in the communication of political ideas.
Relation
National Identities Vol. 12, Issue 3, p. 237-252
Publisher Link
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14608940903433690
Date
2010
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Keyword(s)
Australia;  nation;  encyclopaedia;  identity;  convict;  cultural history
Resource Type
journal article
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/923250
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ISSN:1460-8944
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