tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18864142.post4759472802501064677..comments2024-01-01T22:11:46.192+10:30Comments on Australian Literature Diary: SorryKerryn Goldsworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18864142.post-49953321638175949992008-04-01T20:48:00.000+10:302008-04-01T20:48:00.000+10:30Recommend to read 'Colonial Ambition' (2007, Peter...Recommend to read 'Colonial Ambition' (2007, Peter Cochrane) and 'Romantic Colonisation and British Anti-Slavery' (2005, Deirdre Coleman), and 'Body Culture' (2004, Isobel Crombie). <BR/><BR/>In any case, the Oz media is 95 per cent Anglo (and the complain about bias, lack of opportunity!).<BR/><BR/>The issue of the White Australia Act is far more complex than any journalist has dealt with it to date. Even reading these three books, you're just scratching the surface.<BR/><BR/>Next time you visit Sydney, go to Martin Place and take a look at the ornamental stone stone in the facade of No 44, the old MLC Building.<BR/><BR/>Very educational, especially knowing who the people were who signed the cheques.Matthew da Silvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07158988637117138260noreply@blogger.com