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All of these things, while obviously a part of Australian culture, are arguably highly Eurocentric interpretations of our history and culture. While having lived for 1000s of years in Australia, Indigenous Australians are surprisingly absent in the social consciousness when discussing and constructing Australian identity. It is important then to consider how these important members of our society, who have spent the vast majority of the past 228 years of white settlement as second-class citizens in their own land, are constructed in the media, literature and film. Powerful representations of Indigenous people are presented in ‘Riding the Black Cocatoo’ by John Danalis and ‘The Story of Frankie…My Man’ by Archie Weller. Archie Weller, famous for his award winning collection of short stories “Going Home”, paints a blunt and unyielding picture of an Indigenous man whose life is one of alcoholism and problems with the law.
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