being australian

‘Being Australian’ What is the Australian National Identity? Who can decide what it is? Who is truly Australian? These questions have been asked throughout this country’s short life. Many have different views on what is what, but I believe that you can’t really just say well this is what an Australian is and that’s that. But there are definitely unique qualities about “Australians” that are evident. The booklet entitled ‘Being Australian’ has …

…views on what is Australian, but it is also so difficult to say, as there is “an Australian of the coast, an Australian of the bush and an Australian of the city”; so which do you choose. But Australia has been put together with many races and cultures and that’s just how it is, but as W.K.Hancock said, “the unity of Australia means nothing if it did not imply a united race”.