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Symbols of Australia / edited by Melissa Harper and Richard White.

Symbols of Australia / edited by Melissa Harper and Richard White.
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ISBN 9781921410505 (pbk.)
Title Symbols of Australia / edited by Melissa Harper and Richard White.
Published Sydney : UNSW Press ; Canberra : National Museum of Australia Press, 2010.
Description 235 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., 1 map, ports ; 25 x 23 cm.
Notes Includes index.
"Uncovering the stories behind the myths"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Land of symbols -- Southern cross -- Kangaroo -- Crown -- Map -- Cooee -- Postage stamps -- Gum tree -- Shark -- Boomerang -- Billy -- Miss Australia -- Flag -- Coat of arms -- Wattle -- Digger -- Australia House -- Vegemite -- Sydney Harbour Bridge -- Lifesaver -- Pavlova -- Holden -- Uluru -- Sydney Opera House -- Akubra -- Rainbow serpent -- Baggy green.
Summary An authoritative yet entertaining and often surprising survey of 26 of Australias best-known symbols the official, the popular, the commercial, the modern, the obsolete, the loved, the feared. It uncovers what they have meant over the years with a lot of quirky background and unexpected detail along the wy.
Subjects Signs and symbols -- Australia
Emblems, National -- Australia
National characteristics, Australian
Australia -- Social life and customs
Other Names Harper, Melissa
White, Richard, 1951-
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