On Being Australian : A Provocation single work   autobiography  
Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 On Being Australian : A Provocation
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'My father, Alex Carey, a fourth-generation Australian, was a lefty and an activist, who worked long hours as a university lecturer. But despite - or perhaps because of - being a largely absent father, he was my childhood hero. I marched with him in peace protests and listened to him address anti-war rallies; I wore a Troops Out badge to Sutherland North Primary School and showed photos of napalmed Vietnamese peasants to friends whose older brothers had been conscripted. Like my father, I exerted little influence.' (Publication abstract)

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    y separately published work icon Griffith Review Fixing the System no. 51 2016 9316420 2016 periodical issue 2016 pg. 288-297
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