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Focussing on foundational white narrative and mythology as created by and associated with settlers who came from Britain and Ireland, the article considers Australian historical narratives and their relevance to 'the persistence of racialised discourses', and discusses the legacy of colonialism in Australia as a settler society. Curthoys suggest that 'the emphasis in white Australian popular historical mythology on the settler as victim works against substantial acknowledgment and understanding of a colonial past and informs and inflames white racial discourse' (16). A wide range of literary examples are used to illustrate her argument.
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