Graeme Turner is Professor of Cultural Studies in the Department of English at the University of Queensland. He is author and editor of numerous titles including National Fictions, Media in Australia, Australian Television and Myths of Oz.

• Acknowledgements1 Introduction: making it national2 Bond-ing: business, boast and the national character3 A taste of the colonial birch: the British connection4 Picnic at Ayers Rock: the Bicentenary5 Looking to America: the Crocodile Dundee factor6 Redefining the nation: from purity to hybridity7 The media, the nation... and conclusionNotesReferencesIndex

Graeme Turner is Professor of Cultural Studies in the Department of English at the University of Queensland. He is author and editor of numerous titles including National Fictions, Media in Australia, Australian Television and Myths of Oz.

• Acknowledgements1 Introduction: making it national2 Bond-ing: business, boast and the national character3 A taste of the colonial birch: the British connection4 Picnic at Ayers Rock: the Bicentenary5 Looking to America: the Crocodile Dundee factor6 Redefining the nation: from purity to hybridity7 The media, the nation... and conclusionNotesReferencesIndex