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Indlæser... Waltzing Matilda - A Background To Australia (1940)af Arnold L. Haskell
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The format of the book is broadly that of a trip across Australia, beginning by approaching Australia by sea on a ship full of Anglo-Indians going to India (whom Haskell dislikes as snobs, and contrasts with the democratic informality of the Australians traveling on the same ship). Then he describes Perth in Western Australia, traveling by train across the Nullarbor Plain, and visiting Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney and Brisbane. In each place he gives some historical comments about its founding and growth and description of its current (usually flourishing) condition. Besides this main theme, he includes some excursuses, one of Australian arts (he is himself a ballet critic, and discuses Australian theater (weak), Australian writers (sometimes very good), Australian painting (in his view, quite good, especially landscapes and still lifes) and so on. He also discuses the "dictation est" which was designed to keep out Asians (a goal he regards as necessary) but which was used to keep out politically or morally undesirable Europeans (with results he finds ludicrous). Canberra us the only city he has a negative outlook on because he fins Australian politicians unworthy of the people they govern, though he admits this is due largely to the lack of serious interest in politics of any Australians. ( )