Meanjin Vol 81 No 4 by Meanjin Quarter Meanjin Quarter PAPERBACK 9780522878523

Name: Meanjin Vol 81 No 4 by Meanjin Quarter Meanjin Quarter PAPERBACK 9780522878523
Brand: Melbourne University Press

Melbourne University Press

Meanjin Vol 81, No 4Author(s): Meanjin Quarterly\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Melbourne University Press, Australia\nImprint: Melbourne University Press\nISBN-13: 9780522878523, 978-0522878523\nSynopsis\n'Australia Where' is the coverline for the December 2022 edition of Meanjin, Jonathan Green's last as editor. Various essays in this edition address elements of national character and [url] Mark McKenna's 'Australia in Four Referendums' looks at the recent sweep of referendum history since the momentous 1967 vote:\""In 1999, we effectively told our First Nations' people that addressing the republic was more important, more urgent, and potentially more nation-defining, than their exclusion from the constitution. It has taken twenty-three years to see how wrong that decision was, and how it reflected a deeply ingrained colonial mentality from which we are still struggling to emerge today.\""\n\nDarumbal/South Sea islander writer Amy McQuire writes on 'The Act of Disappearing':\""We do .