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From: Quadrant
Date: 19981101
Author:Pearce, Colin D.

An assessment of Australia's political culture is described. All Anglo-Saxon countries may share a common philosophical and intellectual heritage, but Australia has a unique balance of intellectual currents. The most prominent influences include Friedrich Nietzsche, H.G. Wells, George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, and D.H. Lawrence. An early intent in Australian political formation was to remove stress and improve the life of Australians, and those progressive innovations remain crucial.

I HAD RETURNED to Australia from Canada for my first extended stay in a quarter of a century determined ...

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