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‘Writing hands us back the reins…’ Paul Kelly Post colonial literature and imperial history pass like ships in the night. Indeed, the emblematic preoccupation of Australian literature: canonical and contemporary, with the post colonial status of Australia and the hybrid nature of her culture is testimony to the notion that Australia is entrenched in a crisis of identity, seemingly yearning for a defined concept of ‘Australian-ness.’ Literature is most often a forum for exploring the …showed first 75 words of 2593 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2593 total…making Australia into our real spiritual home.’ Similarly, if we accept this heritage ‘too wholeheartedly’ it will be difficult to embark upon the journey of turning Australia, Australian. The hybrid national character of Australia suggests that it could be impossible to write directly from an Australian experience and as such, perhaps the achievement of an effective identifying relationship between the self and the land is the task for the nation and not for its artists.