Discuss Gig Ryan’s work in the context of the notion of Australian ‘mateship’.
Discuss Gig Ryan’s work in the context of the notion of Australian ‘mateship’. Mateship is an Australian cultural idiom that embodies equality, loyalty and friendship. Russel Ward, in The Australian Legend (1958), once saw the concept as central to the Australian people. Mateship derives from mate, meaning friend, commonly used in Australia as an amicable form of address. During the 1999 Australian constitutional referendum there was some consideration regarding the inclusion of the … Read more