21 July

This work by Greer was criminally neglected I think. Like all of her stuff it didn’t slot neatly into the position of either warring side of the day, so it got ignored or completely misunderstood. Her main idea here is that much of what we call Australian identity is actually the outcome of our encounter with Aborignal people. She describes many of the ways she observes in which we’ve already hybridised with Aboriginal culture, without even realising. Also a devastating critique of our drinking culture, which she sees as the same issue. Our drinking tries to fill a void in us.