Parsing Australia’s Insecurity Complex
As the annual debates over Australia Day show, Australians continue to grapple with their country’s place in the Asia-Pacific.
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February 12, 2021
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“I come from a land down under, where beer does flow and men chunder,” were lyrics made world-famous some 40 years ago by the Australian rock group Men at Work. For non-Australians, the word “chunder” is Australian slang meaning “to vomit,” usually as a result of drinking too much beer. Another iconic song was in the 1970s used to advertise GMH cars “down under”: “We love football, meat pies, kangaroos, and Holden cars.”