For Chris and Holly

First edition published with the assistance of the Australian Film Commission

© Graeme Turner 1986, 1993

This book is copyright under the Berne Convention.

First published in 1986

National Library of Australia

National fictions: literature, film and the construction of Australian narrative.

2nd ed.

Bibliography.

Includes index.

ISBN 1 86373 504 6.

eISBN 978 1 74269 673 7

1. Australian fiction—History and criticism. 2. Motion pictures, Australian. 3. Motion pictures and literature—Australia. 4. Discourse analysis, Narrative. 5. Australia—Civilization. I. Title. (Series: Australian cultural studies).

A823.009