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Australian nationalism asserts that the Australians are a
nation
A nation is a community of people formed on the basis of a combination of shared features such as language, history, ethnicity, culture and/or society. A nation is thus the collective Identity (social science), identity of a group of people unde ...
and promotes the national and cultural unity of Australia. Australian nationalism has a history dating back to the late 19th century as Australia gradually developed a distinct culture and identity from that of Britain, beginning to view itself as a unique and separate entity and not simply an extension or a derivation of British culture and identity.
History
Pre-Federation
By the early 19th century, Australia was governed as a series of six largely
self-governing colonies
In the British Empire, a self-governing colony was a colony with an elected government in which elected rulers were able to make most decisions without referring to the colonial power with nominal control of the colony. This was in contrast to a ...
that were spread across
the continent
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and were part of the
British Empire
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. Attempts to coordinate governance had failed in the 1860s due to a lack of popular support and lack of interest from the
British government, but by the 1880s, and with the rise of
nationalist movements in Europe, the efforts to establish
a federation of the Australian colonies began to gather momentum. The British government supported federation as a means to cement British influence in the South Pacific.
Nationalistic sentiments increased as a result of Australia's participation in the
First
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and
Second World Wars
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, with concepts such as "
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 ...
" becoming a cornerstone of Australian nationalism.
Australian nationalist parties
Current
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Australia First Party
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Australian Protectionist Party
The Australian Protectionist Party (APP) is a minor Australian far-right anti-immigration party, focused on economic protectionism and white nationalism. and opposes refugees and asylum seekers and often participates in rallies such as the ...
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Katter's Australian Party
Katter's Australian Party (KAP) is an agrarian political party in Australia. It was founded by Bob Katter, an independent and former Nationals MP for the seat of Kennedy, with a registration application lodged to the Australian Electoral C ...
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Pauline Hanson's One Nation
Pauline Hanson's One Nation (PHON or ONP), also known as One Nation or One Nation Party, is a right-wing populist political party in Australia. It is led by Pauline Hanson.
One Nation had electoral success in the late 1990s, before sufferi ...
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The Great Australian Party
Defunct
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Advance Australia Party
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Australian Nationalist Party
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Centre Party
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Fraser Anning's Conservative National Party
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Love Australia or Leave
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Nationalist Party
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Reclaim Australia: Reduce Immigration
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Rise Up Australia Party
Australian nationalist movements and groups
Active
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Antipodean Resistance
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Australian League of Rights
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True Blue Crew
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Lads Society
The Lads Society is a far-right white nationalist extremist group founded by several former members of the United Patriots Front (UPF) in late 2017, with club houses in Sydney and Melbourne. The Lads Society came to national prominence after ...
Defunct
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Australia First Movement
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Australian Natives' Association
The Australian Natives' Association (ANA) was a mutual society founded in Melbourne, Australia in April 1871. It was founded by and for the benefit of native-born white Australians and membership was restricted exclusively to that group.
The A ...
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New Guard
The New Guard was an Australian fascist paramilitary organisation during the Great Depression. It was the largest and most successful fascist organisation in Australian history.
The New Guard, known for its violent agitation against Premier o ...
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United Patriots' Front
Prominent Australian Nationalists
Historical
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Henry Lawson
Henry Archibald Hertzberg Lawson (17 June 1867 – 2 September 1922) was an Australian writer and bush poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial perio ...
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Banjo Patterson
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Jack Lang
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Percy Stephenson
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Alexander Rud Mills
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William Lane
William Lane (6 September 1861 – 26 August 1917) was an English-born journalist, author, advocate of Australian labour politics and a utopian socialist ideologue.
Lane was born in Bristol, England into an impoverished family. After showin ...
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Norman Lindsay
Norman Alfred William Lindsay (22 February 1879 – 21 November 1969) was an Australian artist, etcher, sculptor, writer, art critic, novelist, cartoonist and amateur boxing, boxer. One of the most prolific and popular Australian artists of his ...
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Frank Anstey
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Ian Mudie
Ian Mayelston Mudie (1 March 1911 – 23 October 1976) was an Australian poet and author.
Early life and education
Mudie was born in 1911 in Hawthorn, South Australia, son of Henry Mayelston Mudie, an accountant, and his second wife Gertrude M ...
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Rex Ingamells
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William Baylebridge
Contemporary
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Pauline Hanson
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Jim Saleam
James Saleam (; born 18 September 1955) is an Australian far-right extremist and the chairman of the Australia First Party. Saleam has been described as a white nationalist, who has been a strong advocate of barring further immigration to p ...
See also
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Australian patriotism
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Anzac spirit
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Ultranationalism
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White Australia policy
The White Australia policy is a term encapsulating a set of historical policies that aimed to forbid people of non-European ethnic origin, especially Asians (primarily Chinese) and Pacific Islanders, from immigrating to Australia, starting i ...
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Reclaim Australia
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Reclaiming Patriotism
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Federation of Australia
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Foreign relations of Australia
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References
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