HISTORY, MYTH AND ALLEGORY IN AUSTRALIAN CINEMA
Tags: HISTORICAL fiction; TRUTHFULNESS & falsehood; COLLECTIVE memory; SUBJECTIVITY; HISTORIOGRAPHY; MYTH
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