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Issue Details: First known date: 2019... 2019 Quairading 1960
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'Quairading is a signifier, as is every birthplace. It is recorded in the passport that testifies to my citizenship in the global order. Place of birth/ place de naissance: QUAIRADING In the 21st century, your place of birth is not meant to define you. And yet. Geopolitics is ruthless even in the age of connectivity. Cultural imperialism is accentuated by the speed and dispatch with which culture is disseminated from the NEW YORK LONDON PARIS TOKYO complex. On the ground, Quairading is a place no-one’s heard of, a tiny town in the West Australian wheatbelt.' (Introduction)

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    y separately published work icon Westerly vol. 64 no. 1 2019 16956937 2019 periodical issue 'There has been much conversation, in the last few months, around the question of what it means to be Australian. This is to be expected in an election cycle, and particularly in the context of contention over policies on various social and environmental issues. When connected to the larger container of ‘nation’, ideas of place become politically loaded. There is a responsibility, in this, for writers. With the power and privilege of voting comes the ethical demand that the publishing writer be conscious of what they are contributing to social discourse.' (Publication introduction) 2019 pg. 100-108
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100-108 Quairading 1960small AustLit logo Westerly
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  • Quairading, Quairading area, York - Brookton - Quairading area, Northam - Southern Cross area, Southwest Western Australia, Western Australia,
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