a more confident Australian nationalism converted the birthstain into a hallmark
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I took a voyage of discovery through convict society in search of the birthstain.
The poem is a riposte to his backhanded compliment to Australians, "Your birthstain you have turned to good."
He was sadly shocked on arriving at Adelaide to find that his quotation about the birthstain was not to the palate of the people of New South Wales.
Any search for a reason why Australian society saw its history as a birthstain must include an examination of the convict crimes.
It is customary in Australia to dismiss the whole subject with a deprecatory reference to a birthstain.
It reveals the involvement of British politicians and clergy in creating a birthstain that reached far beyond convict crimes.
Having absorbed the widespread idea that the birthstain was a self-inflicted wound, I had my own assumptions about the outcome of this research.
I wish I had a birthstain!
He was unpopular in the colony due to a series of gaffes and misunderstandings, most notably over his reference to the birthstain of Australia's convict origins.
I sought to understand why fear of a birthstain impacted at a family and a public level.