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So Who the Bloody Hell Are We?: The Sentimental Bloke

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Paul Hogan and Shane Warne. Ned Kelly and Russell Crowe. Footballers, diggers, shearers and cobbers. Matter of fact I’ve got it now. Australian masculinity is most often presented as an uncomplicated beast: stoic, sports-loving, beer-drinking, emotion-hiding, hard-working, authority-bucking, laconic. We know what an Aussie man looks like. Or do we?

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Michael Cathcart

Dr Michael Cathcart is a historian, dramaturge and broadcaster, best known as the presenter of Books and Arts Daily on Radio National.

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Craig Reucassel

Craig Reucassel was a founding editor of The Chaser newspaper. With the Chaser he has gone on to do shows on the ABC such as The Election Chaser, CNNNN and The Chaser’s War on Everything.

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Craig Sherborne

Craig Sherborne is an acclaimed memoirist, poet and playwright, best known for his Hoi Polloi and Muck.

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Anne Summers

Dr Anne Summers AO is a best-selling author, journalist and thought-leader with a long career in politics, the media, business and the non-government sector in Australia, Europe and the United States.

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