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How Australian culture is reflecting and engaging with an ever-more diverse population.

Corin Throsby explores the rich cultural life of Australia. Corin explores the influence of Aboriginal voices and those from recent immigrant populations within Australian culture.

In part two of this three part series, Corin Throsby explores the influence of Aboriginal voices as well as those from recent immigrant populations within Australian culture. She hears from Christos Tsiolkas, who suggests that the UK has a distorted vision of Australia, as many of the influential voices who've been telling us the story of the Australian nation are actually ex-pats who often left before large numbers of immigrants, particularly from Asia, but also more recently the Middle East, started to make Australia their home. Corin hears how racism has played a significant part in Australian culture and society, and how it is only recently that mainstream media has begun to represent the true nature of the population more accurately. Corin hears from indigenous artists including the rapper Briggs, artist Jonathan Jones and poet Ellen Van Neerven about the particular struggles and responsibilities they feel - as well as their belief in the power of culture to empower groups who for so long have been subject to discrimination. Corin also hears how Australia's position next to Asia has the potential to position it at the heart of a global cultural life as the 21st century develops.

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Academic Corin Throsby explores the rich cultural life of her native Australia.

Academic Corin Throsby returns to her native Australia to explore the rich cultural life of this vast nation.

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