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Geoffrey Rush: Australian culture is more than Neighbours

Academic Corin Throsby returns to her native Australia to explore the rich cultural life of this vast nation we think we know so well, but which in fact belies many of our misconceptions. She describes how the dominant stereotypes of the country formed by soaps like Neighbours and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ and Away, as well as movies like Crocodile Dundee, bear little resemblance to the real life of Australia and the culture being created there. Corin talks to actor Geoffrey Rush and author of international bestseller The Slap, Christos Tsiolkas.

First broadcast on The Art of Australia, 1 December 2016.

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