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How is Australianness represented by prime ministers?: Prime ministerial and party rhetoric of race, class, and gender on Australia Day and Anzac Day, 1990–2017

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Pages 191-210 | Accepted 07 Nov 2019, Published online: 26 Dec 2019

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