On The Evolution Of Australian History Writing From The Perspective Of National Identity

As the 12 th largest economy in the world,Australia is increasingly tied to China politically and economically.This paper examines the evolution of Australian historical writing from the perspective of national identity.Australia has developed from an overseas colony of Britain into a modern country,and has gone through a transformation process from emphasizing its own attributes of Britain and western civilization to gradually forming and strengthening its local identity.Before the 20 th century,Australians saw themselves primarily as British living overseas;In the late 19 th century to the beginning of the 20 th century,with the development of "the movement",especially in 1901,the British colonies in Australia for the development of Australia's federal,preliminary build national identity,the uniqueness of Australia began to be concerned,the history of this period,with Ernest Scott the brief history of Australia as the typical,it established the building a basic pattern of the Australian national mythology,Scott's history writing focuses on is derived from the mother state and ethnic characteristics of Britain "liberal heritage" in Australia is to be carried forward.After the second world war,as the international environment change,the decline in the structure of the world,Australia's dependence on the British political gradually fade out,an emphasis on Australian nationalistic thoughts are culturally different,manning Clark in 1962 started to compile the unprecedented six volumes this tome of Australian history book of the history of Australia,Mr.Clark's writing tries to use nationalist narratives to completely in the shadow of the history of Australia from Britain;In the 1970 s,the "white Australia" policy came to an end,and a new national identity based on cultural pluralism developed in Australia.The diversity narrative in history writing became increasingly prominent.