Best exemplifying this image are the Dad and Dave characters in the series of films beginning with On Our Selection (1932), and culminating in the recent, disastrous remake with Joan Sutherland (1995)-from which the audience stayed away in droves. ![]() This 'she'll be right, mate', dour, get the job done, or good-natured sense of humour category can be identified in films dating back to 1919 (The Sentimental Bloke). The first category can be labelled 'The Larrikin Image'. Since the beginnings of cinema in Australia from around 1896, Australian films have charted a range of views of the Australian identity, and in this article, I have identified four main strands. DEFINING WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AUSTRALIAN HAS VEXED RESEARCHERS IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE, the cinema being no exception.
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