The Spencer Street End

The Spencer Street End

The Myth of Monoculture

Pauline Hanson’s fantasy of sameness ignores the oldest truth of this continent.

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Daniel James
Jun 19, 2026
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W.R. Thomas - South Australian Corroboree 1864

The first monocultural project on this continent was not multiculturalism’s defeat. It was colonisation’s ambition.

For tens of thousands of years, this continent has been a multicultural one. A myriad of nations and clans, as diverse as the landscape itself. Made up of around 250 languages with 800 dialects.…

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