There is a light crease running vertically the length of the front cover; the paste downs and the pages are tanned, else a clean and solid copy. Discusses the archetypes in Australian mythology: the bushie in the city, the rebellious bush heroine, the irreverent but resolute soldier and their representation in film. "Includes discussion of the representation of Aborigines in feature films, 1930-1960; conflicting representation, problems of racial transpositioning and land rights analysed in Uncivilised, Jedda (Charles Chauvel, director) and Bitter Springs (Ralph Smart, director)" (Trove) xviii, 244 pages including index.