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Season 1 | Episode 1 | ABC | March 11, 2014

History

Visual arts

Classification: Parental Guidance

If our great artworks are to be believed, the average Aussie is a bloke in a hat who is hell bent on conquering our gum tree-infested landscape singlehandedly. Why has this mono-vision of Australia persisted for so long? Surely there is more to us than our most famous works suggest? Australian stand-up comedian Hannah Gadsby is a closet art scholar. Over three weeks, armed only with her rapier wit and a desire to pick beneath the paint, she will travel across the continent on a mission to debunk the myths of the Australian identity as defined by our art canon.

If our great artworks are to be believed, the average Aussie is a bloke in a hat who is hell bent on conquering our gum tree-infested landscape singlehandedly. Why has this mono-vision of Australia persisted for so long? Surely there is more to us than our most famous works suggest? Australian stand-up comedian Hannah Gadsby is a closet art scholar. Over three weeks, armed only with her rapier wit and a desire to pick beneath the paint, she will travel across the continent on a mission to debunk the myths of the Australian identity as defined by our art canon.

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27:39 | History

Hannah Gadsby's OZ

Season 1 | Episode 3 | ABC

Still on the search for a more inclusive Australian identity in our art, this week Hannah enters the NOW! But in post-Cronulla Australia it seems even more difficult to define what it is to be Australian. Hannah ponders whether the very idea of a National Identity is even relevant in 2014!

Years 9-12

Classification: Mature

27:29 | History

Hannah Gadsby's OZ

Season 1 | Episode 2 | ABC

If the Australian art canon is to be believed this country was founded by an army of pioneer blokes. This episode Hannah picks beneath the paint of this hyper-masculine portrait to uncover a more feminine vision of this rugged country.

Years 9-12

Classification: Parental Guidance

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