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What does Being Australian do for the community


Celebrating Australianness, and informing people, especially newer Australians about aspects of the Australian way of life
Offers school-age Australians a new model for learning about life in Australian contexts
Gives people of all ages and backgrounds a way to connect with other people's life experiences in Australian contexts
Contributes valuable insights into contemporary life through the eyes of regular people
Helps people dismantle prejudices through exposure to first-person perspectives on how life is experienced in different situations
Makes everyone a valued eyewitness to life as it occurs
Promotes awareness of the "Australian condition" as it is sensed by people of different backgrounds
Provides a special context for discovering perspectives of others without obligating debate and disputation
Helps Australians today contribute to the lives of Australians tomorrow
Gives visitors and travellers a way to absorb and share compelling impressions of the Australian continent as host
Personalizes the wonder and drama of the Australian every-day
Offers people a way to discover things they may never get to disscover in their own lives
Give people a meaningful way to contribute to a permanent snapshot of life in Australian contexts for future generations
Gives school-age Australians and others a new way to learn about life around them
Gives people everywhere a way to inflence the way major objectives of Being Australian are realized
Gives people content with which to reach informed decisions affecting others
Reveals real-life in experiential ways few people may experience in person
Gives expatriat Australians a way to stay connected to the Australian experience
Democratises the conversation people have about themselves as as a nation;
Gives researchers a way to tap into the Australian psyche
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