article about Australia, societal and cultural directions

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Turning a palette of colours into a picture perfect:

Possibly no other idea in Australian history has carried quite as much spiritual, emotional and intellectual weight as terra nullius - the idea that this was a 'land of nothing' at the time of white arrival.

Opinion piece by Martin Flanagan about Australia, multiculturalism, clashes of culture, a lucky country, and where we're heading in the future.