The 'typical Australian' and indeed, Australian national identity, does not cover the diversity of Australian citizens and many groups, including women, are excluded.

To begin to understand the concept of the idea of a 'typical' Australian as a bloke, we need to return to the beginning of the 20th century and look at the 'national image' produced by historians, writers, painters, publishers, and journalists such as John Archibald, Banjo Paterson, Edward Dyson, Henry Lawson, Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton and Charles Conder, to name a few. These men were relatively young at the turn of the century and were …

… perpetuating the myth of the typical Australian as a white, male. Australians, today, come from many walks of life, backgrounds and beliefs and I believe there is no one 'typical' image of an Australian, be it male or female. Unfortunately, the typical Australian of the past is the same as the typical Australian of the present, an imagined white male, composed by the dominant group in our society; an image maintained by the media.