Do we have an Australian Identity? And, what is it?

Look at your drivers licence.

look at the crowd in an inner city bus shelter. australian identity? there isn't even an australian language. but no matter, the masters will look after us, more or less. they say they will, and they say they don't lie, so no worries mate! right?

Dear Bugsy,

I don't have a driver's licence. I've got a library card and credit cards but no driver's licence.

Then look at your credit card.

No driver's licence... what sort of Australian are you?

Seriously, the question of an Australian identity rests entirely upon those criteria by which people consider themselves 'Australian'. To some people it entails citizenship, while others might invoke values, ethnicity, tax file numbers or the possession of a Medicare card or Australian passport. Some Australians get all weepy about old poems with which they identify.

Australian identity is as Australians do, I suppose.

Personally, I identify as Australian because I was born here, have an Australian passport, pay taxes here and am registered on the electoral roll. It's not an especially big deal to me.