Connections to our human past, families and homes are often described through the metaphor of the root. 

Christy Wampole traces the root metaphor through history, nationalist rhetoric, politics and literature.

Connections to our human past, families and homes are often described through the metaphor of the root. Christy Wampole traces the root metaphor through history, nationalist rhetoric, politics and literature.

Searching for our roots

Making sense of a changing world, Extra with Geraldine Doogue explores the risks and possibilities of big shifts in power, puts events with our neighbourhood and overseas into context and explains how this affects Australia’s place within our wider world.

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Searching for our roots

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