The Lucky Country
By Donald Horne

The Lucky Country, a commonly used term used by Australians to describe our nation's lifestyle, weather and history. A phrase often used to invoke the the nation's good fortune, from gold rushes in the 1800's, to more recent problematic global events being geographically far enough from Australia to label us as 'the lucky country'. In terms of our nations history, Australia can be seen as a nation that developed at a time when we could gain the many benefits of technological, social, economical and political breakthrough's that were developed in other countries. Those countries were clever: Australia was simply lucky.