Australia's coming of age as a nation is dependant upon a readers personal values and attitudes towards the context of World War One. Discuss. By: Sarah Hilliard Australia has not always been a mature nation but through inclusion in World War One, the state of Australia's maturity was developed. Fly Away Peter by David Malouf illustrates this when the author discusses Australia being a coming of age nation. Fly Away Peter has both social and …showed first 75 words of 2743 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2743 total…have done it themselves instead of sacrificing the millions of lives for the sake of a 'cause'. Australia still would have become a coming of age nation if they had not been involved in World War One. Bibliography Class Notes Fly Away Peter, David Malouf, VINTAGE UK Random House, 1985 INTERNET: 1.www.gwsc.vic.edu.au/staff/~cst/flyaway/ 2.www.middlemiss.org/lit/authors/maloufd/flyaway.html 3.www.literatureclassics.com/essays/321/ 4.www.houseofessays.com/viewpaper/11582.html