We’d never heard of former Labor politician John Button until we learned he’d died earlier this week. We found a great article written by Button the February 2007 edition of “The Monthly” magazine. The article was called “America’s Australia,” and referred to a 1942 book called “Instructions for American Servicemen in Australia.” The book tried to help American soldiers in Australia (there were 1 million of them in 1942, compared to seven million Aussies) understand more about their local hosts.
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