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	Larrikinism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Larrikinism is the name given to the Australian folk tradition of irreverence, mockery of authority and disregard for rigid norms of propriety.
		Some say that larrikinism arose as a reaction to corrupt, arbitrary authority during Australia's days as a penal colony, or as a reaction to norms of propriety imposed by officials from Britain on the young country.
		A larrikin is not concerned with the opinion of other people and so is not socially intimidated into modifying behaviour and structuring it around social norms.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Larrikinism (723 words)

	Adelaide - Larrikinism
		Larrikinism is a development of modern civilisation and a very objectionable one and Australian society appears to be a peculiarly congenial soil for the production of this type of life.
		Whatever the accidents of birth the larrikin is an essentially ill-conditioned creature and, where means and opportunity have been such as rather to favour the development of decent habits and manliness of character, he is deserving of the greatest contempt.
		Whatever the accidents of birth and circumstance; the larrikin is an essentially ill-considered creature; and where means and opportunity have been such as rather to favor the development of decent habits and manliness of character, he is deserving of the greater contempt...
	www.slsa.sa.gov.au /manning/adelaide/larrikin/larrikin.htm (4368 words)

	Holy Spirit of Larrikinism in Australian Religious Poetry
		Larrikin poets venture beyond banalities to ‘have the guts’ to debunk the twaddle: Silenus's frank air of disbelief is an iconic celebration of larrikinism.
		Mender poets are safe larrikins whose theology is a construction of the mind, aiming to clinch the intellectual argument with a metaphysical concept, but their readers can be left somewhat puzzled at its emotional inconclusiveness and inapplicability.
		This kind of larrikin poet challenges and seduces ‘from inside’ by virtue of the power and integrity of her spiralling awarenesses in her multiple transformations of experience for a public at many levels of readiness.
	dlibrary.acu.edu.au /research/theology/ejournal/Issue3/Smith.htm (6245 words)

	Larrikinism - Wikipedia Mirror (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Larrikinism often, but not always, includes elements of self-deprecating humour.
		The Australian English word "larrikin" is of uncertain etymology, however it seems likely that it arose from the irish pronunciation of the word 'larking'.
		The term arose to describe an individual who possesses these characteristics or behavioural traits, but is essentially derived from the "larrikins", gang members in Sydney in the late-19th and early-20th centuries, noted for their antisocial behaviour and gang-specific dress codes.
	www.wiki-mirror.be /index.php/Larrikin (258 words)

	Australian Emotions Schapelle Corby Case Forums discuss life in Bali, Indonesia.
		Larrikinism is still admired as is a limited but repetitive vocabulary while higher education, from an already low participation base, is declining to a worrying extent, particularly among males.
		It is suggested that the threat of larrikinism lay in its rejection of this changing nature of work, and more specifically, the rhetoric of respectability and discipline which accompanied it.
		Larrikin behaviour can be rethought as something other than petty crime; it can in fact be understood as an active reclaiming of the self that sought to resist the intervention of the new capitalist state in all forms of working class life, culture and being.
	www.bali-information.com /expat_forum/viewtopic.php?t=6554 (944 words)

	Aussie larrikins lament the cult of conformity - [Sunday Herald]
		Thought to have originated as a dialect word in England in the 18th century, larrikins embody a spirit of anti- authoritarianism which harks back to Australia’s origins as a penal colony and the brooding antipathy between convicts and their colonial overseers.
		Acknowledged larrikins include the comedian Barry Humphries, alter ego of Dame Edna Everage, the actor Paul Hogan and former Prime Minister Bob Hawke, who is still lauded for his skill at downing a yard of ale while studying at Oxford University as a Rhodes scholar in the 1950s.
		Self-proclaimed larrikin and author James Murray, 76, who wrote a book on larrikinism, said: “People are afraid of creating trouble for themselves and perhaps losing their job, whereas the true larrikin couldn’t give two hoots.
	www.sundayherald.com /43141 (701 words)

	Down Under/Australian Humor/Australian Jokes/Australian Advertising/XXXX Beer Commercials (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Larrikinism is alive and…well…in a very different land called the EU, a blogger named Publius reports that in a fit of “punctilious regulation, the European Union’s 25 Commissioners have outdone themselves with a code of conduct for their new and beautifully-appointed Brussels sauna.”
		Known for his outspoken larrikinisms, eye-popping wealth, bold business chutzpah, and repeated clashes with Australian tax collectors, a child once derided by his father as “the family idiot” went on to accrue a personal worth estimated at $4.7 billion (US) by the time he “ran out of petrol” and departed this dimension in 2005.
		With a Larrikin leader as daffy as this, the rest of the world may be doomed by his incompetence.
	www.willthomas.net /Convergence/Weekly/Aussie_Humor.htm (1808 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Party politics
		His closest relative - and the larrikin is almost always male - is the Jamaican rude boy, though the larrikin has a mite more humour and a mite less danger than his Caribbean cousin.
		The social disruption caused by larrikins is of a special sort: it is humourous and endearing, it is exuberant.
		Under the banner of larrikin licence, even Pauline Hanson's racist diatribes were viewed with amused tolerance by many, as a traditional bit of Aussie straight-talking.
	www.guardian.co.uk /australia/story/0,12070,842726,00.html (1102 words)

	M/C Journal
		This sense of humour arises from certain characteristics of the Australian "legend" identified by Ward such as scepticism, egalitarianism and derision towards affectation that are evident in larrikins' confrontations with authority, elaborate practical jokes on each other and the community at large and a "propensity for vulgarising the arts" (Reekie 97).
		7 This larrikinism is evident in the way dangerous nuisances (the big crocodile, the big red back spider) and mundane objects (the big jam tin, the big stubby holder, the big mower) are given the same treatment as national icons.
		There is also the variability of effort and attention to detail, where Aussie "ingenuity" and bush carpentry have been used to turn a good idea into reality in the shortest possible time to produce a very impressionist big koala or just the blob of concrete that is the big strawberry.
	journal.media-culture.org.au /0311/6-stockwell-carlisle-big-things.php (1430 words)

	ANZAC spirit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An Australian concept of the ANZAC Spirit developed in the post-World War I period among returned servicemen, with some opinion of the ANZACs changing from an Edwardian conception of Australia within Empire, to a tolerance of larrikinism.
		Working class soldiers were castigated for larrikinism in the immediate post-war period, particularly during a series of drunken riots in Melbourne.
		With Bean's re-imagining of the historic importance of returned soldiers, and the integration of larrikin soldiers into a state approved authority (the RSL), larrikin soldiery became, for some, more socially acceptable.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/ANZAC_spirit (885 words)

	HINCH.net - The Official Derryn Hinch Website
		One of my jobs as a foreign correspondent was to phone singer Liza Minnelli and ask her did the Prime Minister of Australia (Gorton) really try to tongue kiss her in her dressing room after a boozy night watching her perform at a Sydney nightclub.
		And then there was the notorious and diplomatically dangerous time when a larrikin Prime Minister took journalist Geraldine Willesee for late night drinks at the American Embassy in Canberra and discussed foreign policy in front of her.
		Larrikin Bob Hawke, as our esteemed leader, said that any boss who penalised an employee for taking a day off on the piss after we won the America’s Cup was “a bum” and in Adelaide he called a protesting pensioner a “ silly old bugger” during an election campaign.
	www.hinch.net /says_archive04/Aug04/25-8-04.htm (430 words)

	larrikinpoets
		In a culture that has been largely shaped by Christendom, it is possible to have religious larrikins who are poets doing their divine task of holding the mirror up to ourselves.
		The title does the same: a first level reading shocks with off-hand, satirical larrikinism but in fact a second level reading offers the theological truth that we were all saved by that Good Friday.
		Rowe's poem is another excellent example of the larrikin strain in recent Australian religious poetry.
	home.pacific.net.au /~greg.hub/larrikinpoets.html (1829 words)

	Mydree on SuprGlu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		As an American I was not aware of larrikinism before Steve's tragic death.
		Larrikins seem to be a uniquely Australian phenomenon.
		Now I should note that not all Australians are proud of their national larrikins (yes, that includes Steve).
	mydree.suprglu.com (1360 words)

	Newsvine - Steve Irwin was a Larrikin
		I just thought the closest to larrikin in US culture was red neck (that's why I asked if red necks mocked authority more then would they be considered American larrikin).
		Red neck and larrikin are no match but perhaps they have a bit of a connection.
		To me the original Aussie larrikin was the jolly swagman, although the aspect of humour is missing from that story.
	mydree.newsvine.com /_news/2006/09/06/352563-steve-irwin-was-a-larrikin (793 words)

	Larrikinism/Australian Humor/Aussie Humor/Australian Wit/American Humor/Jokes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Looking into her eyes I sensed a larrikinism: she was just being cheeky as she approached to within touching distance and without effort veered slightly to her left and glided past me very casually, looking for all the world like a tour coach with a chainsaw grin, mistress in her world.
		For reasons as yet unexplained, the term “larrikin” did not appear in our galactic vocabulary until the early 1870s, when an apocryphal Aussie policeman with a thick Irish brogue transmuted the word ‘larking’ into ‘laraking’.
		By the time they waded ashore on an exotic and memorable beach, many ANZAC Larrikins had already distinguished themselves in drunken brawls that culminated in the historical “Battle of the Wozzer” in the brothel district of Cairo.
	www.willthomas.net /Convergence/Weekly/Larrikinism.htm (1834 words)

	Army - The Soldiers' Newspaper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		With Anzac Day commemorations fast approaching it is appropriate that we consider the difference between larrikinism (acceptable) and boorish (unacceptable) behaviour.
		Throughout recent history, the “larrikin Aussie digger” has been well received by both society and civilian authorities.
		A defining element of larrikinism is behaviour with a point, it is clever, humorous, wry and everybody else wishes they had been the one to do it.
	www.defence.gov.au /news/armynews/editions/1118/personnel/story02.htm (1014 words)

	University of Wollongong - Faculty of Arts - Postgraduate eJournal
		Her research is concerned with the connection between the changing nature of work and particular forms of social disorder in the late 19 th and early 20 th century in Sydney.
		Her thesis suggests that attempts to create a disciplined labour force met with active resistance in the form of larrikins and other forms of social and cultural expression, and that these came under increased police pressure in attempts to criminalise those who would not be disciplined for work.
		The thesis uses a strong theoretical framework through which to rethink larrikinism and working class culture in Australian history.
	www.sydneybusinessschool.com /arts/research/ejournal/archives/nov05/ksmith.html (154 words)

	My night as Egon Schiele - WetCanvas!
		You may be right about number 3's head...but then again she is quite a big lass...that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.
		A larrikin has an irreverent attitude to authority, mischievious, a stirrer, trouble maker.
		The same could be said for "larrikinism" which literally translated means "troublemaker" yet when you relate it to an "Australian" individual it implies a person who is extroverted and loves to have fun and live life by pushing the boundaries of what is accepted,
	www.wetcanvas.com /forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=249622 (1374 words)

	gift Larrikin - gift-report.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		He may have had the image of a larrikin but Irwin was a devout conservationist...That particular coming-of-age was marked by Robert and Lyn's gift of a non...
		Steve was a great ambassador for Australia and typified the larrikin bloke with a...he will be forever remembered for his work, God blessed him w/ a great gift!...
		from an early age, a sense Irwin later described as “a gift.”....he typified a knockabout, rascally character Australians call a “larrikin.” Many people...
	www.gift-report.com /Larrikin (589 words)

	Women's war missing in action - National - www.theage.com.au
		An instruction to "up the mateship and increase the larrikinism" in an account of Australians in World War I came at the cost of the role women played in the war, according to Sydney historian Caroline Viera Jones.
		Likewise, she says, the Henry Lawson poem For'ard was tweaked by an editor to endorse mateship at the cost of a woman's reputation.
		Ms Jones, an editor and historian, had noted the Australian story was littered with the feats of men, and wondered whether editors and publishers, rather than the writers themselves, were responsible for the women missing in action.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/03/07/1078594239261.html?from=storyrhs (415 words)

	Journal of Australian Studies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		They involve processes of contestation, negotiating and displacement, in which traditional masculine norms are modified or abandoned, and new male experiences are accomodated.
		Australians embraced the Anzac legend, writers and artists promoted heroic themes and the Anzac virtues of comradeship, phlegmatic perseverence, larrikinism, courage, pragmatism, adaptability and reckless fortitude were national masculine ideals.
		While he retains the loud-mouthed performing elements of the larrikin, the ocker is also boorish, bigoted, a bit of an Alf Garnet in fact.
	www.api-network.com /cgi-bin/jas/jasview.cgi?issue=56 (563 words)

	[No title]
		Three main aspects emerge from his, and other, contemporary characterisations of the meatworkers: their group cohesion and inter-dependence, their mobility and their propensity to larrikinism.
		The meatworkers have been continually accused of 'anarchist' behaviour - reluctant to accept direction from the union, let alone submit to pressure from the management, they brought an element of larrikinism into the union.
		The decentralised structure of the AMIEU gave reign to this undisciplined vehemence as, too, did the localism of the labour movement at many provincial centres.
	www.amieu.asn.au /printout.php?recid=23 (530 words)

	History News Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		An instruction to "up the mateship and increase the larrikinism" in an account of Australians in World War I came at the cost of the role women played in the war, says a Sydney historian, Caroline Viera Jones.
		Likewise, she says, a Henry Lawson poem was tweaked by an editor to endorse mateship at the cost of a woman's reputation.
		In her study, she focused on Angus and Robertson because "most of the Australian icons like The Man from Snowy River, the Anzac legend and the larrikin spirit came through them".
	hnn.us /blogs/comments/4004.html (505 words)

	Particularly Australian characteristics
		There are a number of characteristics which are seen as particularly Australian.
		Larrikinism, dislike of authority, cynicism An Australian is a stirer.
		When overseas, Australians tend to emphasize this quality to the extreme.
	www.convictcreations.com /discussion/culture/_disc14/00000053.htm (532 words)

	Larrikin gets serious \| Herald Sun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		JOCKEY Allan Robinson is as well known for his larrikinism as his work ethic, and both characteristics were emphasised at Grafton yesterday.
		While Robinson the hard worker was rewarded for his dedication, Robinson the larrikin had spent most of the morning in a stewards' inquiry answering questions about an incident involving ambulance officer Ron Sommer.
		Sommer lodged an official police complaint, saying Robinson struck him with his whip behind the barriers at the track last Wednesday.
	www.news.com.au /heraldsun/story/0,21985,19772132-10048,00.html (244 words)

	avonvalleyadvocate.yourguide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		He was able to give a young person's perspective of Anzac and did so impressively.
		"They went to the battlefront with their New Zealand cousins by their side and were noted for their courage, their mateship, their larrikinism and their generosity," he said.
		War is for defence and as a last resort.
	avonvalleyadvocate.yourguide.com.au /detail.asp?class=news&subclass=local&story_id=477961&category=General (356 words)

	MP3.com.au - part of the MP3 Music Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Now in their 3rd year together, The Terras (as they are affectionately known), are regarded as one of the finest exponents of both traditional and unique Australian Music.
		With a combination of exceptional vocals, excellent musicianship, lashings of larrikinism and exemplary songwriting skills, a totally entertaining stage show is assured.
		The new album will highlight the unmistakable blend of bush berserko, likable larrikin, contemporary and traditional music that is TERRA AUSTRALIS.
	www.mp3.com.au /artist.asp?id=8667 (209 words)

	[No title]
		More than this, they've provided companionship and a release from the stress of combat.
		Hill researched and authenticated each of the stories conversationally presented here with the irrepressible Australian humour and larrikinism that even war cannot quench.
		Apart from the military working animals, including mine-marking dolphins in Iraq, he tells of the assorted mascots: sea lions, crocodiles, an eagle, a nicotine-addicted ram...
	www.gleebooks.com /default.asp?p=displaybookrev_asp?bookcode=978014300380 (180 words)

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