Various forms of cultural expression, novels and other literature forms, have been shown to be important in the development and transmission of Australian mythology, which has been developed since the birth of the nation in a search for `national identity' and `the Australian Experience'. To celebrate the year of Federation in the traditional form of literature, at the climax of two hundred years of Australian culture, Kate Grenville was asked to create a novel about Australian history, the result being the rebellion text Joan Makes History. Rather than simply reciting Australian history, Kate Grenville rewrites it, using the protagonist Joan to remake history contrasting the significant events with the minor, more important events [ the real unromanticised Australia]. Throughout the text the character Joan moves sequentially in history, between the lives of twentieth century Joan, whose experiences are contrasted with those of the other Joan's narratives in history, producing...