Hi
couple of suggestions...
Books - 'Symbols of Australia: uncovering the stories behind the myths', Melissa Harper and Richard White, UNSW Press. Explores history/stories behind existing cultural (Australian) symbols.
'Understanding identity', Kath Woodward, Hodder Headline Group.
Could suggest a few more if these are useful.
Also a project titled 'Full English', by Sharon Spencer - outlined in 'Visual Research: an introduction to research methodologies in Graphic Design', Ian Noble and Russell Bestley, AVA Publishing SA. Explores notion of Englishness/identity and creates a new set of visual icons.
I'm own current researching is into one of New Zealand's commonly used (but less well acknowledged) visual symbols - it's geographic/cartographic outline.
cheers
Donald Preston
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