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To speak of Australian culture is to recognise our common heritage。It is to say that we share ideas,values,sentiments and traditions,and that we see in all the various manifestations of these what it means to be Australian。Culture,then,concerns identity - the identity of the nation,communities and individuals。We seek to preserve our culture because it is fundamental to our understanding of who we are。It is the name we go by,the house in which we live。Culture is that which gives us a sense of ourselves。Culture,therefore,also concerns self-expression and creativity。Not only do we seek to preserve our heritage and tradition,we cultivate them。We preserve the things that make us what we are and cultivate the means of reaching what we can be。We recognise that the life of the nation and all our lives are richer for an environment in which art and ideas can flourish,and in which all can share in the enjoyment of them。With a cultural policy we recognise our responsibility to foster and preserve such an environment。We recognise that the ownership of a heritage and identity,and the means of self-expression and creativity,are essential human needs and essential to the health of society。Because culture reflects and serves both the collective and the individual need,because it at once assures us of who we are and inspires us with intimations of the heights we might reach,this cultural policy pursues the twin goals of democracy and excellence。It will make the arts and our intellectual and cultural life and heritage more accessible to all。And it will help to create the conditions under which the finest expressions of our creativity can be reached and enjoyed。The ultimate aim of this cultural policy is to enrich the people of Australia。This is the first national cultural policy in our country's history,but if that suggests a lack of will in the past,there was never a lack of interest。The debate goes back to the foundations of European settlement。Colonial Australians generally equated cultural goals with the successful transplantation of British civilisation to Australia; with the creation of `a new Britannia in another world',in the famous words of William Charles Wentworth。This refrain continued well into this century,of course,but it has had to share the stage with the distinctly Australian voice that emerged with the birth of the nation 100 years ago。