Lucky Country
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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This is a big one for the host country, after a hard few years in the formerly Lucky Country.
From The Guardian • Jan. 29, 2022
And he is optimistic that the interventions of the tech-friendly prime minister can only help Australia go from being the Lucky Country to one that makes its own luck.
From Economist • Jan. 7, 2016
The Lucky Country by Donald Horne, which came out in 1964, has gone on to become a cult classic, as well as saddling this land with an entirely misappropriated nickname.
From BBC • Oct. 31, 2014
"In the lucky style we have never 'earned' our democracy. We simply went along with some British habits," Horne wrote in his 1976 follow-up, Death of a Lucky Country.
From BBC • Oct. 31, 2014
The fact that the book's title was ironic and that most people referring these days to Australia as The Lucky Country do so in a positive light, drove Horne round the bend.
From BBC • Oct. 31, 2014
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