So, too, was Donald Horne's caustic polemic, The Lucky Country, which is arguably post-war Australia's most influential work of non-fiction.

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Since the game went professional, Wales have claimed just three wins over the Tri-Nations sides, one against a weakened South Africa in the game to open the Millennium Stadium in 1999, two against transitional post-World Cup Australia teams in Cardiff in Wales' Grand Slam years of 2005 and 2008.

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