This paper explores the dialectic between Western modes of spatial representation and the cartographic discourses of Australia's indigenous peoples, and the possibility for a hybridised conflation of the two. A theoretical reading-drawing upon contemporary theories of postcoloniality, poststructuralism, cartography and spatial epistemology-of David Malouf's 1994 novel Remembering Babylon is offered in support of the assertion that the monolithic discourse of colonialism necessitates the suppression of alternative perspectives, and that Malouf's fiction constitutes an essential intervention in contemporary debates regarding nationhood and authenticity.