Sydney in ferment: crime, dissent and official reaction, 1788 to 1973. »

Publication date: 1977

Crime fascinates many members of the public. They are eager to know what forms it takes, whether kinds of crime change, what measures are taken to combat it. Sydney in Ferment draws widely on primary sources, many previously unpublished. It focuses on trends in criminal behaviour, political dissidencc, collective violence and crime control polices in New South Wales from Phillip{u2019}s landing in 1788 to the early 1970s. It investigates variations in rates and types of crime and threats to public order and discusses changes in criminal law, the creation and development of police forces and trends in criminal procedure and penal form. Its conclusion on the relative weights to be given to the influence of short-term changes in policy on criminal justice and to fundamental social and economic factors will provoke spirited discussion. This book is a lively account both of crime itself and also of the changes in the moral attitudes of the officials and the public at large.

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The Book of Luelen »

Publication date: 1977

Luelen Bernart, a member of a prominent Ponapean family, was highly regarded for his wealth of traditional knowledge. He wrote this version of his island's history for his relatives and children, but the style of the text reflects the education he received at the Protestant mission school at Ohwa (Oa). 'The Book of Luelen' is the fullest account of Ponape's history that has ever been written by a native of that island. Luelen Bernart gives a comprehensive account of Ponape from the time of its creation to the first European contact. Myths and legends interwoven with history and botanical lore provide a rich source of information about this island. Luelen Bernart died near the end of World War II, but the record that he leaves behind gives an insider's view of Ponapean history that will delight all those interested in the Pacific and its people.

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The impact of Port Botany »

Publication date: 1976

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Sydney's environmental amenity, 1970-1975: a study of the system of waste management and pollution control »

Publication date: 1976

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Dream and disillusion: a search for Australian cultural identity »

Publication date: 1976

Works of literature are not created in isolation. They are formed by the interplay between personal and national identity, between the background of the writer and the ethos of his time. This book explores, through the lives and works of four writers and their friends in Melbourne in the first forty years of this century - Vance Palmer, Frank Wilmot, Louis Esson and Frederick Sinclaire - the struggle to identify what was unique and valuable in Australian life. Palmer and his associates sought to realise an Australian literary nationalism. The book shows how the ferment of ideals and aspirations floundered inexorably into war, the violent social upheavals of conscription, and disillusion. The author examines the ideals of his leading figures, and the ideas which informed their literary nationalism - identity with radical causes, an idealised bush life, robust masculinity; but he is also aware of the shortcomings of their Australianism and suggests that these ideas were more inhibiting than their adherents believed. Drawing on a rich array of private papers, articles, novels, and interviews to capture the flavour of this period, Dr Walker explores a vital area of Australian culture. The result is a fresh and persuasive account of the writers and their world.

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Sino-Soviet diplomatic relations, 1917-1926 »

Publication date: 1976

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Marists and Melanesians: a history of Catholic missions in the Solomon Islands »

Publication date: 1976

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Knowledge & power: lectures »

Publication date: 1976

In mid-1975, Professor F R Jevons visited The Australian National University under the auspices of the ANU Advisory Committee on Science and Technology Policy Research. The purpose of his visit was to stimulate interest in the study of science and technology policy issues. During his stay Professor Jevons gave a number of lectures covering the relationship of basic scientific research to techno logical innovation in industry, the organisation of scientific research, the nature of knowledge, and science in literature. The lectures and other material, edited by Dr C E West, are now made available to the wide range of people interested in the relationships of science, technology and society.

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Greek children in Sydney »

Publication date: 1976

In many o f the inner city Sydney schools the often numerous Greek pupils are usually seen by their teachers as problems. They are said to be unpunctual and immature; their levels of achievement are low. Their parents ignore notes from the school and do not insist that homework is done. They shift house frequently, so that the children are forever changing schools. The children do not mix with Australian children any more than necessary in school, and they mix only with other Greek children out of school. These Greek pupils reach only low standards and, as they are usually older than the class average, leave school without having mastered basic skills. In this unusual book we find explanations for these characteristics. The children and their parents speak for themselves about what it is like to grow up in Australia w ith in a family that attempts, against serious odds, to preserve traditional Greek ways of life in spite of the influences of schools and the parents' jobs . Their voices are heard with little interruption, comment or interpretation - they are vivid, instructive and often movinq.

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Portents of protest in the Later Han dynasty: the memorials of Hsiang K'ai to Emperor Huan »

Publication date: 1976

Among the chief reasons for the weakness and ultimate collapse of the imperial system of Han were the social and political divisions which arose between the emperor and the scholar-officials who served him. Portents of Protest, which forms part of a continuing study of the reigns of the Emperors Huan and Ling, the last effective rulers of Han, discusses the criticisms that were made of imperial policies and the philosophical background to the debate. It studies in some detail the means by which critics of the imperial government sought to urge their case by reference to supernatural or unusual phenomena as warnings to the throne.

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