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Social organization in Aboriginal Australia »
Publication date: 1979
This book focuses on kinship and affinity, important aspects of Aboriginal social organization which the author claims have not been satisfactorily explained in the literature. He illustrates his arguments with data on the social life of the Aboriginal peoples of north-eastern Arnhem Land and elsewhere. Professor Shapiro challenges the theories of some of the established authorities, and argues that some dicta are distorted: the character of four- and eight-class systems; the alleged isomorphism between kin-classification and social behaviour; the imaginary notion of Aboriginal corporate descent groups; and several others. This book will arouse controversy among anthropologists and prove of interest to the general reader as well.
Biographical register of the New South Wales parliament 1901-1970 »
Publication date: 1979
This book, the sixth in the series Australian Parliaments: Biographical Notes, fills an important gap in biographical reference aids, which in Australia are notoriously inadequate. It includes entries for all members of the Legislative Assembly and of the Legislative Council between July 1901 and December 1970 and includes information up to and including the election in October 1978. Each entry gives a comprehensive account of the member{u2019}s career - main occupation, education, details of parliamentary career and other salient facts. This will be an invaluable research tool for all concerned with New South Wales politics.
The Canberra fisherman »
Publication date: 1979
The Canberra region contains a wide variety of lakes and rivers and more than twenty species of introduced and native fish. This book describes in detail the angling resources of the region. It contains detailed descriptions of the fish, their distribution, feeding, breeding and migratory habits and the special characteristics which make many of them unique in the angling world. It is written for the estimated 70,000 Canberra anglers but is applicable to angling throughout Australia. It is designed to be enjoyed by anglers of all ages, dilettante or serious sport fishermen, naturalists, scientists, conservationists, or people who simply enjoy reading another fascinating chapter on Australia{u2019}s remarkable native and introduced aquatic wildlife.
The life and adventures of William Buckley: thirty-two years a wanderer amongst the Aborigines of the unexplored country round Port Phillip »
Publication date: 1979
In 1803, William Buckley was trans ported to Australia, and soon after landing, escaped with a number of fellow convicts into the unexplored area of what is now Melbourne. Buckley survived and spent the ensuing thirty-two years living with the aborigines of the area, and when discovered in 1835 had become entirely assimilated into aborigine culture. This book gives an account of his experi ences, as well as a nearly unique description of aborigine culture before European contact. Also included is James Morrill's Sketch of a Residence Among the Aborigines of Northern Queensland for Seventeen Years; like Buckley, Morrill spent many years living as an aborigine, and described his experiences in a pamphlet which is reprinted in this volume. These accounts should be of interest not only to students of ethnography, but also to the general reader.
Beyond the Cotter: day adventures by car from Canberra to the Brindabella Mountains and beyond »
Publication date: 1979
Beyond the Cotter offers residents of the ACT, as well as visitors, an illustrated account spiced with history of new places to visit and things to do beyond the familiar Cotter Reserve. Each section describes a place within a day{u2019}s return drive of Canberra and pleasant walks of varying length are featured as part of the day{u2019}s activities. Some interesting places in the wide area farther to the south-west as far as Yarrangobilly and Tantangara Reservoir are also documented for those with more time to spare and a taste for somewhat wilder country.
Chinese literature: a draft bibliography in Western European languages »
Publication date: 1979
Published Press Archives http://press.anu.edu.au/node/3157 1885_114923.jpg ANU Press Chinese literature: a draft bibliography in Western European languages Saturday, 18 August, 1979 Not available Archive Scholarly Information Services Lynn, Richard John
Japan's last war: World War II and the Japanese, 1931-1945 »
Publication date: 1979
Japan's surrender to the Allies on 15th August 1945 ended 15 years of military adventure into China, South-East Asia and the Pacific islands. How and why Japan waged war from 1931 to 1945 and what life was like for the Japanese people are the subjects of this book. Sabur{u014D} lenaga tells English readers for the first time the Japanese story of the Second World War. This book is far more than the history of the great battles that raged from China to the remote regions of the Pacific. It is also an account of what it was like to live under an all-pervasive state system. Using popular songs, private diaries and personal letters, and drawing on his own experience, the author describes the misery of the war for the Japanese and for the peoples they conquered. He shows how a nation was educated in fanatical patriotism and the barbarism and brutality that were its consequence. Sabur{u014D} lenaga has written eloquently of the wretchedness of war, and a compassionate, but highly critical, view of a people consumed by total conflict.
Odes of Horace »
Publication date: 1979
Published Press Archives http://press.anu.edu.au/node/2913 1885_116876.jpg ANU Press Odes of Horace Saturday, 18 August, 1979 Not available Archive Scholarly Information Services Horace
Long ago is far away: accounts of the early exploration and settlement of the Papuan Gulf area »
Publication date: 1979
There are moments when I know just how that coelacanth felt when the African fisherman dragged her up into a power boat. This book is an attempt to present the activities and motivations of a generation whose writings are fossilised in archives. I hoped, because I was influenced by that generation, that I could interpret their efforts in such a way that people here and now would at least sympathise with their strivings even though they believe them to be misguided. That is what I have been telling myself anyway. In fact I have enjoyed myself collecting the records of people who happened to come to the rivers that flow into the Gulf of Papua: from the visit of the Fly in 1845 up until 1929 when government influence appeared to have been established and the world depression was thwarting those who had hoped to develop the country by European standards.
Emigrant gentlewomen: genteel poverty and female emigration, 1830-1914 »
Publication date: 1979
Despite much recent revisionist analysis of the traditional stereotypes of Victorian women, the downtrodden and helpless {u2018}distressed gentlewoman{u2019} has survived or evaded historical scrutiny. This book examines the distressed gentle woman stereotype, primarily through a study of the experience of emigration among single middle-class women between 1830 and 1914. Based largely on a study of government and philanthropic emigration projects, it argues that the image of the downtrodden resident governess does inadequate justice to Victorian middle-class women{u2019}s responses to the experience of economic and social decline and to insufficient female employment opportunities. Although powerful factors operated to discourage distressed gentlewomen from risking the hardships of emigration, research among emigrants{u2019} letters and other records of female emigration societies from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa, shows that middle-class women without economic resources persistently took advantage of the invariably meagre facilities enabling them to emigrate. Once out of Britain they proved to be remarkably adaptable emigrants. Instead of the helpless simpering gentility normally associated with the stereotype, women showed a willingness to risk their gentility by undertaking work which would have been unthinkable at home. Their experience raises wider questions about the potential for resourcefulness and adaptability among Victorian women and reveals qualities which are inconsistent with the traditional view of woman as victim.