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The Polynesian Journal of Captain Henry Byam Martin, R.N.: in comand of H.M.S. Grampus- 50 guns at Hawaii and on station in Tahiti and the Society Islands, August 1846 to August 1847 »
Publication date: 1981
Admiral Henry Byam Martin's first command in the British Navy was Captain of the 50-gun frigate, H.M.S. Grampus, in the year 1846. He was ordered to a sail from Plymouth 'round the Horn to Hawaii for further orders. Those orders sent him to Tahiti for a full year, the fatal year in which the French subjugated the Tahitians by bloody force, made the island a "Protectorate" of France but allowed the glamorous Queen Pomare to be the titular ruler until they took it over completely, as a colony, in 1880. This Polynesian portion of Captain Martin's daily Journal has lain unnoticed in the depths of the British Museum until this publication. But it still sparkles with wit and with acute observations of the personalities and events of that critical year in the struggle between the French and English for the conquest of the Pacific and the hopeless struggles of the poor islanders to defend their homelands and their freedom. As such it is a fascinating on-the-scene report from the English view. Hitherto all reports have been from the French or from the missionaries who were either bringing the blessings of French civilization or religious salvation. The Journal will also be of keen in terest to ethnologists interested in the Pacific island culture; especially notable are the many fine water color paintings and monochrome wash drawings that the talented Captain Martin produced and which were also discovered only a short while ago when the contents of his old family house in England were dispersed. Altogether it is a delightful and instructive lost treasure of the Great Ocean.
Mekeo: inequality and ambivalence in a village society »
Publication date: 1981
Mekeo is a study of the organisation of a Melanesian village society. Dr Hau'ofa lived for some time among the Mekeo, a people from the Port Moresby area, studying their society and learning their language, and this book reports the results of his work. It contains valuable insights on their attitudes to such matters as sorcery, marriage and notions of good and evil. The book{u2019}s central theme, however, is the ascribed inequality in Mekeo society. Although Melanesian societies are often thought of as egalitarian Dr Hau'ofa shows that the Mekeo place great emphasis on the principle of inequality in their most important political and social relationships. His case is illustrated by fascinatingly detailed examples of dealings between groups such as elder and younger brothers, junior and senior chiefs and the givers and, takers of wives.
Canberra region car tours »
Publication date: 1981
This Companion describes ten car tours within an easy drive from Canberra, taking in places of historical interest and scenic beauty. Clear directions are given for each tour, together with descriptions and anecdotes about the places to visit en route, and a useful map adds to the ease of finding the way. This book is for residents of Canberra who would like to see some of the region{u2019}s attractions and for the tourist who is tired of gazing at the modern buildings of the twentieth century and would like some time in the country.
Mangrove ecosystems in Australia: structure, function and management: proceedings of the Australian National Mangrove Workshop, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Cape Ferguson, 18-20 April 1979 »
Publication date: 1981
Mangroves have intrigued naturalists for more than a century and, until relatively recently, were regarded largely as a scientific curiosity. These trees and shrubs which live in the intertidal zone along tropical and subtropical coastlines have been used widely for timber and firewood, but in the last decade or so there has been a growing recognition that mangroves may be important biologically as a nursery and source of food for many marine organisms. This book reviews recent research, much not yet published, on the distribution, biology and stability of mangrove ecosystems in Australia. The contributors, who are all active researchers in the field, clearly identify major gaps in our present knowledge of mangrove ecosystems and offer suggestions for further work. This work will be of particular value to scientists who have interests in mangroves and other coastal wetland systems, and for those concerned with coastal fisheries management. It should also be valuable for agencies involved in the development of coastal zone management policy. Although dealing primarily with Australian mangroves, it should have wide appeal in other countries where mangroves are found, since all mangrove ecosystems have many features in common.
Aboriginal History Journal: Volume 4 »
Publication date: 1980
Since 1977, the journal Aboriginal History has pioneered interdisciplinary historical studies of Australian Aboriginal people’s and Torres Strait Islander’s interactions with non-Indigenous peoples. It has promoted publication of Indigenous oral traditions, biographies, languages, archival and bibliographic guides, previously unpublished manuscript accounts, critiques of current events, and research and reviews in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, sociology, linguistics, demography, law, geography and cultural, political and economic history.
Aboriginal History Inc. is a publishing organisation based in the Australian Centre for Indigenous History, Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra.
For more information on Aboriginal History Inc. please visit aboriginalhistory.org.au.
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ASEAN in a changing Pacific and world economy »
Publication date: 1980
This book includes papers and summaries of discussion at the Tenth Pacific Trade and Development Conference, held at the Australian National University in Canberra in 1979. The theme of the Conference, ASEAN in a Changing Pacific and World Economy, had been chosen in recognition of the emergence of ASEAN as a major influence on regional and world economic relations. The contributors to the volume are leading scholars of international economics in each of the five ASEAN countries, Australia, Japan, the United States, Canada and the People's Republic of China. The book ranges over relevant issues in the theory of international trade, economic integration and economic development; foreign trade, and industrialisation in the development of each of the five ASEAN economies; the progress of economic cooperation within the framework of ASEAN; and the comparative experience with regional economic cooperation in other regions of the developing world. There are chapters on various major issues in ASEAN's emerging foreign economic relations: the 'common approach' to foreign economic relations; ASEAN experience with Japanese and American foreign investment; the immense and multi faceted relationship between the ASEAN countries and Japan; the significance of recent changes in the People's Republic of China{u2019}s foreign economic policy for economic development in ASEAN; the prospects of export-oriented industrialisation in the ASEAN economies at a time when protectionist policies are in vogue in the advanced industrial countries; and the likely future place of ASEAN in world trade through periods of rapid change in Western Pacific countries' resources endowments and comparative advantage.
Agenda for the eighties: contexts of Australian choices in foreign and defence policy »
Publication date: 1980
Suddenly in the eighties the choices to be made in foreign and defence policies seem harder. This book is an examination of the areas in which Australian governments, of whatever party, will have to make decisions. It does not aim to tell governments what to do, but provides a guide to the problems which may help politicians to choose and the general reader to judge their choices. Some of the problems analysed are those of the central balance of power - and Australia's relations with the United States and the Soviet Union - nuclear policy, Antarctica, China and Japan, the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean littoral. An appendix provides a selection of relevant documents.
Academia becalmed: Australian tertiary education in the aftermath of expansion »
Publication date: 1980
This book deals with the current crisis facing Australian tertiary education, especially universities and colleges of advanced education. Its message is simple. Tertiary education is becalmed in the sense that, after a long period of sustained and rapid expansion, it has now entered a period of no growth and decline. Student enrolments overall have levelled off, and in some fields and in some institutions have fallen alarmingly. As well, since 1976 financial support for universities and CAEs, which in past years kept pace with expansion, has been progressively cut in real terms by the Commonwealth Government. But in addition, tertiary education is becalmed in the sense that it has lost much of its wind, its energy and vitality. The end of the era of expansion came abruptly, and caught many academics and administrators by surprise. After coming to regard growth and sustained expansion as normal, they have found it both difficult and painful to adjust to the new situation in which universities and colleges of advanced education find themselves today. Further, this problem of adjustment to the {u2018}steady state{u2019} has been made more difficult by the oversupply of graduates in a number of fields, and by marked changes in public attitudes towards education and educational institutions.
South Pacific agriculture: choices and constraints; South Pacific agricultural survey 1979 »
Publication date: 1980
This volume examines current development trends in agriculture, fishery and forestry in theh Pacific Islands and the broader context of fiscal, social and economic conditions in which these developments are taking place. The book falls into four parts: the first dealing with the broader context; the second dealing with the present conditions and likely trends in agriculture, livestock, forestry and fishery; the third outlining particular conditions in the 7 Pacific Island Developing Member Countries of the Asian Development Bank and the fourth addressing general regional issues and the role of mutilateral aid organisations within the region. Although prepared primarily as a report for use by the Asian Development Bank, the book should be of interest to a wide range of people concerned with the Pacific Islands. It should serve as a basic document for policy makers as well as for those with academic or general interest in the region. It is the first such broad survey of agriculture in the Pacific Islands region.
Federalism in Australia and the Federal Republic of Germany: a comparative study »
Publication date: 1980
This book contrasts the approaches of Australia and the Federal Republic of Germany to problems of federal government, with special reference to political and administrative aspects of federalism, provisions for constitutional review and the administration of justice, the organisation of educational and cultural affairs, the role of local government, and fiscal and economic aspects of federalism. Matching papers are presented by Australian and German scholars and administrators, in such a way as to preserve a balance between political, constitutional, administrative and economic issues on the one hand and between philosophical questions and institutional arrangements on the other. The papers were originally contributed to a Symposium organised by the Centre for Research on Federal Financial Relations in association with the Victorian Premier{u2019}s Department and a number of Schleswig- Holstein Ministries. Contributors include, in addition to members of these bodies, representatives of the German Federal and Lower Saxony Governments, of local government and of the academic disciplines o f political science, constitutional law, public administration and economics.