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Aboriginal settlements: a survey of institutional communities in Eastern Australia »
Publication date: 1970
About half of the full-blood Aboriginal people of Australia and one in three of those who described themselves in the 1961 Census as having Aboriginal ancestry live in settlements - institutional communities established and managed by governments and church missions and to a large extent isolated from the rest of the community. Conditions in the settlements vary, but in most the standard of housing is poor and overcrowding common, there is little work available, and the life tends to perpetuate the dependence of the inhabitants on outside authority. This is a report on a twelve-months{u2019} survey of such settlements. It includes a brief history of Aboriginal settlements in each state, detailed descriptions of those in the more closely settled parts of eastern Australia, and a chapter on remote settlements in far north Queensland. The range and variety of problems which these communities pose for the future of Aboriginal citizens in Australia are discussed, together with steps being taken to effect a greater measure of self-support.
The assimilation of the Chinese in Australia »
Publication date: 1970
Published Press Archives http://press.anu.edu.au/node/2993 1885_114718.jpg ANU Press The assimilation of the Chinese in Australia Tuesday, 18 August, 1970 Not available Archive Scholarly Information Services Huck, Arthur
A midsummer eve's dream: variations on a theme by William Dunbar »
Publication date: 1970
What kind of people lived in Scotland in the Middle Ages? The author has some surprising answers to this question, one of the many he found himself contemplating when he decided to look into the background of 'The Tretis of the Tua Mariit Wemen and the Wedo' by the fifteenth century Scottish poet, William Dunbar. The poem concerns three lovely women, discovered conversing in a grove on Midsummer Eve. Two are dissatisfied with their husbands, the third dispenses outspoken advice on the way sensible women should regard the institution of marriage. Hope wanted to reconstruct the background to this entertaining and splendidly written piece, and his research led him along a number of intriguing paths. The fairy cult in Britain, and particularly in medieval Scotland, had a special fascination for him, as did the unusual sexual customs of the Scots. Both subjects are important in the elucidation of Dunbar's poem: perhaps the ladies are fairies, or related to the goddesses of the early Celts; perhaps they are ordinary Edinburgh housewives. The book is a piece of serious scholarship - with a difference. It was written, as the author says, for the sheer pleasure of following up odd pieces of information, and the chief aim of this tapestry of folklore, history, philosophy, and literature is to entertain.
A thousand miles away: a history of North Queensland to 1920 »
Publication date: 1970
North Queensland is the most successful example in the British Commonwealth of a tropical region settled by Europeans. Here the Australian way of life has been transplanted almost intact. But one hundred years ago, when North Queensland was settled, it was taken for granted that white men could not work in the tropics Sugar plantations were founded on imported Pacific Island labour. Meanwhile, inland North Queensland was developed by squatters and miners whose way of thinking differed widely from the planters. How could these two traditions exist together in one community? How was the prosperity of North Queensland reconciled w ith the White Australia policy? In the first two generations of settlement, from 1861 to 1920, these questions were posed and answered. Professor Bolton draws on sources ranging from reports of government departments to the reminiscences of old residents to trace the social, economic, political, and human story of the early settlement of North Queensland. Since it was first published in 1963, this account of the realities of pioneering has proved so popular th at it is now in its second impression.
Australian defence procurement »
Publication date: 1970
This is the first study ever undertaken of the policies of Australian governments towards the acquisition of weapons for the armed forces. The growth of the Australian defence budget in recent years and the burgeoning cost and complexity of modern armaments have made this subject of considerable interest, not only to those who plan and carry out the policies, but to all concerned as to how a large slice of national income is being spent. The study covers the period from the early fifties to the present day, but naturally lays emphasis on the much expanded defence purchases of recent years, including the F - l l l . Future prospects are examined and, in particular, there is a discussion of the chances for success of the new philosophy of greater Australian self-sufficiency in defence materiel. The tables of expenditure collate for the first time figures derived from a variety of published sources, some rather obscure, in an attempt to present a detailed continuous picture of the shape of Australian defence spending.
Isolationism and appeasement in Australia: reactions to the European crises, 1935-1939 »
Publication date: 1970
Australian foreign policy in the late 1930s has till now been a neglected topic in historical writing. In this book the author examines Australian reactions to the aggressions which led to World War II - Abyssinia, Spain, Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Poland. He describes the early support in Britain and Australia for the League of Nations, and goes on to discuss the causes of the change to a policy of appeasement, culminating in the Munich crisis of 1938, and Australian reactions to that crisis. Additionally, he compares Australian foreign policy at that time and in the sixties, when Australia again supports a powerful ally, this time in Vietnam. To those who lived through the crises of the thirties and now wish to see those years in perspective, as well as to readers of a younger generation, who seek the causes for the development of present-day attitudes to Australian foreign policy, this book will make absorbing reading. For teachers and students of the history of the period it will provide a welcome insight into the reactions of Australian politicians and people to the European crises and to Britain{u2019}s part in them.
A biographical register of the Victorian Parliament »
Publication date: 1970
Published Press Archives http://press.anu.edu.au/node/3805 1885_114931.jpg ANU Press A biographical register of the Victorian Parliament Thursday, 1 January, 1970 Not available Archive Scholarly Information Services
Handbook of Australian languages »
Publication date: 1970
Published Press Archives http://press.anu.edu.au/node/3835 1885_114846.jpg ANU Press Handbook of Australian languages Thursday, 1 January, 1970 Not available Archive Scholarly Information Services
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