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Elements of the megalithic complex in Southeast Asia: an annotated bibliography »
Publication date: 1967
Of all the enigmas of archaeology, the megalithic complex is probably the most intriguing; it is regarded today by some scholars as the first world-wide religious movement, by others as a well-defined stage of civilization, while still others deny completely its existence as an identifiable, meaningful cultural entity. Elements of this complex appear to have spread over the entire globe, but Southeast Asia is one of the few regions where they can still be found both as part of living cultures and in the form of prehistoric remains. There is therefore a challenging opportunity for interdisciplinary study in Southeast Asia which has long since been lost in other parts of the world. The present work is intended to facilitate and foster research on the Southeast Asian megalithic complex by providing a survey of the work published in this field to date.
Cementing rotors for the Canberra Homopolar generator »
Publication date: 1967
Published Press Archives http://press.anu.edu.au/node/3035 1885_114922.jpg ANU Press Cementing rotors for the Canberra Homopolar generator Friday, 18 August, 1967 Not available Archive Scholarly Information Services Hibbard, Leonard Ulysses
The emigrant family or The story of an Australian settler »
Publication date: 1967
The Emigrant Family was first published in three volumes in 1849, with a second edition, titled Martin Beck after its villain and dominant character, appearing in 1852. The appeal of this romantic novel set in New South Wales in the 1830s is no longer limited to literary historians. Vivid scenic descriptions and informed comment on the life and customs of the young colony make it absorbing reading for those interested in social history; while the charming - if often contrived - and sometimes exciting story of the Bracton family and their friends will delight the fireside reader as he relaxes in an age of gentleman pioneers and ladies who, despite vapours and strong emotions, were surprisingly tough. Alexander Harris sailed for Sydney in 1825. He seems to have been employed at different times as a clerk, a tutor, and a timber-getter, travelling particularly in the Hunter Valley, Illawarra, Shoalhaven, and Bathurst areas of New South Wales. His sympathies were always with the emancipist and the native-born colonial rather than the official and military classes, and this attitude, as well as the knowledge he gained of such things as aboriginal pidgin, methods of cattle branding and stealing, stockyard construction, and treatment of convicts, can be seen in his writings. He is also known to be the author of Settlers and Convicts, a settler's account of his experiences in New South Wales, and other semi-autobiographical works.
Notes on speed balance controls on the Canberra homopolar generator »
Publication date: 1967
Published Press Archives http://press.anu.edu.au/node/3381 1885_114930.jpg ANU Press Notes on speed balance controls on the Canberra homopolar generator Friday, 18 August, 1967 Not available Archive Scholarly Information Services Brady, Thomas William
A study of the performance of the 1000kw motor generator set supplying the Canberra homopolar generator field »
Publication date: 1967
Published Press Archives http://press.anu.edu.au/node/3463 1885_114958.jpg ANU Press A study of the performance of the 1000kw motor generator set supplying the Canberra homopolar generator field Friday, 18 August, 1967 Not available Archive Scholarly Information Services Brady, Thomas William
Dick Boyer: an Australian humanist »
Publication date: 1967
Sir Richard Boyer, K.B.E., Dick Boyer to all who knew him, was a man of many careers. First Methodist minister stationed in Canberra, pioneer of a western Queensland sheep-run, humanist and internationalist, and finally chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Commission during the critical years between 1945 and his death in 1961, Boyer attempted to put into practice the classic principles of liberalism in the pragmatic realities of Australian public life. This biography attempts to show how Boyer{u2019}s liberalism survived in the face of government and public pressures. Throughout his years with the A.B.C., Boyer fought against constant interference from politicians and others who wished to influence the A.B.C.{u2019}s policy. He died fighting his last battle for this freedom. Though primarily a portrait of a man, this book is also an account of the A.B.C. and of the struggles and clashes of personality inevitably involved in the life of such an organization. Boyer{u2019}s years as chairman covered the critical period of the introduction of television to Australia, an event which had a profound effect on Australian society.
The Dolphin »
Publication date: 1967
Dorothy Auchterlonie, in ordinary life Mrs Dorothy Green, was born in Sunderland, England and educated partly in that country and partly in Australia, at the University of Sydney, where she distinguished herself in English and in Oriental History. For some years she was a reader and journalist and news editor with the News Service of the Australian Broadcasting Commission. After her marriage to H. M. Green, she was for some time a housewife, and then in turn headmistress of a large girls' school in Queensland, lecturer in English at Monash University, and senior lecturer at the Australian National University. Her special interests are in drama, poetry, and English prose. The present volume is her first since the publication of Kaleidoscope in 1940, but in the intervening years she has continued to contribute verse to journals such as Meanjin, Quadrant, Southerly, and London Letters. Her poetry is marked by its reflective insight and its metaphysical passion on the one hand, and by its intense involvement in contemporary life and political events on the other. Though her output is small she has made her mark as one of the outstanding poets of her time and country.
Search for New Guinea's boundaries: from Torres Strait to the Pacific »
Publication date: 1966
This is the first study of the origin and evolution of the borders that Western powers have imposed upon New Guinea. Making extensive use of diplomatic correspondence, official documents, and Australian and Dutch patrol reports from the end of the nineteenth century up to the 1960s, Dr van der Veur gives the reader an insight into what happens when diplomats and officials of different colonial administrations are faced with periodic crises over invisible boundaries. In this work the Irian boundary receives the most intensive treatment, but attention is also paid in separate chapters to the peculiar border between Queensland and Papua, and the lines which separate the Trust Territory of New Guinea from Papua and the British Solomons. In his conclusion the author surveys the heritage of absentee boundary-making and general unconcern, and points to several idiosyncracies and unsolved problems. The text is supported by some excellent maps, while the reader interested in consulting the original documents, most of which have not been published previously, may do so in a companion volume, Documents and Correspondence on New Guinea{u2019}s Boundaries. Search for New Guinea{u2019}s Boundaries will be of great interest not only to specialists in international relations and political geography but also to the general reader, for it treats a topic which is gaining in international importance in a scholarly and straightforward manner, often touched with humour.
Documents and correspondence on New Guinea's boundaries »
Publication date: 1966
This is a collection of various documents, correspondence and memoranda dealing generally with the boundaries up to 1962. They have been reproduced as faithfully as is possible in this format from original material in Canberra, London and The Hague. Some of the translations are official; others have been made for this volume. Documents and Correspondence on New Guinea{u2019}s Boundaries is a complementary volume to Dr van der Veur{u2019}s main study Search for New Guinea{u2019}s Boundaries which is described on the back flap of this book.
Water and land: two case studies in irrigation »
Publication date: 1966
The two studies in this book appraise Australia{u2019}s largest irrigation schemes, those of the Murray-Murrumbidgee river systems. Because an absolute shortage of water and a notoriously erratic rain fall severely restrict industrial growth and closer settlement, most Australians accept - in fact, demand - government-implemented water conservation projects, including irrigation. The authors{u2019} primary concern in this book is not with the economic wisdom of such irrigation development: they accept some expansion as inevitable. But they condemn acceptance of specific projects in which official assessments stress engineering or agronomic issues at the expense of less spectacular but equally vital socio logical or economic aspects. This book analyses, and contributes substantially to the understanding of, the problems of irrigation, both in Australia and abroad: problems as acute and controversial in Egypt, India, Asia, or America as they are in Australia.