This second volume in the series, The Aboriginal Component in the Australian Economy, consists of four case studies of Aboriginal communities living as minority populations in medium-sized and small towns and cities in different parts of Australia. Elspeth Young discusses surveys made of a number of New South Wales country towns. Jenny Bryant writes about Robinvale, on the Victorian side of the River Murray. David Drakakis Smith's study is of the Alice Springs community. The fourth chapter, by Hans Dagmar, gives an account of the Aboriginal community of Carnarvon, Western Australia.

The Europeans who went to the land that is now called Papua New Guinea went with many different motives: to serve God or mammon, to satisfy their curiosity, to win fame and find adventure. Their lives illustrate that Papua New Guinea was a frontier where men who elsewhere might have led ordinary lives could accomplish the extraordinary. They faced an astonishing range of physical and mental challenges in this, to them, new, formidable and beautiful country. Some walked where no white man had ever trodden; some taught; some preached; some exploited.

Volume in Honour of Professor J.W. de Jong on his Sixtieth Birthday

Familiarity with theses and dissertations on his subject is essential to the research worker. These usually unpublished works are not, however, normally included in bibliographies and manuscript catalogues. As early as 1955 the growing number of theses on the Pacific islands had led to a demand for a catalogue, which was partially met by the publication of an Index of Social Science Theses on the South Pacific. The growing recognition of the importance of the Pacific area now calls for a more comprehensive inventory, covering all disciplines, which this catalogue attempts to supply.

The 1980 Olympics are being held in Moscow - the People's Republic of China is about to enter the Olympic Movement - Cuba is now among the more formidable participants in the Pan-American Games - the German Democratic Republic, with a population of 17 million, is fast becoming the world{u2019}s most "successful" country in sport {u2026} What does all this mean? In the West nobody doubts the importance of the Communist countries in international sport - or their success in the Olympic Games, which they now virtually dominate.

Proceedings of a conference convened by the Australian National University at the John Curtin School of Medical Research, Canberra, 26-30 August 1968.

The Canberra Grammar School celebrates its Golden Jubilee in 1979. It was decided, as part of the School's Jubilee celebrations, to produce this book of memoirs covering the period from 1929 to 1959 and including the recollections of Old Boys and people specially connected with the School. Mrs Jill Pulford, daughter of the late Dr W.J. Edwards, the first Headmaster, tells of the early days and the difficulties encountered in establishing the School. Others such as the Honourable Wal Fife and the Reverend T.H.