Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society articles from December 1999

Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society archives from December 1999

`History without facts': M. H. Ellis, Manning Clark and the origins of the Australian Dictionary of Biography.
December 1, 1999... By any account M. H. Ellis (1890-1969) was a significant Australian historian. Between 1947 and 1955 he published three major biographies of individuals prominent in the early colonial period of New South Wales.(1) In the then comparatively...

The spiritual child: child death and angelic motherhood in colonial women's writing.
December 1, 1999... In The Fortunes of Richard Mahony (1912), Australian novelist Henry Handel Richardson provided a penetrating critique of the Victorian iconography of spiritual family life. This she did by juxtaposing two images. In the first, Richard Mahony,...

Collecting blood for battle: the wartime origins of the transfusion service in New South Wales.
December 1, 1999... The origins of Australia's national blood transfusion service can be traced to the outbreak of the Second World War. It was during this conflict that a nation-wide. system of blood transfusion was cooperatively organised by the various state...

Re-shaping Australian Anglicanism 1962-1978: from Book of Common Prayer to An Australian Prayer Book.
December 1, 1999... During its first 174 years in Australia the Anglican church stood out as a bastion of English culture and the embodiment of a religious faith whose roots lay in, England. The Australian church bore the name not of the country in which it was...

What brought Laperouse to Botany Bay?
December 1, 1999... The reasons for the visit of the Laperouse expedition to Botany Bay have remained mysterious, or at least unexplained, to Australians yet the simple answer to this question has been lying in the French archives for more than two hundred years....

The three land excursions of Governor Phillip.
December 1, 1999... The first three significant excursions made from the settlement at Port Jackson in 1788 were those of Governor Arthur Phillip. Despite the availability of facsimile accounts and G. A. Wood' s 1926 paper on explorations under Governor Phillip it...

Matthew Flinders and the North Coast of New South Wales, 1799.
December 1, 1999... Matthew Flinders stands second only to James Cook in our celebration of the nation's maritime exploration. Statues of him are to be found in several cities, and his name is still used for many topographic features, institutions and businesses....

Reluctant Rebel: Lieutenant-Colonel George Johnston, 1764-1823.(Review)
December 1, 1999... Geoffrey Lemcke, Reluctant Rebel: Lieutenant-Colonel George Johnston, 1764-1823, Sydney, author, 1998, ISBN 0 646 36653 x; viii + 208 pages; RRP $25. Paperback. Recent debate about the relationship between family historians and academic...

The Griffins in Australia and India.(Review)
December 1, 1999... Jeff Turnbull and Peter Y. Navaretti (eds), The Griffins in Australia and India, Carlton South, The Miegunyah Press for Melbourne University Press, 1998; 443 pages; RRP $95:00; large format hardback, profusely illustrated with photographs,...

Prisoners in Arcady. German Mariners in Berrima 1915-1919.(Review)
December 1, 1999... John Simons, Prisoners in Arcady. German Mariners in Berrima 1915-1919, Berrima, Berrima District Historical Society, 1999; ISBN 0 957 74760 8; 258 pages + index; RRP $30 paperback, $45 hardback. This publication was launched in Berrima...

St James' 1824-1999.(Review)
December 1, 1999... Kenneth Cable and Rosemary Annable, St James' 1824-1999, Sydney, The Churchwardens of St James' Church Sydney, 1999; ISBN 0 646 377191; 44 pages; available from the parish office, 169-171 Phillip Street, Sydney, 2000; RRP $10 + $3 postage and...

Convicts of the Port Phillip District.(Review)
December 1, 1999... Keith M Clarke, Convicts of the Port Phillip District, Canberra, K. M. & G. Clarke, 1999; ISBN 0 9587533 3 4; 370 pages, with index and appendices; RRP $40 + $6 postage and packaging, available from the editor, 13 Gamor St, Waramanga ACT 2611,...

Australian Autobiographical Narratives. An Annotated Bibliography Volume 2: 1850-1900.(Review)
December 1, 1999... Kay Walsh and Joy Hooton (eds), Australian Autobiographical Narratives. An Annotated Bibliography Volume 2: 1850-1900, Canberra, Australian Scholarly Editions Centre (School of English, University College, Australian Defence Force Academy,...

Australian Literary Manuscripts in North American Libraries. A Guide.(Review)
December 1, 1999... Nan Bowman Albinski, Australian Literary Manuscripts in North American Libraries. A Guide, Canberra, Australian Scholarly Editions Centre (School of English, University College, Australian Defence force Academy, University of NSW, Canberra) and...

The Struggle for Aboriginal Land Rights. A Documentary History.(Review)
December 1, 1999... Bain Attwood and Andrew Markus, The Struggle for Aboriginal Land Rights. A Documentary History, St Leonards, Allen & Unwin, 1999; ISBN 1 86448 5841; xxii + 375 pages; RRP $29.95, paperback. This illustrated documentary history, which draws...

Australia and the Postwar World. The Commonwealth, Asia and the Pacific Documents, 1948-49.(Review)
December 1, 1999... Pamela Andre and Sue Langford (eds), Australia and the Postwar World. The Commonwealth, Asia and the Pacific Documents, 1948-49, Canberra, Commonwealth of Australia--Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 1998; ISBN 0 644 51819 7; xiv + 619...

Munros' Luck from Scotland to Keera, Weebollabolla, Boombah and Ross Roy.(Review)
December 1, 1999... Jillian Oppenheimer, Munros' Luck from Scotland to Keera, Weebollabolla, Boombah and Ross Roy, Walcha, Ohio Productions, 1998; ISBN 0 95857510 X; vi+179 pages; hardback. Family history can be for insiders only. In some senses this account...

Before the Phone. 100 Years of Postcard Messages.(Review)
December 1, 1999... Pam Liell, Before the Phone. 100 Years of Postcard Messages, Strathfield North, 1998; published by the author, PO Box 237, Strathfield North, NSW 2137; ISBN 0 19585315 0 1; 87 pages. In the days before telephones (and though the author...

Messages from the War. Post Cards from World War I.(Review)
December 1, 1999... Pam Liell, Messages from the War. Post Cards from World War I, Strathfield North, 1999; same publisher; ISBN 09 585315 2 8; 97 pages; RRP $23. In the days before telephones (and though the author doesn't mention them, e-mails also), many...

Errata.(Review)
December 1, 1999... The following endnotes were omitted from volume 85, part 1, at the foot of page 46. The editors apologise for this oversight. (39) Boyes, pp. 180-82. (40) I am grateful to Mrs Jacqueline Wheeler for this information and for the...