Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society articles from December 2000

Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society archives from December 2000

Christianity and free society in New South Wales 1788-1840.
December 1, 2000... The literature dealing with the free society that evolved in New South Wales during the convict era has in recent years become extensive. Much is known about the composition and structure of that society and the complex forms of its cultural...

The governor, the bushranger and the premier.
December 1, 2000... In 1929 Dr C. H. Currey, later to join the list of distinguished women and men who have been president of the Royal Australian Historical Society, wrote a seminal article, `The Great Seal Case,' in which he said, in connection with a...

The Cobar incident, its antecendents and sequels.
December 1, 2000... The warfare between Earl Beauchamp, Governor of New South Wales, and Georges Biard d'Aunet, Consul General of France 1899-1900 Earl Beauchamp's eighteen-month term as the last Governor of the Colony of New South Wales from 1899 to 1900...

Journeys of an amateur orientalist: Australia and Asia through the eyes of Ambrose Pratt.
December 1, 2000... Addressing a meeting of the Victorian Institute of Advertising Men in June 1925, the author, industrialist and newspaper proprietor, Ambrose Pratt, praised the White Australia policy for allowing `pure' Anglo-Saxon stock the freedom to create a...

Preservation of native forests: the contribution of an Australian woman scientist.
December 1, 2000... For the size of its population and its relatively short history, Australia has produced a surprising number of women scientists who have made major contributions to the advancement of knowledge. They have worked in almost every scientific...

Alexander Harris--a mystery no more.
December 1, 2000... Over one hundred and fifty years of controversy surrounds the life of an author named Alexander Harris. The debate has mostly centred on whether this was his true identity. Did he travel to Australia? What portion of his writings (if any) can...

Fairbridge: Empire and Child Migration.
December 1, 2000... Geoffrey Sherington and Chris Jeffery, Fairbridge: Empire and Child Migration Nedlands, 1998, University of Western Australia Press; ISBN 1 876268 27 1; (also Woburn Press, London and Portpland Or, ISBN 0 7130-4036-X) 289 pp; RRP $39.95,...

St John's Darlinghurst. `Serving the Cross'. A Short History.
December 1, 2000... Paul Egan, St John's Darlinghurst. `Serving the Cross'. A Short History, the author, Elizabeth Bay, NSW; ISBN 0649 39196 8; x+226pp; RRP$23.00 (postage included), from the church office, 120 Darlinghurst Road, Darlinghurst 2010. The...

The Waterford Rebels of 1849: the last Young Irelanders and their lives in America, Bermuda and Van Diemen's Land.
December 1, 2000... Brendan Kiely, The Waterford Rebels of 1849: the last Young Irelanders and their lives in America, Bermuda and Van Diemen's Land, Dublin, Geography Publications, 1999, ISBN 0 906602 61 0, x + 151 pp, softcover, IR7.50 [pounds sterling],...

Pacific Empires: Essays in honour of Glyndwr Williams.
December 1, 2000... Alan Frost and Jane Samson (eds), Pacific Empires: Essays in honour of Glyndwr Williams, Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, 1999, ISBN 0 522 84791 9, xii + 334 pp, softcover, RRP $32.95. This volume of thirteen essays ranges across the...

Tocsin: Contesting the Constitution 1897-1901.
December 1, 2000... Hugh Anderson (ed.), Tocsin: Contesting the Constitution 1897-1901, Melbourne, Red Rooster Press, 2000, ISBN 0 908247 47 8, iv + 308 pp, hardback RRP $35.95 or softcover RRP $26.80. `Tocsin', or alarm bell, was the name chosen by a group of...

William Dampier in New Holland: Australia's first natural historian.
December 1, 2000... Alex S. George, William Dampier in New Holland: Australia's first natural historian, Melbourne, Blooming Books, 1999, ISBN 1 876473 12 6, xx + 171 pp, hardback, RRP $39.95. The maritime history of Western Australia, in which William Dampier...

Alien Justice. Wartime Internment in Australia and North America.
December 1, 2000... Kay Saunders and Roger Daniels (eds), Alien Justice. Wartime Internment in Australia and North America, University of Queensland Press, 2000; ISBN 0 7022 2991 1; RRP $29.95, paperback. This timely volume tells a story which is not widely...

From Wireless to the Web The evolution of telecommunications 1901-2001.
December 1, 2000... Peter R Jensen, From Wireless to the Web The evolution of telecommunications 1901-2001, Sydney, UNSW Press, 2000; ISBN 0 86840 458 6; RRP $49.95. This book has been clearly written for the student text book market, however, this is in no...

Archive Plus Abstracts and Indexes 1962-1997.
December 1, 2000... BHI Archive Plus Abstracts and Indexes 1962-1997, East Grinstead, Bowker Saur, 2000; CD-ROM Windows 95 & 98; ISSN 1470-1405; 995 [pounds sterling] or 750 [pounds sterling] for subscribers of BHI Journal. BHI Archive Plus (British...

Reconciliation: essays on Australian Reconciliation.
December 1, 2000... Michelle Grattan (ed.), Reconciliation: essays on Australian Reconciliation; Melbourne, Bookman Press; 2000, ISBN 1 86395 186 5; x + 318 pp; RRP $24.95, paperback. Michelle Grattan, political journalist, has gathered a collection of...

Parramatta Pioneer Register: Foundation to Federation.
December 1, 2000... Family History Group of the Parramatta and District Historical Society (compilers), Parramatta Pioneer Register: Foundation to Federation, Parramatta, 293 pp. Available from the Society, $25 + postage, softcover. The Parramatta Pioneer...

On the Homefront.
December 1, 2000... Jenny Gregory (ed.), On the Homefront, Nedlands, University of Western Australia Press, 2000; ISBN 1 875560 90 4; 364 pp; softcover; RRP $45.00. Dr Jenny Gregory is a lecturer in history at the University of Western Australia and is a...

Ahab's Trade: The Saga of South Seas Whaling.
December 1, 2000... Granville Allen Mawer, Ahab's Trade: The Saga of South Seas Whaling, Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 1999, ISBN 1 86448 579 5; 393 pp; hardback; RRP $39.95. This book starts in the late seventeenth century and traces the rise and fall of the...

Painting the Islands Vermillion: Archibald Watson The Brig `Carl'.
December 1, 2000... Jennifer M. T. Carter, Painting the Islands Vermillion: Archibald Watson and the Brig `Carl', Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, 1999; ISBN 0522 84853 2; 279 pp; hardback; RRP $45.00. Archibald Watson sailed on the Melbourne brig Carl...

The House of Packer: The Making of a Media Empire.
December 1, 2000... Bridget Griffen-Foley, The House of Packer: The Making of a Media Empire, Allen & Unwin, 1999; ISBN 1 86448 882 4; 398 pp, RRP $45.00. This worthy expose of the Packer dynasty draws upon a vast array of sources to tell the story of the rise...

Mystery Spinner: The Story of Jack Iverson.
December 1, 2000... Gideon Haigh, Mystery Spinner: The Story of Jack Iverson, Melbourne, The Text Publishing Co., 1999; ISBN 1 876485 20 5; 384 pp, hardback, illustrations, bibliography, index; RRP $39.95. This latest cricket offering by Gideon Haigh is the...

Makers of Miracles. The Cast of the Federation Story.
December 1, 2000... David Headon and John Williams (eds), Makers of Miracles. The Cast of the Federation Story, Carlton South, Vic; Melbourne University Press, 2000; ISBN 0522 84858 3; xiv + 254 pp, RRP $34.95, paperback. Alfred Deakin, a man well acquainted...

Discovery & Settlement of Port Phillip, being a History of the Country now called Victoria up to the arrival of Mr Superintendent La Trobe, in October, 1839.
December 1, 2000... James Bonwick, Discovery & Settlement of Port Phillip, being a History of the Country now called Victoria up to the arrival of Mr Superintendent La Trobe, in October, 1839, Hotham Hill, Vic, Red Rooster Press, 2000; ISBN 0 908247 39 7; viii +...

Australian Dictionary of Biography.
December 1, 2000... John Ritchie, Australian Dictionary of Biography, volume 15: 1940-1980, Carlton South, Melbourne University Press, 2000; ISBN 0 522 84843 5; xxix + 611 pp; RRP $75. Volume 15 of the Australian Dictionary of Biography, is the third of four...

The New South Wales State Election Series:.
December 1, 2000... The New South Wales State Election Series: Christopher Cunneen, 1944, Sydney, 1999, NSW Parliamentary Printing Service, ISBN 07313 1179 5; David Clune, 1950, Sydney, 1999, ISBN 0909907 29 3; Frank Frost, 1956, Sydney, 1999, ISBN 0 73313 1180 9;...