Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society articles from December 2005

Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society archives from December 2005

Reflections on the internment of persons of German origin in Australia during two world wars: context and arguments *.
December 1, 2005... The subject of internment of enemy aliens has attracted various authors in recent years so that we now have a number of studies, both published and in the form of dissertations. With such an emotion-charged issue, one may expect a range of...

'You have all this place, no good have children ...' Derrimut: traitor, saviour, or a man of his people?
December 1, 2005... The importance of Derrimut in the early history of the settlement of Melbourne cannot be overstated. Along with Benbow and Billibellary, Derrimut is a significant Aboriginal leader in the early history of Melbourne. Numerous Internet sites...

The role of the 'bush' in 1860s bushranging.
December 1, 2005... In December 1864 Ben Hall threatened that he and accomplice, Johnny Gilbert, .would capture the Attorney-General, James Martin, and an unnamed archbishop, both of whom were travelling in the vicinity at the time. Hall's aim was to put pressure...

'Certain lands at Manly Beach and elsewhere' Katherine Wentworth and the Bassett Darley estates.
December 1, 2005... In March 1877 the New South Wales parliament passed a Private Act authorising the trustees of the marriage settlement of Katherine Darley and William Bassett to sell and dispose of certain lands at Manly Beach and elsewhere in the Colony', (1)...

'Busting' the anti-conscription legend.
December 1, 2005... To look at the gold-lettered anti-conscription memorial painted on the foyer walls of the Melbourne Trades' Hall Building, one would not think it pays homage to the Australian labour movement's proudest tradition: THE MELB. TRADES' HALL...

Townson of Varroville.(Reprint)(Biography)
December 1, 2005... Read before the Society 24 September 1946 (1) Part 2 When Governor Bligh told Townson in 1807 that he might occupy his land but without any grant he also promised after much solicitation to allow him to purchase eight cows, four...

Richard Waterhouse, The Vision Splendid: A Social and Cultural History of Rural Australia.(Book Review)
December 1, 2005... Richard Waterhouse, The Vision Splendid: A Social and Cultural History of Rural Australia, Curtin University Books/Fremantle Arts Centre Press, Fremantle, 2005, 320 pages; ISBN 1920731059. Richard Waterhouse has boldly attempted to explore...

Robert Nicol, This Grave and Burning Question: A Centenary History of Cremation in Australia.(Book Review)
December 1, 2005... Robert Nicol, This Grave and Burning Question: a Centenary History of Cremation in Australia, Adelaide Cemeteries Authority, Adelaide, 2003, x + 332 pages; ISBN 0 646 42606 0. Cremation is now so familiar a burial mode, alongside...

Ian Macdonald, The True and Terrible Story of the Boyd Massacre.(Book Review)
December 1, 2005... Ian Macdonald, The True and Terrible Story of the Boyd Massacre, published by author, Sydney, 2005, 111 pages; ISBN 0 646 44795 5. The Boyd was a ship chartered by Sydney traders to collect spars from New Zealand in 1809. It was attacked by...

Helen Jefferson Lenskyj, A Lot to Learn: Girls, Women and Education in the 20th Century.(Book Review)
December 1, 2005... Helen Jefferson Lenskyj, A Lot to Learn: Girls, Women and Education in the 20th Century, Women's Press Toronto (Canada), 2005, 181 pages; ISBN 0 88961 448 2. Dr Lenskyj has produced an interesting and personal account of some female...

Robert Holden, Crackpots, Ratbags and Rebels: A Swag of Aussie Eccentrics.(Book Review)
December 1, 2005... Robert Holden, Crackpots, Ratbags and Rebels: A swag of Aussie eccentrics, ABC Books, Sydney, 2005, 240 pp; ISBN 0 73331 541 0. Perhaps this book's original projected title 'From Queer to Eternity' would have been a more resonant choice of...

Richard White, On Holidays: A History of Getting Away in Australia.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2005... Richard White, On Holidays: a History of getting away in Australia, Pluto Press, Melbourne, 2005, xvii + 233 pages; ISBN 1 86403 320 7. This book commences with the words 'Modern Australia was the result of a rich man's holiday'. The...

Margaret Geddes, Blood, Sweat and Tears: Australia's WWII remembered by the men and women who lived it.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2005... Margaret Geddes, Blood, Sweat and Tears: Australia's WWII remembered by the men and women who lived it, Penguin Books, Melbourne, 2004, 503 pages; ISBN 0 14300 131 0. This book contains first-hand accounts of their wartime experiences by...

Gary Woodard, Asian Alternatives: Australia's Vietnam Decision and Lessons on Going to War.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2005... Gary Woodard, Asian Alternatives: Australia's Vietnam decision and lessons on going to war, Melbourne University Publishing, 2004, x + 355 pages; ISBN 0 52285 142 8. Gary Woodard was the Frederick Watson Fellow at the National Archives in...

Joanna Penglase, Orphans of the Living: Growing Up in 'Care' in Twentieth-Century Australia.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2005... Joanna Penglase, Orphans of the Living: Growing up in 'care' in twentieth-century Australia, Curtin University Books/ Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 2005, 384 pages; ISBN 1 92073 181 4. This is not an orthodox history of social policy. It...

Brian Costar, Peter Love and Paul Strangio (eds), The Great Labor Schism: A retrospective.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2005... Brian Costar, Peter Love and Paul Strangio (eds), The Great Labor Schism: a retrospective, Scribe Publications, Melbourne, 2005, ix + 374 pages; ISBN 1 92076 942 0. This book contains twenty-one studies by the editors and sixteen other...

Michael Hogan, Local Labor: A History of the Labor Party in Glebe, 1891-2003.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2005... Michael Hogan, Local Labor: a History of the Labor Party in Glebe 1891-2003, Federation Press, Sydney, 2004, vi + 254 pages; ISBN 1 86287 493 X. Although the Labor Party has been amply blessed with historians, this is a view of the...

Paul Hetherington (ed.), The Diaries of Donald Friend, vol. 3.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2005... Paul Hetherington (ed.), The Diaries of Donald Friend volume 3, National Library, Canberra, 2005, xxiii + 711 pages; ISBN 0 64227 602 1. This volume of Australian artist Donald Friend's diaries takes us from Italy in 1949 to Paddington,...

Trevor Lipscombe, On Austral Shores: A Modern Traveller's Guide to the European Exploration of the Coasts of Victoria and New South Wales.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2005... Trevor Lipscombe, On Austral Shores: a modern traveller's guide to the European exploration of the coasts of Victoria and New South Wales, Envirobook, Sydney, 2005, x + 253 pages; ISBN 0 85881 205 3. Those armchair travellers who were...