Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society articles from June 1 2009

Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society archives from June 1 2009

Geoffrey Bolton, Land of Vision and Mirage: Western Australia since 1826.(Book review)
June 1, 2009... Geoffrey Bolton, Land of Vision and Mirage: Western Australia since 1826, University of Western Australia Press, Perth, 2008, xvi + 270 pages; ISBN 978 098029 640 2. The arrival of the brig Amity in King George Sound on the morning of...

John Gascoigne, Captain Cook: voyager between worlds.(Book review)
June 1, 2009... John Gascoigne, Captain Cook: voyager between worlds, Hambledon Continuum, London, 2007, xvi + 288 pages; ISBN 978 1 84725 209 8. In my university lectures on European discoverers of Australia I mistakenly used to say that J. C....

Robert Freestone and Bronwyn Hanna, Florence Tailor's Hats: designing, building and editing Sydney.(Book review)
June 1, 2009... Robert Freestone and Bronwyn Hanna, Florence Tailor's Hats: designing, building and editing Sydney, Halstead Press, Sydney, 2007, 252 pages; ISBN 978 192083 136 3. Florence Taylor (nee Parsons, 1879-1969) was Australia's first...

Babette Smith, Australia's Birthstain: the startling legacy of the convict era.(Book review)
June 1, 2009... Babette Smith, Australia's Birthstain: the startling legacy of the convict era, Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 2008, viii + 400 pages; ISBN 978 1 74114 604 2. A shame so strong it led to national amnesia? A concealed past that has caused...

Paula Hamilton and Linda Shopes (eds), Oral Histories and Public Memories.(Book review)
June 1, 2009... Paula Hamilton and Linda Shopes (eds), Oral Histories and Public Memories, Templeton University Press, Philadelphia, 2008, xvii + 302 pages; ISBN 978 1 59213 140 2. Multi-authored books challenge readers to grapple with several different...

Marian Sawer, Making Women Count: a history of the Women's Electoral Lobby in Australia.(Book review)
June 1, 2009... Marian Sawer, Making Women Count: a history of the Women's Electoral Lobby in Australia, University of NSW Press, Sydney, 2008, xvi + 317 pages; ISBN 978 086840 943 6. Historical scholarship into activism in the 1970s and '80s is beginning...

F.W. Nicholas and J.M. Nicholas, Charles Darwin in Australia.(BOOK NOTES)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2009... F.W. Nicholas and J.M. Nicholas, Charles Darwin in Australia, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, 2008, xx + 260 pages; ISBN 978 0 521 72867 6. This anniversary edition of a book first published in 1989 commemorates the 200th...

John Hirst, Freedom on the Fatal Shore: Australia's first colony.(BOOK NOTES)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2009... John Hirst, Freedom on the Fatal Shore: Australia's first colony, Black Inc, Melbourne, 2008, xi + 497 pages; ISBN 978 1 86395 207 1. This new publication reprints John Hirst's two classic books on early New South Wales, Convict Society...

Malcolm Prentis, The Scots in Australia.(BOOK NOTES)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2009... Malcolm Prentis, The Scots in Australia, University of NSW Press, Sydney, 2008, xii + 334 pages; ISBN 978 1 921410 21 5. The author has a number of previous works on Australian Scots under his belt, but this is more than just a rehash of...

Diane Kirkby, Voices from the Ships: Australia's seafarers and their union.(BOOK NOTES)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2009... Diane Kirkby, Voices from the Ships: Australia's seafarers and their union, University of NSW Press, Sydney, 2008, 432 pages; ISBN 978 086840 902 3. This history of the Seamen's Union of Australia covers the period since 1972, following on...

Paul Ham, Vietnam: the Australian war.(BOOK NOTES)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2009... Paul Ham, Vietnam: the Australian war, HarperCollins, Sydney, 2007, xviii + 814 pages; ISBN 978 0 7322 8237 0. This mammoth account of the Vietnam War by journalist Paul Ham tells the story of the 10-year conflict in which 520 Australian...

Nathan Garvey, The Celebrated George Barrington: a spurious author, the book trade and Botany Bay.(BOOK NOTES)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2009... Nathan Garvey, The Celebrated George Barrington: a spurious author, the book trade and Botany Bay, Hordern House, Sydney, 2008, viii + 327 pages; ISBN 978 187556 754 6. George Barrington was a celebrity pickpocket who was transported to...