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Overmighty ally syndrome.
WROTE THE AUTHOR of the Book of Proverbs: "There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea four ... The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid." If I were (without blasphemy) allowed to add a fifth, it would be: "The way Australians rabbit on (and on) with an anti-Americanism that seems almost mindless."
Let me stress "mindless". People are entitled to be as anti-American as they wish. There are certain American policies and practices which I don't greatly fancy myself, but I hope that I would be able to enumerate and expound my views cogently. What ...
- A different look: comparative rock-art recording from the Torres Strait using...
- Magazine article from: Australian Aboriginal Studies Brady, Liam M. March 22, 2007 700+ words
...first recording of rock-art from the Torres Strait islands using photography and sketches...2004 by archaeologists and Indigenous Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal communities...observations into the antiquity of Torres Strait rock-art are noted along with recommendations...
- `Bethlehem' in Torres Strait: music, dance and Christianity in Erub (Darnley...
- Magazine article from: Australian Aboriginal Studies Lawrence, Helen Reeves September 22, 1998 700+ words
The songs of the eastern Torres Strait Islanders have an important place...Anthropological Expedition to Torres Strait, led by Alfred Cort Haddon...Malo-Bomai cult of eastern Torres Strait;(1) the 'secular and relatively...
- Stars of Tagai: The Torres Strait Islanders.
- Magazine article from: Oceania Fitzpatrick, Judith December 1, 1994 700+ words
...limited field of publications about Torres Strait Islanders and their history. Its greatest...law, to their home island in Eastern Torres Strait. As a sociologist with many years...in her ardent documentation of the Torres Strait saga. Sharp's account of the history...
- Navigating Boundaries: The Asian Diaspora in Torres Strait.(Book review)
- Magazine article from: The Australian Journal of Politics and History Moore, Clive March 1, 2006 700+ words
...Navigating Boundaries: The Asian Diaspora in Torres Strait. By Anna Shnukal, Guy Ramsey and Yuriko...illustrations. $55.00 pb. Who are Torres Strait Islanders? How did Torres Strait identity evolve? There is no easy answer...
- The `black white-man': Torres Strait Islander and Papuan participation in the...
- Magazine article from: Australian Aboriginal Studies Schug, Donald M. September 22, 1998 700+ words
...dominated the island communities of the Torres Strait (Mullins 1990; Shnukal 1983, 1992...manipulate the traditional kinship system of Torres Strait Islander society (Shnukal 1992...examining the complex kin ties between Torres Strait Islanders and the Papuans residing...
- Enmity and amity: reconsidering stone-headed club (gabagaba) procurement and...
- Magazine article from: Oceania McNiven, Ian J. December 1, 1998 700+ words
INTRODUCTION Torres Strait has long held a special place in...views gave rise to the concept of Torres Strait as a 'cultural filter' for, or...McCarthy (1940) believed exemplified Torres Strait as a cultural filter. Stone-headed...
- Badu 15 and the Papuan-Austronesian settlement of Torres Strait.
- Magazine article from: Archaeology in Oceania David, Bruno McNiven, Ian Mitchell, Rod Orr, Meredith Haberle, Simon Brady, Liam Crouch, Joe July 1, 2004 700+ words
...revealed evidence of people in Torres Strait before 2500 years BP. We interpret...late Holocene. KEYWORDS: Torres Strait, Badu, island colonisation...Guinea ********** Torres Strait, named after the Spanish navigator...
- Digital enhancement of Torres Strait rock-art.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Antiquity MCNIVEN, IAN J. DAVID, BRUNO BRAYER, JOHN December 1, 2000 700+ words
...rocky, muddy and sandy islands form Torres Strait. The region is home to numerous inter...associations with the sea. A key question for Torres Strait archaeology is to what extent settlement...developments in linkages and boundaries across Torres Strait expressed stylistically in ...
