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Muslims In Australia
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 180.00Muslims in Australia investigates the basis of Australian society's fear of Muslims by tracing their history since the Afghan settlement in 1860. The author investigates how events such as September 11 and Bali terrorist attacks reinforce suspicion and fear, giving an insight into what it means to be a Muslim in contemporary Australia, and how the... more...
High Sobriety: my year without booze
Scribe Publications 2013; US$ 21.99?I?m the binge-drinking health reporter. During the week, I write about Australia?s booze-soaked culture. At the weekends, I write myself off.? Booze had dominated Jill Stark?s social life ever since she had her first sip of beer, at 13. She thought nothing could curb her love of big nights. And then came the hangover that changed everything.... more...
Imagining Australia
Allen & Unwin 2004; US$ 27.26Australia is ready for a new national vision, a roadmap for its future. Four exciting, new and talented young Australians articulate such a vision offering fresh ideas and bold thinking about the country's future political, economic and social policy. more...
Where the Ancestors Walked
Allen & Unwin 2003; US$ 31.81'Philip Clarke has penned an insightful and wide-ranging account of Australia's Aboriginal cultures from a perspective of great learning and insider privilege. It's an immensely significant work, revealing the extraordinary richness of one of the world's oldest continuous cultures.' Tim Flannery, author of The Future Eaters. Since their arrival many... more...
Telling the Truth About Aboriginal History
Allen & Unwin 2005; US$ 34.50One of Australia's leading Aboriginal historians takes us to the heart of the ?history war' over our Aboriginal past. Bain Attwood argues that controversy over interpretations of our Aboriginal past has never been so intense, and never mattered more. more...
The Greeks in Australia
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 34.00Greeks have made an enormous contribution to Australian cultural and social life, and this book vividly tells that story. Beginning with an examination of the conditions in Europe that led to migration, it details the ways in which Greek settlers have been vital in building the nation we have today. more...
Babes in the Bush
Fremantle Arts Centre Press 2006; US$ 35.00Along with drought, fire and flood, the child lost in the Bush has played a powerful part in the Australian imagination since early colonial times. These fascinating stories and their accompanying illustrations are drawn from popular journals, newspaper accounts and films, diaries and letters. Babes in the Bush provides intriguing insights into... more...
The English in Australia
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 36.00This book provides fascinating new insights into the impact the English have had on Australian life in the first book ever written on the subject. Anyone interested in tracing their ancestry - both Australian and English - will find this book compelling reading. more...
One Bright Spot
Palgrave Macmillan 2005; US$ 45.00For every Aboriginal child taken away by the state governments in Australia, there was at least one white family intimately involved in their life. One Bright Spot is about one of these families - about 'Ming', a Sydney wife and mother who hired Aboriginal domestic servants in the 20s and 30s, and became an activist against the Stolen Generations... more...
Paddy's Road
Aboriginal Studies Press 2003; US$ 45.00In Paddy?s Road Kevin Keeffe brings us stories of Dodson?s life, and those of his family, woven from interviews, government archives and family stories. Keeffe brings to life the political, cultural and spiritual beliefs of this remarkable Australian, a land rights activist, Royal Commissioner and founder of Australia?s reconciliation movement. more...









