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A History of Tasmania
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 32.00This captivating work charts the history of Tasmania from the arrival of European maritime expeditions through to the modern day. more...
Nowhere People
Penguin Books Ltd 2008; Not Available'That's how at six at night on 11 May 1928 I stopped being a Yanyuwa child and became a nowhere person... Motherless, cultureless and stuck in a government institution because my mother was Aboriginal and my father was not. I ceased to be an Aboriginal but I would never be white. I was not something bad, shameful, called a half-caste.' - Hilda Jarman... more...
Drawing the Global Colour Line
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 26.00Pioneering study of the construction of self-styled white men's countries from South Africa, to North America and Australasia. more...
What's Wrong with ANZAC?
University of New South Wales Press 2010; US$ 21.95Brave and controversial, this account argues that Australians? collective obsession with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) has distorted their perception of national history. Delving into the history of ANZAC and the mythologies surrounding it, this detailed record explores topics such as the formation of Australia?s national holiday?ANZAC... more...
What's Wrong With Anzac?
University of NSW Press 2010; US$ 23.95In recent years Anzac an idea as much as an actual army corps has become the dominant force within Australian history, overshadowing everything else. The commemoration of Anzac Day is bigger than ever, while Remembrance Day, VE Day, VP Day and other military anniversaries grow in significance each year. Pilgrimages to Gallipoli, the Somme... more...
Historical Dictionary of Australian Aborigines
Scarecrow Press 2010; US$ 74.99The Historical Dictionary of Australian Aborigines relates the history of Australia's indigenous inhabitants from their arrival on the continent 60,000 years ago to the centuries long European colonization process starting in the 1600s to their role in today's Australia. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive... more...
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