Recently added articles from Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society:
Locating the new social history: transnational historiography and Australian local history.(Essay)
Jun 01, 2009; ... When I arrived as an enthusiastic, but very naive and literally just off the boat postgraduate student at Johns Hopkins University in September 1969 I found myself in an intellectual environment that I had not anticipated, for it was one strongly influenced by the new social history. My ...
Stories and things: the role of the local historical society, Campbelltown, Camden and the Oaks.(Essay)
Jun 01, 2009; ... In 2007 David Everett, a local journalist, observed that the Camden Historical Society was a 'powerful' organisation with a 'proud history', and was 'amazed' that 120 local dignitaries had turned out to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the society. (1) The position of the Camden ...
Mirage of the Inland Sea: the Bradfield Scheme.(Essay)
Jun 01, 2009; ... I believe the Southern poets' dream will not be realised Till the plains are irrigated and the land is humanised. Henry Lawson, Up the Country, 1892 As drought once again grips large parts of the country, suitably grand schemes are being resurrected in pursuit of the holy grail ...
Remaking the country: Australia's Rural reconstruction commission, 1943-46.(Essay)
Jun 01, 2009; ... The Rural Reconstruction Commission remains the Cinderella of Australia's post-war planning agencies. Appointed by J. B. Chifley, Treasurer and Minister for Post-War Reconstruction in John Curtin's Australian Labor Party Government, to advise on 'the reorganisation and rehabilitation of ...
Nursing in war and peace: the life of Matron Rose Creal (1865-1921).(Biography)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Introduction Rose Creal's parents were born in Ireland and they belonged to the Catholic faith. They were poor, relatively uneducated and a record of their lives did not warrant inclusion in history. In contrast, Rose Creal was an Australian woman who held a senior position in a ...