Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society back issues from June 2008:
2007 Foster prize winners.(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Foster Prize is awarded annually by the RAHS. The award is made to the top student/s undertaking the Higher School Certificate Modern History Extension course, who undertook the Australian History option in association with a History Project in ...
A new face in the RAHS Library.(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2008 ... In March RAHS Librarian Kathy Curran left us to take up the position of Senior Library Technician at the Catholic Institute of Sydney's Veech Library, situated in Strathfield. We wish her all the best in her new job. The new face in our Library is Donna Newton. During 2007, Donna had ...
Heritage and the historian: presidential address to the society's Annual General Meeting, 29 April 2008.(From the President's Desk)
Jun 01, 2008; ... Presidential addresses can take two contrasting forms. The form which I have adopted in the past has been a short, illustrated talk on some aspect of my own recent research which I thought would interest those who attend the Annual General Meeting and also interest those more numerous ...
Shockwaves: a domestic servant's tale.
Jun 01, 2008; ... In 1928, my mother's journey from England to Australia took eight weeks. Travelling via the Suez Canal would have shortened the voyage considerably but the SS Ballarat was carrying cargo, and its passengers--many of them sponsored immigrants with little money--were resigned to the longer ...
VALE: Henry Chan (1937-2008).(Obituary)
Jun 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The sudden, unexpected death of Henry Chan on 11 April 2008 has not only shocked his many friends but has left undone significant projects on the history of Chinese people in Australia and New Zealand. Henry was always so full of energy, full of ...
Australian Dictionary of Biography: http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au.(Free Sites)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2008; ... This site includes all entries in the ADB volumes 1-16 and the supplementary volume. The articles are concise, authoritative accounts of the lives of significant and representative persons in Australian history who died before 1980. In the ADB the most eminent people in ...
Australian War Memorial service records: http://www.awm.gov.au/ database/biographical.asp.(Free Sites)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2008; ... Check out your grandfather's or great-uncles' service from the Sudan (1885) to modern peace-keeping forces. You may find photographs, letters and signatures ...
http://www.oldbaileyonline.org.(Old Bailey On Line)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2008; ... This site indexes the proceedings of the Old Bailey, London's central criminal court, from 1674 to 1913. As such it is a fully searchable edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing 197,745 criminal trials. The project was a ...
Royal Historical Society bibliography of British and Irish history: http://www.rhs.ac.uk/bibl/.(Old Bailey On Line)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2008; ... This is a database of over 400,000 records, by far the most complete online bibliographical resource on British and Irish history, including relations with the empire and the Commonwealth. The Bibliography is updated annually, and includes near-comprehensive coverage of works since 1901 ...
London, Edinburgh and Belfast gazettes: http://gazettes.co.uk.(Old Bailey On Line)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2008; ... The London Gazette is one of the official journals of record of the British government, and the most important among such official journals in the UK, in which certain statutory notices are required to be published. The London Gazette is the oldest surviving English newspaper and the ...
The Times (London).(History On Line)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2008; ... The Times Digital Archive has 7,688,758 articles covering the period 1785 to 1985. It includes birth, death and marriage notices, business advertisements, parliamentary reports and news stories. Read about the new Macquarie Lighthouse ...
House of Commons Parliamentary Papers.(History On Line)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2008; ... HCPP now includes over 200,000 House of Commons sessional papers from 1715 to the present. This resource includes parliamentary reports on a wide range of ...
Pay for use.(History On Line)(use of databases)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2008; ... Pay for use databases are a contentious form of public-private partnership often used in the genealogical field. The private company makes the records accessible then charges users for access. The institution holding the records reduces demands on the ...
Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills (1384-1858): http://www.nationalarchives.gov. uk/documentsonline/wills.asp.(History On Line)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2008; ... In this database you can search the indexes free, and if you want a copy of a will it is just 3.50 [pounds sterling] (under $10) and the document is delivered to your computer screen immediately. The PCC Wills, held by The National Archives in London, cover the period from 1384 to 1858. ...
Encounters with strangers: meeting rituals down under.(first meeting between Indigenous peoples of Australia and explorers James Cook and Joseph Banks)
Jun 01, 2008; ... As the Endeavour approached the southern shore of Botany Bay in April 1770, Joseph Banks noted the natives 'scarce lifted their eyes' when the vessel passed within 300 metres of where they were fishing. The peoples' indifference flabbergasted him because at thirty-two metres with high ...
Bonegilla's beginnings.(State Roundup)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008; ... Bonegilla's beginnings, by Ann Tundern-Smith, published by Triple D Books. This book explores the social and cultural significance of the diverse history of Bonegilla over its more than 100 year existence, with a particular focus on the time when Arthur Calwell, Australia's first Minister ...
Partly Portuguese, almost Australian: untold Australian tales of two Portuguese daughters.(State Roundup)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008; ... Partly Portuguese, almost Australian: untold Australian tales of two Portuguese daughters, by Gina Pinto & Christina Coelho, published by Partly Portuguese Productions. This book is provides a warm and insightful glimpse into the experience of Portuguese immigrants, exemplified through the ...
Wowsers, bowsers & peppercorn trees: a collection of history from Ariah Park and district.(State Roundup)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008; ... Wowsers, bowsers & peppercorn trees: a collection of history from Ariah Park and district, compiled by Nigel Judd, published by Temora Shire Council. This collection of history is the result of a community project celebrating the centenary of Ariah Park. It is a glimpse into the workings ...
Glory Days of Gravesend: 1840-1940.(State Roundup)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008; ... Glory Days of Gravesend: 1840-1940, researched and compiled by Fay Cains for Gravesend & District Historical Society, offers a broad history of the Gravesend District, from the time of its settlement. It contains a range of local stories from rabbit trapping, to the fire at ...
Echoes of the ANZAC: Manildra and district's WWI story, 1914.(State Roundup)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008; ... Echoes of the ANZAC: Manildra and district's WWI story, 1914, by Heather Nicholls, with assistance from Tegan Nicholls, published by G. K. Craig Printers. This book tells the history of the town of ...
'Our Place': The Byron Arcade, Inverell.(State Roundup)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008; ... 'Our Place': The Byron Arcade, Inverell, written and published by the Inverell District Family History Group Inc. This portfolio offers a social and architectural history of 'The Byron Arcade' in Inverell. It offers information about the original owners and tenants, the key architectural ...
Music For a Century.(State Roundup)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008; ... Music For a Century, by Graham J. Harmer, published by Ferguson Memorial Library Archives of the Presbyterian Church in NSW. Graham Harmer has put together an extensive history of a century of Organ music in the small Australian country town of Kiama in New South Wales. It ...
North Under Steam: New South Wales Government Railways.(State Roundup)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008; ... Train enthusiasts will be very pleased to hear that another railway book has been published. North Under Steam: New South Wales Government Railways, by Robert Driver, published by Kingsclear Books. This illustrated overview ...
Freshie: Freshwater Surf Life Saving Club, the first 100 years.(State Roundup)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008; ... Another well known surf club has published its history. Freshie: Freshwater Surf Life Saving Club, the first 100 years, by Pauline Curby, published by University of NSW Press, looks at the institution of surf life saving--an admired and characteristic feature of Australian identity. It ...
Women of a 'high lean Country': a Travelling Exhibition.(State Roundup)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2008; ... Women of a 'high lean Country': a Travelling Exhibition, presented by the University of New England Heritage Centre and the Glen Innes & District Historical Society. This exhibition is the combined effort of five regional museums and the University of New England Heritage Centre. It ...
Presidents/Mayors & Shire Clerks/ General Manager of the Severn Shire Council.(State Roundup)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008; ... Presidents/Mayors & Shire Clerks/ General Manager of the Severn Shire Council: 1906-2004, compiled by Severn Shire Council, published by A Betterway to Print. This ...
Glen Innes Through Time.(State Roundup)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008; ... Glen Innes Through Time, produced by the Glen Innes & District Historical Society. This chronological timeline from 18182006, offers a brief overview of the history of Glen Innes and includes ...
Wood Coffill (Katoomba) Burial Index 1946 to 1967 Volume 2.(State Roundup)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008; ... Wood Coffill (Katoomba) Burial Index 1946 to 1967 Volume 2 published with the assistance of a grant allocated by the RAHS by Arts NSW by the Blue Mountains Family History Society. This companion to Volume 1 [Burial Index 1916 to 1945] contains Wood Coffill's details of all burials ...
The Bathurst Region Heritage Study 2007: Final Report and The New Country: a Thematic History of the Bathurst Regional Council Local Government Area.(State Roundup)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008; ... Bathurst District Historical Society has lodged with the RAHS a copy of The Bathurst Region Heritage Study 2007: Final Report and The New Country: a Thematic History of the Bathurst Regional Council Local Government Area. The publication of the Heritage Study was assisted by a ...
Fit for Royalty: the history of Edward Hill & Co. furniture manufacturers 1917-1964.(State Roundup)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008; ... Fit for Royalty: the history of Edward Hill & Co. furniture manufacturers 1917-1964. Written and published by Bryson Gale. This 66 page, well-illustrated and indexed book tells the story of Edward Hill & Co. and the company's beginnings. It includes details their premises in Surry Hills, ...
New digital additions to the RAHS Library.(State Roundup)(sound and video recordings added to the Royal Australian Historical Society Library)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2008 ... From Liverpool Genealogy Society, PO Box 830 Liverpool NSW 2170, and supported by Cultural Grants: Max Perrams Funerals, Liverpool NSW 1973-1987 Volume 2 [CD and microfiche] Indexes to Liverpool Asylum Admissions and Discharges 1873 -1890 & 1898-1902 [CD and ...
Greek Roots.(Book Notes)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Greek Roots by Emmanuel V. Alexion, published by Zeus Publications. The foreword of this book describes the author's different childhood when he arrived in Australia with his family as migrants from Greece. The rest of the book details his return with his wife to Rhodes nearly half a ...
Spinning the dream: assimilation in Australia 1950-1970.(Book Notes)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Spinning the dream: assimilation in Australia 1950-1970, by Anna Haebich, published by Fremantle Press. A book about re-evaluating the rhetoric and reality of the Indigenous and ethnic minority experience of assimilation in Australia, and the lasting affect it had on future generations of ...
Aphrodite and the mixed grill: Greek cafes in the twentieth century Australia.(Book Notes)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Aphrodite and the mixed grill: Greek cafes in the twentieth century Australia by Toni Risson, self-published. The first Greek restaurants appeared in Sydney in the late nineteenth century. From this time, Greek cafes appeared in cities and country towns across eastern Australia. The Greek ...
Into and out of a century: stories of Yiddah.(Book Notes)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Into and out of a century: stories of Yiddah, compiled by Frances Minogue. This book is an exploration of the social and cultural history of the town of Yiddah. It focuses on the lives of the people in this community, the organisations and social gatherings in which they were ...
Contemporary Australian Drama.(Book Notes)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Contemporary Australian Drama by Leonard Radic, published by Brandl & Schlesinger. A great production covering the birth and growth of Australian drama from the late 1960s to ...
Aussie kids view WWII.(Book Notes)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Aussie kids view WWII edited by Joan Beddoe, published by Joan's Desk. The book consists of many personal accounts of children living through the second World War in Australia. Wartime had a profound influence on their childhoods with very similar experiences ...
Forgotten ANZACS: the campaign in Greece.(Book Notes)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Forgotten ANZACS: the campaign in Greece, by Peter Ewer, published by Scribe. This book explores the little known story of the ANZAC force that fought in Greece in 1941 under the command of General Thomas Blamey, a generation after the Gallipoli Campaign. Like Gallipoli, the toll on ANZAC ...
War gave us wings: Australia's contribution to the Empire Air Training Scheme 1940-1945: incorporating a special tribute to the men of Bomber Command.(Book Notes)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... War gave us wings: Australia's contribution to the Empire Air Training Scheme 19401945: incorporating a special tribute to the men of Bomber Command by Colin G. King, published by Meteor (Col King Publications). This book contains fictionalised accounts of actual situations experiences by ...
The Vung Tau ferry (HMAS Sydney) and escort Ships: Vietnam 1965-1972.(Book Notes)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... The Vung Tau ferry (HMAS Sydney) and escort Ships: Vietnam 1965-1972, by Rodney Nott & Noel Payne, published by Rosenburg. Dedicated to all those who served and embarked in HMAS Sydney and escort ships in the Vietnam War, this book recognises the major contribution of the Royal Australian ...
The Coral Browne story; theatrical life and times of a lustrous Australian.(Book Notes)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... The Coral Browne story; theatrical life and times of a lustrous Australian by Barbara Angell, published by Angell Productions. Coral Browne began her acting life in Victoria at the Playhouse and Repertory Theatres. At age 17, she was touring Australia with J C Williamson's company "The ...
Daisy Bates: Grande dame of the desert, Bob Reece.(Book Notes)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Daisy Bates: Grande dame of the desert, Bob Reece, published by the National Library of Australia. This book contains material from the 99 folios donated to the National Library by Daisy Bates in 1941. It includes her anthropological research material, newspaper articles, correspondence ...
SGAP: The story of Arthur Swaby and the Society for Growing Australian Plants.(Book Notes)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... SGAP: The story of Arthur Swaby and the Society for Growing Australian Plants, by John Walter. This book examines the difficulties encountered by the SGAP in the early years of its formation and tracks its development into the nationwide institution, including the ...
Anglicans in Australia.(Book Notes)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Anglicans in Australia by Tom Frame, published by University of NSW Press. This book is not a work of theology but a look at the valuable and pertinent insights by which historians have interpreted the Anglican Church to its congregation and the wider world. The first part of the book ...
Andrew Fisher: the forgotten man.(Book Notes)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Andrew Fisher: the forgotten man, by Edward W. Humphreys, published by Sports and Editorial Services Australia. This book contains an account of the influence of Prime Minister Andrew Fisher, who led Australia in this role for three terms in period from 1908 to 1915. It discusses Fisher's ...
The Judas covenant: the betrayal and death of Ben Hall.(Book Notes)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... The Judas covenant: the betrayal and death of Ben Hall, by Peter Bradley, published by Yellow Box Books. This book is an authoritative account of the life of infamous bushranger, Ben Hall. It examines his family background, relevant legislation and ...
The search for Marie Wallis: founding Principal of Ascham School: 1886-1902.(Book Notes)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... The search for Marie Wallis: founding Principal of Ascham School: 1886-1902 by Gerri Nicholas, published by the Ascham School. The author has traced the life of Marie Wallis, principal of Ascham for 16 years--from her birth on the Baltic Coast, her emergence as an independent and energetic ...
James Thomson Chambers: a small architectural history.(Book Notes)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... James Thomson Chambers: a small architectural history, by Heather M. Chambers, self-published. James Chambers arrived in Australia in 1910 and settled in Roseville. His designs for houses were large and functional and of the Californian Bungalow style, many of which are still used as ...
100 years of Rughy.(Book Notes)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... 100 years of Rughy by Ray Chesterton, published by Hachette Australia. This is not a conventional, chronological history of the game, but rather a look at some of the personalities, special events, moments and ...
Reading the garden: the settlement of Australia.(Book Notes)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Reading the garden: the settlement of Australia, by Katie Holmes, Susan K. Martin and Kylie Mirmohamadi, published by Melbourne University Press. Reading the Garden looks at the symbolic, cultural and social significance of gardens in Australian historical memory. Its narrative is that of ...
Rediscovering Recherche Bay.(Book Notes)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Rediscovering Recherche Bay, edited by John Mulvaney & Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe, published by the National Academics Forum. This book is about the history of the beautiful Recherche Bay in southwest Tasmania, examining its historical significance from the early explorations of the 1790s to the ...
Sovereign subjects: Indigenous sovereignty matters.(Book Notes)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Sovereign subjects: Indigenous sovereignty matters, edited by Aileen Moreton-Robinson. This book offers a wealth of material from some of Indigenous Australia's emerging and well-known critical thinkers. It shows how self-determination, welfare, dependency, cultural maintenance, history ...
Rights and redemption: history, law and Indigenous people, by Ann Curthoys.(Book Notes)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Rights and redemption: history, law and Indigenous people, by Ann Curthoys, Ann Genovese and Alexander Reilly, published by UNSW Press. The authors of this book examine cases before the Federal Court during the Howard era. It investigates how the court employed the use of historians as ...
Summer in the hills: the nineteenth-century mountain resort in Australia.(Book Notes)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Summer in the hills: the nineteenth-century mountain resort in Australia, by Andrea Scott Inglis, published by Australian Scholarly Publishing. This book is a close look at the colonial gentry fashion of summering in the mountain resorts of Victoria. It is a fascinating exploration of the ...
The origin of the smallpox outbreak in Sydney in 1789.
Jun 01, 2008; ... In April 1789, just over fifteen months after the First Fleet of British convicts, sailors and marines had arrived in Port Jackson, the Aborigines of the Sydney region were seen to be dying in large numbers in the vicinity of the British settlement and up the harbour towards the Heads. Why ...
Honorary curates: piecing together the story of the wives of Anglican clergy in early Queensland.
Jun 01, 2008; ... Introduction There is little material on Anglican clergy wives in the Moreton Bay district and early colonial Queensland. The sources just are not there. (1) Up to 1875, only three articles in Brisbane newspapers say much at all about them. In one, the Reverend Philip Bailey and ...
World War I soldier settlement: government attempts and some private contributions.
Jun 01, 2008; ... <Pre>And when our ship pulled in to Circular QuayAnd I looked at the place where me legs used to beI thanked Christ there was nobody waiting for meTo grieve and to mourn and to pity.And the band played Waltzing Matilda. </Pre> Words and Music by Eric Bogle ...
The looming battle: Our Lady of Fatima and public space in Cold War Queensland.
Jun 01, 2008; ... [FIGURE 1 OMITTED] The Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of Fatima toured Queensland during 1951 as part of a global journey that was designed to promote moral renewal and defeat international communism. Previous analyses of Catholic anti-communism in Cold War Queensland have focussed ...
Late nineteenth century German immigrant land and stock holdings in the Southern Riverina: an exploration of large-scale spatial patterns.
Jun 01, 2008; ... Introduction During the second part of the nineteenth century substantial numbers of German settlers left South Australia to select land in the Southern Riverina. While the German settlements formed by the new arrivals created much interest among contemporary commentators, (1) ...
J.G. Pavils, Anzac Day: the undying debt.(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008; ... J.G. Pavils, Anzac Day: the undying debt, Lythrum Press, Adelaide, 2007, xv + 240 pages, ISBN 9781921013126. Anzac Day is widely recognised as Australia's de facto national day. And yet, for all the rich meanings that revolve around dawn service and march, commemoration and ...
Brian H. Fletcher, Magnificent Obsession: the story of the Mitchell Library, Sydney.(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008; ... Brian H. Fletcher, Magnificent Obsession: the story of the Mitchell Library, Sydney, Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 2007, xvi + 512 pages; ISBN 9781741752915. In 1988 Robert Hughes stated that the 'Mitchell and Dixson collections give us the unedited record from which a myriad truths ...
Ted Henzell, Australian Agriculture: its history and challenges.(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008; ... Ted Henzell, Australian Agriculture: its history and challenges, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, 2007, xi + 308 pages; ISBN 9780643993426. This meticulously researched book is a credit to the author and a discredit to CSIRO Publishing. Dr Henzell provides the reader with an ...
Jeff Kildea, Anzacs and Ireland.(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008; ... Jeff Kildea, Anzacs and Ireland, UNSW Press, Sydney, 2007, 295 pages; ISBN 978 0 86840 877 4. Shortly after the Anzacs landed on Gallipoli's west coast on 25 April 1915, Irish soldiers of Britain's 29th Division tried to fight their way ashore at Seddtillbahir at the tip of the ...
Raelene Frances, Selling Sex: a hidden history of prostitution.(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008; ... Raelene Frances, Selling Sex: a hidden history of prostitution, UNSW Press, Sydney, 2007, x + 342 pages; ISBN 978 086840 901 6. Raelene Frances's comprehensive history of female prostitution in Australia complements and re-contextualises the many glimpses conveyed by other ...
Robert Lehane, William Bede Dalley: silver-tongued pride of old Sydney.(Book review)
Jun 01, 2008; ... Robert Lehane, William Bede Dalley: silver-tongued pride of old Sydney, Ginnindera Press, Canberra, 2007, 423 pages; ISBN 978 1 74027 437 1. William Bede Dalley was one of those larger-than-life figures that nineteenth century NSW occasionally produced. He had significant ...