The publication in 1997 of the Bringing Them Home Report of the National Inquiry into the
Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families, 1 was a …

Despite significant research into the meaning and operation of historical consciousness,
there is still much to be understood about its hereditary function. For example, what does …

School history has been a particularly heated site of dispute. Successive state and federal
governments have fought significant public battles over the terminology of Australia's …

maintained identity and belonging to each other and to country; of how we mobilised as
peoples and the impacts of these movements, and also our respect for the Kartiyas2 who …

Australia's Indigenous population faces disparities which tarnish Australia's image as “the
lucky country”: a life expectancy markedly less than non-Indigenous Australians, lower …

This chapter is underpinned by the thesis that the gradual disengagement by the British
Empire from its former dominions, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, was seen as a …

The paper examines Peter Carey's first book about Indigenous Australians, a topic which he
had neglected for decades. Until A Long Way from Home (2017) was written, the two-time …

In a critical discussion of a lengthy oral 'history'told to him by Walter Newton, an Australian
Aboriginal man from western New South Wales, the anthropologist Jeremy Beckett observed …

ABSTRACT When the First World War was declared, Olive King sensed an opportunity for
adventure. After purchasing and converting an Alda truck into an ambulance, King entered …

The title of this chapter, Australia both multicultural and multilingual, homes in on the issues
facing Australia as a result of its huge post-war migration scheme. Not only did Australia …