The doll in Julie Cevalier's story leads a new brigade of commentators - arbiters of the writing that estabished authors are turning to, and new writers keep inventing. Their wry acquiescence in the quaint ways of the 3rd Millennium makes for a collection which is hard to put down.
Results from a conference that brought together distinguished international academics and Australian legal practitioners who have litigated some of the most controversial cases in Australian asylum law.
Outing the Past looks at some of the ways in which contested or hidden histories come into public view. Drawing on topics from gay and lesbian history to the review of the Australian National Museum, it looks at the public reception of different pasts on display.
Coming home from a friend’s house one Sunday afternoon, Thomas came across a street full of rubbish. Piles of it in front of peoples’ homes. It was a council clean up. Thomas peered into the heaps of stuff … and then something caught his eye on one of the untidy piles: a small, brown album full of old photos.
What would it be like to live in Paris for six months? This collection of writing by authors who have lived in a place that overlooks the Seine, allows us to see Paris through the eyes of some of Australia's best contemporary writers, including Gillian Mears, Brian Castro, Jean Kent, Marion Halligan and Gary Catalano.
The tensions between nature and development, between reality and hopes are mirrored in the lives of people at the Passage. A Halstead Classic, republished after 70 years.
Terra Nullius, Aboriginal Land Rights and Settler-Colonial Law
Generations before ‘Terra Nullius and longer still before Mabo, Aboriginal land rights were built into the instructions for the white colonists of southern Australia.
Reclining in the shade of a rotunda, or being serenaded from a bandstand, everyone has fond memories of sunny days in parks and pavilions. Criss-crossing the country, from Albany to Toogoolawah, travellers can find little gems that adorn the land. Bandstands, pavillions and rotundas stand testimony to the optimism and civic mindedness of our ......
The 125 year story of one of the worlds greatest urban parks. Centennial Park, in the heart of Sydney, opened in 1888 to mark the centenary of colonisation. It has been the stage for celebration of Federation and many other national milestones.This book begins in the earliest days of settlement, recounting the wild origins of the vast area that ......
