History Australia, Volume 5, Issue 2 (2008)

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From the President

Article
From the President
Desley Deacon (AHA President)
Page: 35.1
Published online: 18 Feb 2016
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Editorial

Editorial
From the Editor
Marian Quartly (Editor)
Page: 36.1
Published online: 18 Feb 2016
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Original Articles

Article
Word Territory
Recording Aboriginal Language with R. H. Mathews
Martin Thomas
Pages: 37.1-37.18
Published online: 18 Feb 2016
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Tricks or Treats?
A Case for Kulin Knowing in Batman’s Treaty
Robert Kenny
Pages: 38.1-38.14
Published online: 18 Feb 2016
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Bannelong Sat Down to Dinner with Governor Phillip, and Drank his Wine and Coffee as Usual’
Aborigines and Wine in Early New South Wales
Julie McIntyre
Pages: 39.1-39.14
Published online: 18 Feb 2016
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‘All Creatures of the Living God’
Religion and Leprosy in Turn of the Century Queensland
Anne O’Brien
Pages: 40.1-40.16
Published online: 18 Feb 2016
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‘Equal to Children of European Origin’
Educability and the Civilising Mission in Early Colonial Australia
Amanda Barry
Pages: 41.1-41.16
Published online: 18 Feb 2016
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The Concept of Successful Ageing
A Contribution to a History of Old Age in Modern Australia
Cecily Hunter
Pages: 42.1-42.15
Published online: 18 Feb 2016
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Watching Them Hang
Capital Punishment and Public Support in Colonial New South Wales, 1826–1836
Tim Castle
Pages: 43.1-43.15
Published online: 18 Feb 2016
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Comment

Article
An Absent Negative
The 1967 Referendum
Russell McGregor
Pages: 44.1-44.9
Published online: 18 Feb 2016
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History in Practice

Article
A Horse Designed by a Committee
The History of the South African Department of Foreign Affairs 1927–1993
David Tothill
Pages: 45.1-45.6
Published online: 18 Feb 2016
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Exhibition Reviews

Review of Curators Tony Brown & Zoe Rimmer’s Ningenneh Tunapry, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery
Shayne Breen
Pages: 46.1-46.2
Published online: 18 Feb 2016
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Review of Gretchen Miller’s ‘The Australian Landscape: a Cultural History’, Hindsight, Abc Radio National
Jodi Frawley
Pages: 47.1-47.2
Published online: 18 Feb 2016
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Review of Jo Besley’s Remembering Goodna: Stories from a Queensland Mental Hospital, Museum of Brisbane
Geoff Ginn
Pages: 48.1-48.2
Published online: 18 Feb 2016
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Review of Thanks for Listening: The History of Australian Radio, Graham Mcneice Productions, the History Channel, Foxtel
Bridget Griffen-Foley
Pages: 49.1-49.2
Published online: 18 Feb 2016
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Review of Sue Taffe’s Online Exhibition, Collaborating for Aboriginal Rights, National Museum of Australia
Alison Holland
Pages: 50.1-50.2
Published online: 18 Feb 2016
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Review of Peter Davis’ Pennies, Pokeys, Punks and the Prince’ and Tony Collins’ Pig City’, Hindsight, Radio National
Shane Homan
Pages: 51.1-51.2
Published online: 18 Feb 2016
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Review of Philip Jones and Anna Kenny’s Pioneers of the Inland: Australia’s Muslim Cameleers 1860s-1930s: a South Australian Museum Travelling Exhibition
Shino Konishi
Pages: 52.1-52.2
Published online: 18 Feb 2016
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Review of Curator Stephen Martin’s Impact: a Changing Land, State Library of Nsw
Damien Lucas
Pages: 53.1-53.2
Published online: 18 Feb 2016
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Book Review

Book Review
Review of Paul Gillen and Devleena Ghosh’s Colonialism and Modernity
Harry Aveling
Pages: 54.1-54.2
Published online: 18 Feb 2016
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Book Review
Review of Wes Olson’s Gallipoli: the Western Australian Story
Janet Butler
Pages: 55.1-55.2
Published online: 18 Feb 2016
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Book Review
Review of Judith Godden’s Lucy Osburn, a Lady Displaced: Florence Nightingales Envoy to Australia
Lisa Featherstone
Pages: 56.1-56.3
Published online: 18 Feb 2016
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Book Review
Review of Ann Curthoys and John Docker’s is History Fiction?
Adrian Jones
Pages: 57.1-57.3
Published online: 18 Feb 2016
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Book Review
Review of Geoffrey Gray’s a Cautious Silence: the Politics of Australian Anthropology
Robert Kenny
Pages: 58.1-58.3
Published online: 18 Feb 2016
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Book Review
Review of Katie Holmes et al., Reading the Garden: the Settlement of Australia
Bruce Pennay
Pages: 59.1-59.2
Published online: 18 Feb 2016
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Book Review
Review of Malcolm Campbell’s Ireland’s New Worlds: Immigrants, Politics, and Society in the United States and Australia, 1815–1922
Keith Pescod
Pages: 60.1-60.2
Published online: 18 Feb 2016
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Book Review
Review of Martin Nakata’s Disciplining the Savages: Savaging the Disciplines
Tim Rowse
Pages: 61.1-61.4
Published online: 18 Feb 2016
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Book Review
Review of Raelene Frances’ Selling Sex: a Hidden History of Prostitution
Barbara Sullivan
Pages: 62.1-62.2
Published online: 18 Feb 2016
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Book Review
Review of Historical Records of Australia: Tasmania, January-December 1830
Richard Evans
Pages: 63.1-63.2
Published online: 18 Feb 2016
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AHA Matters

Article
AHA Prize and Award Winners
Pages: 67.1-67.2
Published online: 18 Feb 2016
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AHA/Cal Postgraduate History Prize 2008 Judging Panel Report
Mark Peel
Pages: 68.1-68.2
Published online: 18 Feb 2016
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Article
AHA Calendar of Events
Page: 64.1
Published online: 18 Feb 2016
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AHA Honour Roll
Page: 65.1
Published online: 18 Feb 2016
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Article
AHA Prizes 2009-10 in Brief
Pages: 66.1-66.2
Published online: 18 Feb 2016
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