The Battle For Bennelong

Author : Margot Saville
Publisher : Melbourne Univ. Publishing
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Australia
ISBN : 9780522854428

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The Battle for Bennelong by Margot Saville Pdf

It was an historic moment in Australian political history. A sea of purple balloons filled a packed hall in Sydney's North Ryde, faces young and old beamed with the excitement of change, and one woman was set to make history and claim the seat from Australia's second-longest-serving Prime Minister. It had all the characteristics of a classic tale: David and Goliath, the tortoise and the hare, Don Quixote and the windmill. When Maxine McKew decided to run in Bennelong, she became the ultimate underdog. In The Battle for Bennelong, journalist Margot Saville hits the campaign trail with Maxine McKew, indulging in Maxine's obsession with dim sum, watching her draw yet another raffle and dance excitedly at the Granny Smith Festival. Saville's unprecedented access takes us to campaign dinners, fundraising meet-and-greets, behind the electioneering machine and inside Maxine's house on election night. Saville records her fleeting, tightly managed meetings with the Prime Minister, and the commensurate highs and lows in both camps during the six-week campaign. Saville also includes the episode of the Lindsay 'how to vote' scandal and its devastating repercussions. In a tight contest against John Howard fought on issues such as the economy, WorkChoices and succession plans, did Maxine's dancing affect her primary vote? You'll find out in The Battle for Bennelong.

Author : Kate Fullagar
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781761108181

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Bennelong and Phillip by Kate Fullagar Pdf

The first joint biography of Bennelong and Governor Arthur Phillip, two pivotal figures in Australian history – the colonised and coloniser – and a bold and innovative new portrait of both. Australian Book Review Books of the Year 2023 Sydney Morning Herald Best Reads of the Year for 2023 Bennelong and Phillip were leaders of their two sides in the first encounters between Britain and Indigenous Australians, Phillip the colony’s first governor, and Bennelong the Yiyura leader. The pair have come to represent the conflict that flared and has never settled. Fullagar’s account is also the first full biography of Bennelong of any kind and it challenges many misconceptions, among them that he became alienated from his people and that Phillip was a paragon of Enlightenment benevolence. It tells the story of the men’s marriages, including Bennelong’s best-known wife, Barangaroo, and Phillip’s unusual domestic arrangements, and places the period in the context of the Aboriginal world and the demands of empire. To present this history afresh, Bennelong & Phillip relates events in reverse, moving beyond the limitations of typical Western ways of writing about the past, which have long privileged the coloniser over the colonised. Bennelong’s world was hardly linear at all, and in Fullagar’s approach his and Phillip’s histories now share an equally unfamiliar framing.

Author : Ian McLean
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781780236230

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Rattling Spears by Ian McLean Pdf

Large, bold, and colorful, indigenous Australian art—sometimes known as Aboriginal art—has made an indelible impression on the contemporary art scene. But it is controversial, dividing the artists, purveyors, and collectors from those who smell a scam. Whether the artists are victims or victors, there is no denying the impact of their work in the media, on art collectors and the art world at large, and on our global imagination. How did Australian art become the most successful indigenous form in the world? How did its artists escape the ethnographic and souvenir markets to become players in an art market to which they had historically been denied access? Beautifully illustrated, this full stunning account not only offers a comprehensive introduction to this rich artistic tradition, but also makes us question everything we have been taught about contemporary art.

Author : Marian Simms,John Wanna
Publisher : ANU E Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781921862649

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Julia 2010 by Marian Simms,John Wanna Pdf

This book provides a comprehensive coverage of one of Australia's most historic elections, which produced a hung parliament and a carefully crafted minority government that remains a heartbeat away from collapse, as well as Australia's first elected woman Prime Minister and the Australian Greens' first lower house Member of Parliament. The volume considers the key contextual and possibly determining factors, such as: the role of leadership and ideology in the campaign; the importance of state and regional factors (was there evidence of the two or three speed economy at work?); and the role of policy areas and issues, including the environment, immigration, religion, gender and industrial relations. Contributors utilise a wide range of sources and approaches to provide comprehensive insights into the campaign. This volume notably includes the perspectives of the major political groupings, the ALP, the Coalition and the Greens; and the data from the Australian Election Survey. Finally we conclude with a detailed analysis of those 17 days that it took to construct a minority party government.

Author : Keith Jacobs,Jeff Malpas
Publisher : Apollo Books
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Australia
ISBN : 1921401567

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Ocean to Outback by Keith Jacobs,Jeff Malpas Pdf

"Many debates that continue to ignite and divide Australians stem from notions of nationality and citizenship, ethnicity and multiculturalism, community and place. In Ocean to Outback, eleven authors address these topics as real concerns for groups and communities. In an increasingly fractious and unstable world, the need for such an investigation is paramount if we are to finds ways of negotiating and working through the conflicts and tensions that arise, such as the 2005 Cronulla riots. Issues that have plagued Australian society in recent years, such as immigration, the treatment of refugees, national identity and the meaning of terrorism, are better understood through the lens of cosmopolitanism as we think about our relation to, and place in, the wider world. Viewed as an ongoing political project, cosmopolitanism has important implications for Australia's sense of connection to the rest of the globe, and this book offers a positive approach to contemporary politics and society."--Publisher's website.

Author : John Michael O'Brien
Publisher : UNSW Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781742242170

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The National Tertiary Education Union by John Michael O'Brien Pdf

With a unique insider’s perspective, John O’Brien explores two decades of political activism by the NTEU, from its successes in navigating enterprise bargaining and vital role during the Rights to Work campaign; to its work on behalf of Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islanders, women, LBGTI members and casual workers during a time of constant change within the education sector.

Author : Peter FitzSimons
Publisher : Hachette Australia
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-30
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780733641343

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The Opera House by Peter FitzSimons Pdf

'The sun did not know how beautiful its light was until it was reflected off this building.' - Louis Kahn, US architect If only these walls and this land could talk ... The Sydney Opera House is a breathtaking building, recognised around the world as a symbol of modern Australia. Along with the Taj Mahal and other World Heritage sites, it is celebrated for its architectural grandeur and the daring and innovation of its design. It showcases the incomparable talents involved in its conception, construction and performance history. But this stunning house on Bennelong Point also holds many secrets and scandals. In his gripping biography, Peter FitzSimons marvels at how this magnificent building came to be, details its enthralling history and reveals the dramatic stories and hidden secrets about the people whose lives have been affected, both negatively and positively, by its presence. He shares how a conservative 1950s state government had the incredible vision and courage to embark on this nation-defining structure; how an architect from Denmark and construction workers from Australia and abroad invented new techniques to bring it to completion; how ambition, betrayal, professional rivalry, sexual intrigue, murder, bullying and breakdowns are woven into its creation; and how it is now acknowledged as one of the wonders and masterpieces of human ingenuity. In The Opera House, Peter FitzSimons captures the extraordinary stories around this building that are as mesmerising as the light catching on its white sails.

Author : Jayne Persian
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781003828495

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Fascists in Exile by Jayne Persian Pdf

Fascists in Exile tells the extraordinary story of the war criminals, collaborators and fascist ultranationalists who were resettled in Australia by the International Refugee Organisation between 1947 and 1952. It explores the far-right backgrounds and continuing political activism of these displaced persons in Australia, adding to our knowledge of the development of Australian anti-communism in the 1950s. These individuals argued that they had been caught between National Socialism and Soviet communism. What might that have meant for their migration and resettlement trajectories? Beyond ‘Nazi-hunting,’ what can this tell us about the challenge they posed to international and national forms, both in Europe and in Australia? This book demonstrates that fascist ideation could not only survive the war’s end but that it continued to be transnational and transcultural. At the same time, anti-fascist protests and then the war crimes investigations of the late 1980s exposed problematic pasts, a legacy with which Australia is still reckoning. The text will appeal to those with an interest in the far right, Australian migration and refugee issues.

Author : Chris Pratt
Publisher : Balboa Press
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781982293710

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Four Brothers in the Pacific War by Chris Pratt Pdf

Dave, Ray, Morris and Alex Rohrlach were Australian Lutherans of German descent who served in the Australian Army and Navy in the Pacific during World War Two. In a fascinating biography of the brothers, Chris Pratt chronicles the events of their lives before, during, and in the aftermath of war. Dave, a Lutheran missionary in New Guinea, captained his mission schooner to rescue defeated Australian soldiers from New Britain in the opening months of the war. Ray served in a motorised infantry unit before enduring a year in an isolated malarial outpost in Dutch New Guinea. Morris struggled through two amphibious landings in Japanese occupied Borneo. Alex survived kamikaze attacks and a battle with a Japanese fleet in the Philippines to witness from an Australian heavy cruiser the signing of the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay. Included are historical maps and photographs provided by the family.

Author : Matthew Lockwood
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300248869

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To Begin the World Over Again by Matthew Lockwood Pdf

The first exploration of the profound and often catastrophic impact the American Revolution had on the rest of the worldWhile the American Revolution led to domestic peace and liberty, it ultimately had a catastrophic global impact—it strengthened the British Empire and led to widespread persecution and duress. From the opium wars in China to anti-imperial rebellions in Peru to the colonization of Australia—the inspirational impact the American success had on fringe uprisings was outweighed by the influence it had on the tightening fists of oppressive world powers.Here Matthew Lockwood presents, in vivid detail, the neglected story of this unintended revolution. It sowed the seeds of collapse for the preeminent empires of the early modern era, setting the stage for the global domination of Britain, Russia, and the United States. Lockwood illuminates the forgotten stories and experiences of the communities and individuals who adapted to this new world in which the global balance of power had been drastically altered.

Author : Eric Willmot
Publisher : Matilda Media Pty Ltd
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Aboriginal Australians
ISBN : 9780947116422

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Pemulwuy by Eric Willmot Pdf

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Author : Donald Harman Akenson
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 850 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Civilization, Modern
ISBN : 0773528903

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An Irish History of Civilization by Donald Harman Akenson Pdf

Author : Don Akenson
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 841 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2005-02-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773572836

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Irish History of Civilization, Volume 1 by Don Akenson Pdf

In a sprawling chronicle of civilization through Irish eyes, Akenson takes us from St Patrick to Woodie Guthrie, from Constantine to John F. Kennedy, from India to the Australian outback. In two volumes of masterful storytelling he creates ironic, playful, and acerbic historical miniatures - a quixotic series of reconstructions woven into a helix in which the same historical figures reappear in radically different contexts as their narratives intersect with the larger picture.

Author : Sheila Vijeyarasa
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-03
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781922579829

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Brave by Sheila Vijeyarasa Pdf

Ford Falcon Commemorative Edition celebrates the much-loved car's six-decade rule of Aussie roads and racetracks. With the chequered flag flying on the Blue Oval favourite, this book examines the first Falcons to take flight in the early 1960s through to the final FG-X. Special emphasis is placed on the glorious decade 1969-78 and the magnificent high-performance machines from the Falcon XW GT-HO to the XA, XB and the Cobra. These are cars that still command instant respect and ooze all the excitement, emotion, colour, freedom and raw power of their time. Ford Falcon captures the stories from the men who designed, developed, built and raced these bred-for-Bathurst beasts. It features stunning photography of Falcon's triumphs, milestones and majesty. After some 56 years and 3.8 million cars, what better way to say goodbye to Aussie motoring royalty.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Sydney (N.S.W.)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132135786

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The Bulletin by Anonim Pdf