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Joyful strains: making Australia home
By Alice Pung, Ali Lemerm, Catherine Rey, Diane Armstrong, Danny Katz, Arnold Zable, Chris Flynn, Meg Mundell, Mark Dapin, Kent MacCarter, Maria Tumarkin, Paola Totaro, Alison Lemer, Amy Espeseth. 2013
Joyful Strains collects twenty-seven memoirs from writers describing their expatriation to Australia. These are stories about what they found, who…
they became and what they now think of Australia - stories that provide entertainment, perspective and cause to celebrate our increasingly diverse nation. This is an insightful, compelling and sometimes confronting collection for all Australians. Contributors include: Alice Pung, Danny Katz, Mark Dapin and Diane Armstrong, with an introduction from Arnold Zable.The closed circle: an interpretation of the Arabs
By David Pryce-Jones. 2009
As the violence of the Middle East has come to America, many Westerners are stunned and confounded by this new…
form of mayhem that appears to be a feature of Arab societies. This important book explains how Arabs are closed in a circle defined by tribal, religious, and cultural traditions.The best of Banjo Paterson
By A. B Paterson, Walter William Stone. 1977
Eve and the new Jerusalem: socialism and feminism in the nineteenth century
By Barbara Taylor. 1993
In the early nineteenth century, radicals all over Europe and America began to conceive of a 'New Moral World', and…
struggled to create their own utopias, with collective family life, communal property, free love and birth control. In Britain, the visionary ideals of the Utopian Socialist, Robert Owen, attracted thousands of followers, who for more than a quarter of a century attempted to put theory into practice in their own local societies, at rousing public meetings, in trade unions and in their new Communities of Mutual Association. Barbara Taylor's brilliant study of this visionary challenge recovers the crucial connections between socialist aims and feminist aspirations. In doing so, it opens the way to an important re-interpretation of the socialist tradition as a whole, and contributes to the reforging of some of those early links between feminism and socialism.Missionary priest: the life and times of Father Patrick Magennis, 1812-1866
By Geoff Page, Lynne Watts. 2009
Living dolls: the return of sexism
By Natasha Walter. 2011
Empowerment, liberation, choice. Once the watchwords of feminism, these terms have now been co-opted by a society that sells women…
an airbrushed, highly sexualised and increasingly narrow vision of femininity. While the opportunities available to women may have expanded, the ambitions of many young girls are in reality limited by a culture that sees women's sexual allure as their only passport to success. At the same time we are encouraged to believe that the inequality we observe all around us is born of innate biological differences rather than social factors. Drawing on a wealth of research and personal interviews, Natasha Walter, author of the groundbreaking THE NEW FEMINISM and one of Britain's most incisive cultural commentators, gives us a straight-talking, passionate and important book that makes us look afresh at women and girls, at sexism and femininity, today.The borough and its people: Port Melbourne 1839 - 1939
By Margaret Bride, Graham Bride. 2013
Port Melbourne, simply known as The Beach, then Sandridge, in 1884 became the Borough of Port Melbourne. This book focuses…
on how events such as the gold rushes, wars and the fears of war, the foundation of unions for maritime workers, depressions and strikes all affected and helped to shape the lives of people living in the Borough.Balcony over Jerusalem: a Middle East memoir
By John Lyons, Sylvie Clezio. 2017
A gripping memoir of life in Jerusalem from one of Australia's most experienced Middle East correspondents. Leading Australian journalist John…
Lyons will take readers on a fascinating personal journey through the wonders and dangers of the Middle East. From the sheer excitement of arriving in Jerusalem with his wife and eight-year-old son, to the fall of dictators and his gripping account of what it feels like to be taken by Egyptian soldiers, blindfolded and interrogated, this is a memoir of the Middle East like no other. Drawing on a 20-year interest in the Middle East, Lyons has had extraordinary access - he's interviewed everyone from Israel's former Prime Ministers Shimon Peres and Ehud Olmert to key figures from Hezbollah and Hamas. He's witnessed the brutal Iranian Revolutionary Guard up close and was one of the last foreign journalists in Iran during the violent crackdown against the 'Green Revolution'. He's confronted Hamas officials about why they fire rockets into Israel and Israeli soldiers about why they fire tear gas at Palestinian school children. Lyons also looks at 50 years of Israeli occupation of the West Bank - the mechanics of how this works and the effect it now has on both Israelis and Palestinians. Lyons explains the Middle East through every day life and experiences - his son's school, his wife's friends and his own dealings with a range of people over six years.Fight like a girl
By Clementine Ford. 2016
Online sensation, fearless feminist heroine and scourge of trolls and misogynists everywhere, Clementine Ford is a beacon of hope and…
inspiration to thousands of Australian women and girls. Her incendiary debut Fight Like A Girl is an essential manifesto for feminists new, old and soon-to-be, and exposes just how unequal the world continues to be for women. Using first person narrative, empirical evidence, media clippings, anecdotal storytelling and the words of young women themselves, Clementine Ford has written an essential companion for feminists new, old and as yet unrealised that will give them new language to articulate their rage and frustrations. Crucially, it is a call to arms for all women to rediscover the fury that has been suppressed by a society that still considers feminism a threat.Among the islands: adventures in the Pacific (Adventures #3)
By Tim F Flannery. 2011
Twenty-five years ago, a young curator of mammals from the Australian Museum in Sydney set out to research the fauna…
of the Pacific Islands. Starting with a survey of one of the most inaccessible islands in Melanesia - Woodlark, in the Trobriands Group - that young scientist found himself ghost-whispering, snake wrestling, Quadoi hunting and plunged waist-deep into a sludge of maggot-infested faeces in search of a small bat that turned out not to be earth-shatteringly interesting. With accounts of discovering, naming and sometimes eating new mammal species; being thwarted or aided by local customs; and historic scientific expeditions, Tim Flannery takes us on an enthralling journey through some of the most diverse and spectacular environments on earth.Vagabond country: Australian bush & town life in the Victorian age
By Vagabond, Michael Cannon. 1981
Remember when: reflections on a changing Australia
By Bruce Elder. 2003
Remember when tomatoes tasted like tomatoes and the bank manager knew you by name? Do you ever wonder what happened…
to the Aussie hamburger, backyard chooks, your local soft drink factory or that yellow fat around the edge of your steak? Life for the average Autralian has changed enormously over the past 50 years. There was once a time when family life revolved around the backyard, and every town and suburb was a real community. It was a time of milk bars, local cordial factories, billycart derbies and Saturday nights at the pictures. Life is very different now. Where have all the general stores and friendly banks gone, and why have they disappeared? And what of Aussie mateship and uniquely Australian language? Or Australian larrikinism and disrespect for pretension? Do they still exist, or have the changes to Australian life completely transformed our society? What has been gained, and, more importantly, what has been lost? Bruce Elder - travel writer, music commentator and social historian - reflects poignantly, and often humourously, on how Australian life has changed since the 1950s.The time of their lives!
By Keith Smith. 1993
Where the outback drovers ride: stories, poems and yarns from the bush
By Bruce Simpson. 2005
In the first half of the 20th century, packhorse drovers - following in the footsteps of the early overlanders -…
took on the challenge of moving enormous numbers of cattle many thousands of kilometres across the country. They overcame extraordinary natural hazards and the tyranny of distance that stood between the far-flung stations and the markets. This evocative collection of outback folklore, poetry and true accounts paints a colourful picture of a variety of characters who thrived in an environment where guts and self-reliance were essential for survival. Bruce Simpson was an outback drover up until the 1960s and is one of a few bushmen with the eloquence to relate his personal experiences in literary form. "Where The Outback Drovers Ride" brings together two of his most popular works, "Packhorse Drover" and "Hell, Highwater & Hard Cases".Edge of the diaspora: two centuries of Jewish settlement in Australia
By Suzanne D Rutland. 1988
Ancient lives: the story of the pharaohs' tombmakers
By John Romer. 1984
More than 3000 years ago a village was established at Thebes on the west bank of the Nile which housed…
the workers who created the tombs of the pharaohs in the valley of the kings, through the study of ancient records Romer has recreated village life.An Englishwoman in India: the memoirs of Harriet Tytler, 1828-1858
By Anthony Sattin, Harriet Tytler. 1988
In 1857 Harriet Tytler, eight months pregnant, fled with her children from the massacre in Delhi. When the British later…
besieged the city she was the only 'lady' present. This is the story of a courageous woman, her childhood and her travels in India.Migrant hands in a distant land: Australia's post-war immigration
By Jock Collins. 1988
Immigration has been part of Australian history for 200 years. Since 1945, more than four million people have come to…
settle in Australia. Forty percent of them came from Britain. The other 60 percent came from 150 different countries of origin. Australia has been transformed from the monocultural 'British' society to become one of the most racially and culturally diverse nations in the world. Immigration has had a more significant effect on Australian society than on any other major Western country in the post-war period.Unfettered and alive: a memoir
By Anne Summers. 2018
The inspiring autobiography of one of Australia's most influential women, from journalist to policy maker to change agent at large.…
'I was born into a world that expected very little of women like me. We were meant to tread lightly on the earth, influencing events through our husbands and children, if at all. We were meant to fade into invisibility as we aged. I defied all of these expectations and so have millions of women like me.' This is the compelling story of Anne Summers' extraordinary life. Her story has her travelling around the world as she moves from job to job, in newspapers and magazines, advising prime ministers, leading feminist debates, writing memorable and influential books. Anne has not been afraid to walk away from success and to satisfy her constant restlessness by charging down new and risky paths. Whatever position she has held, she has expanded what's possible and helped us see things differently-often at high personal cost. Anne shares revealing stories about the famous and powerful people she has worked with or reported on and is refreshingly frank about her own anxieties and mistakes. She shares a heart-breaking story of family violence and tells of her ultimate reconciliation with the father who had rejected her. Unfettered and Alive is a provocative and inspiring memoir from someone who broke through so many boundaries to show what women can do.Feminists fatale
By Jan Bowen. 1998
This book considers the lives of 17 influential and successful women. Amongst others, Geraldine Doogue, Helen Garner and Poppy King…
all share their personal stories while examining the implications for our society of women's changing roles.