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The Outward journey »
Publication date: 1978
Owen Webster described The Outward Journey, the first part of his unfinished biography of Frank Dalby Davison, as a 'non-fiction novel'. In writing it he combined the talents of a creative biographer with those of a social historian and literary critic. The Outward Journey is the story of a writer's development, beginning with a vivid evocation of the personalities surrounding Davison in his childhood and going on to trace the early experiences which were to influence his major works. This story is complemented by the author's comprehensive analysis of Davison's earliest works and by some rare insights into the lives of working class Australians from the migrations of the gold rush era to the years immediately after the first world war.
Prehistory of the eastern highlands of New Guinea »
Publication date: 1978
This volume examines the prehistory of the Eastern Highlands of New Guinea through a study of its archeology. Working from artifacts collected from seventy-six sites by J. David Cole, Virginia Watson has constructed a paradigmatic classification of stone tools which has the potential of greater elaboration and wider application in New Guinea. The classification represents a distinct departure from most previous attempts to interpret stone tools and carries to a more productive conclusion a line of investi gation that is similar to J. Peter White{u2019}s pioneer ing analysis of "altered edges." Using the data from similarity coefficients, frequency seriation, stratigraphy, and radiocarbon analysis, Watson has established a chronology of three phases which spans the period from 18,000 B.P. to the present, from hunting and gathering to a largely horticultural existence. The findings are also compared with those from five other sites excavated in the Eastern Highlands, and similarities and differences are assessed. Finally, an attempt is made to relate the archeological data, especially those from the latest phase, to groups of New Guineans currently living in the area, who have been the subject of intensive study.
Communal endeavours: migrant organisations in Melbourne »
Publication date: 1978
Migrant organisations supply more than mere support for in dividual immigrants. They enable those who so wish to preserve something of the life, language and culture of the home country. The three groups of migrant or ganisations studied here - Polish, Dutch and Maltese - differ widely in their aims and success. The Polish migrant organisations in Melbourne are mainly intent on preserving Polishness, not only among those who migrated here from Poland but also in the younger generations who were small children when their parents came to Australia or who were born here. The Dutch have little wish to retain association with the Netherlands. Most speak English and membership of their organisations includes many Australians and other nationali ties. The most disorganised are the Maltese. They have a multi plicity of migrant bodies, most of them competing with each other, and little corporate feeling. Mrs Unikoski, herself a migrant from Belgium, had long been conscious of the relation be tween organised groupings and the individual stranded in alien ness, of the inability of some adults to alter inbred behaviour patterns and of a covert hostility of some Australians to ethnic organisations. Before writing this book she talked with many hun dreds of migrants from the three groups studied and was allowed to attend meetings of the of ficials who run the migrant or ganisations. The result is a book which shows her understanding of the problems encountered both by adults who find them selves in a strange country where customs are different and by children and adolescents who are torn between two cultures.
Logs in the current of the sea: Neli Lifuka's story of Kioa and the Vaitupu colonists »
Publication date: 1978
"People without a leader are like logs in the current of the sea; they don't know where to go." Neli Lifuka is totally candid and colorful as he describes his conventional childhood on Vaitupu in the Territory of Tuvalu (until 1975 the Ellice Island Group), his early education and travels, his first job as an engine-room hand on a phosphate cargo ship, his experiences with American marines in World War II, and his crucial role in the unprecedented purchase of Kioa Island (just off Fiji) in 1946. Klaus-Friedrich Koch visited Kioa for the first time 20 years later. Fascinated by the story of Old Man Neli's adventures and the difficulties encountered in the settlement of Kioa by the Vaitupuan colonists, he arranged to return as soon as he could with a notebook and recording equipment. This book is an edited transcript of Neli{u2019}s autobiography, supplemented by an introduction and a legal analysis of the conflict between Polynesian customs and British colonialadministrative law which bewildered Vaitupu and Kioa for a great many years. Professor H.E. Maude has written the foreword to this unusual chapter in Pacific history. Distinguished as historian and administrator, Professor Maude was Resident Commissioner in charge of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony at the time of the Kioa purchase.
Liquid waste management »
Publication date: 1978
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Recognitions »
Publication date: 1978
The prevailing mood of this, Evan Jones{u2019}s third collection of poetry, is gently plangent, wry, ruminative, and low key. He writes, in a style that is plain, transparent and conversational, and tempered with a nicely ingenious wit, poems that are beautifully made and will delight discriminating readers.
Natural water quality »
Publication date: 1978
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The tradition of Australian cooking »
Publication date: 1978
This book examines the cooking methods and household gadgetry of Australia{u2019}s past. Its span and documentation make it by far the most comprehensive essay to date on the subject. Beginning with the food and cooking techniques of the tribal Aborigines, and of those Europeans for whom the campfire was the kitchen, the author moves on to the days of outhouse kitchens and shortages of ingredients, the industrial awakening and the first influx of gadgets, the revolution in the kitchen caused by gas and electricity, and the postwar flood of packageci and processed foods, together with the recent interest in natural foods which counteracts this trend. There is a liberal larding of recipes and illustrations at every stage of the argument, while an occasional comment on broader aspects of Australian society supplies a touch of spice and the flavour of humanity. This book will be valued, read and used by serious students of Australian food, by those who would enjoy an historical glance at Australian society, past and present, through its kitchen activities, and by the frankly nostalgic seeking to re-create childhood culinary memories.
Practice without policy: genesis of local government in Papua New Guinea »
Publication date: 1978
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A select bibliography of Australian military history 1891-1939 »
Publication date: 1978
The existing literature on the experience of Australia and Australians in wars is surprisingly vast. Also in time of peace, particularly before the First World War, there have been vigorous episodes in the national defence debate which are well documented but in sources which are frequently difficult to discover. This volume attempts to survey and list the major historical sources in these fields, both official and non-official, for the period 1891-1939, the years which will be spanned by Volumes 7-12 of the Australian Dictionary of Biography. Its contents cover the pre-Federation debates on defence questions, the South African War, and the Boxer Rebellion, the development of Australia's national defence policy 1901-1914, the First World War and the discussions of defence issues between the two World Wars.
Some early Australian bookmen »
Publication date: 1978
The Australian book trade, as it is known among its practitioners, has a history almost as long as that of New South Wales. The first Australian book, New South Wales General and Standing Orders, is dated 1802; the first book of poetry, Barron Field{u2019}s anonymously issued First Fruits of Australian Poetry, appeared in 1819. This book does not tell the whole story of the trade; rather, it selects some of the outstanding figures among booksellers, book publishers, authors and bibliophiles to show how the trade developed during its formative years and the debts we owe to these significant and interesting pioneers. The book is extensively illustrated, with reproductions of rare books, portraits of outstanding bookmen, pictures of old Sydney and old Melbourne, and a rare poem by Henry Lawson. Beautifully designed and printed, in an edition limited to 1,000 copies, this book graces its subject and will grace the shelves of the discriminating book buyer.
Raw materials and Pacific economic integration »
Publication date: 1978
The major focus of this volume is trade in raw materials, which is the basis for trade between Australia and Japan and, indeed, for the economic relations within the Western Pacific region. While dominance of world markets for raw materials is generally understood in Western Europe and North America, it is not yet appreciated in either country just how fundamental are her relations with her nearest neighbours in supplying the country's resource requirements. A quantitative analysis of the nature of economic relations between Japan, Australia and the developing countries in the Western Pacific and South-East Asia is presented together with a detailed consideration of an 'interdependant' economic relationship. The way in which trade and investment activity has produced a 'mutual dependence', the role played by long-term contracts in maintaining the relationship and the implications for domestic economic management are of special interest to all countries where trade is concentrated in particular markets or which have special relationships with considerably larger or smaller partners.
Kulinma: listening to Aboriginal Australians »
Publication date: 1978
Kulinma means 'keep listening' and that is what this book urges Australians to do if their attitudes towards, and policies for, Aboriginal Australians are to command respect. Dr Coombs's understanding of Aborigines' problems and aspirations has developed over the years when he was Chairman of the Council for Aboriginal Affairs, because he and his colleagues listened patiently and with open minds to what Aborigines have said not only to them and other whites, but to one another. The book is intended as a record of that developing understanding and as an expression of gratitude for the many lessons the author and other members of the council learned in the course of their work among Aborigines. All who are interested in the attempts that have been made in recent years to end the cruelty and indifference that have characterised the attitudes of most white Australians towards Aborigines and to find a basis for mutual respect in the future will find both disappointment and consolation in these pages. Those who know little of the original Australians will learn much.
The voyage of the "Scotia" being the record of a voyage of exploration in Antarctic Seas »
Publication date: 1978
"The Voyage of the Scotia" is a very readable account of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition of 1902-4 by its botanist, meteorologist and geologist. The expedition's leader was the marine biologist, W. S. Bruce. After early travels in both the Arctic and the Antarctic, Bruce fitted out his own expedition, having raised some {u00A3}36,000 with the support of the Scientific Societies in Edinburgh and help from the Coats family. This was a much smaller sum than that raised for Scott{u2019}s Polar Expedition, and Bruce never had enough money to give full scope to his ideas. However, a great deal was achieved in the Scotia. The expedition sounded, dredged and trawled extensively in the Weddell Sea, making great contributions to the natural history of seals, penguins, and other birds and rich collections of the fishes, plankton, marine sediments and algae. They wintered in the South Orkney Islands, making unique contributions to the botany, geology and glaciology and setting up a meteorological station which was afterwards maintained by the government of Argentina. As a result of the expedition, Bruce founded a Scottish Oceanographical Laboratory in Edinburgh. In his new foreword to this book, Sir George Deacon relates briefly the careers of Bruce, Rudmose Brown, Mossman and Pirie sub sequent to the expedition. The Scotia herself had to be sold to raise money, and was lost in the Great War.
The Australian National University: people and places in a landscape. »
Publication date: 1978
The Australian National University welcomes to its campus visitors from Canberra, from elsewhere in Australia and from all around the world. This book offers those visitors a guide to the buildings and the grounds of the University campus, and it outlines the wide range of the University's research and teaching interests. It is a valuable aid to those who wish to explore the campus for themselves and will be an enduring reminder of their visit, while its extensive illustrations present an inviting picture of the University campus for those who have not yet had the opportunity to visit it.
Sport under Communism: the U.S.S.R., Czechoslovakia, the G.D.R., China, Cuba »
Publication date: 1978
The 1980 Olympics are being held in Moscow - the People's Republic of China is about to enter the Olympic Movement - Cuba is now among the more formidable participants in the Pan-American Games - the German Democratic Republic, with a population of 17 million, is fast becoming the world{u2019}s most "successful" country in sport {u2026} What does all this mean? In the West nobody doubts the importance of the Communist countries in international sport - or their success in the Olympic Games, which they now virtually dominate. Sport is seen very clearly as a far more eloquent advocate for a political system than any amount of books and speeches. There is growing interest here in sport and physical education as practised in Communist countries (and indeed in the role of "physical culture" in our own societies). But how much do we actually know about what goes on behind the dazzling performances we see on our television screens? - about the organisation of sport, mass participation, the training of "stars", sports boarding schools, physical culture courses, facilities, and the nature and functions of "physical culture" in society? The answer, for most non-specialists, is "not much". The need for a comparative study is therefore clear, and this book has been designed to give a great deal of information and analysis in a form that the non-specialist reader will find enjoyable, as well as putting a handy vademecum into the hands of those with a more professional interest. A highly qualified and experienced team of writers together provide insight into the world of sport in five communist countries - the two biggest (the USSR and China), two (the GDR and Cuba) that have achieved results out of all proportion to their size, and one (Czechoslovakia) which can be taken as a representative of the smaller Communist-ruled states of Eastern and Central Europe. As an introduction there is a comparative analysis.
Papua New Guinea portraits: the expatriate experience »
Publication date: 1978
The Europeans who went to the land that is now called Papua New Guinea went with many different motives: to serve God or mammon, to satisfy their curiosity, to win fame and find adventure. Their lives illustrate that Papua New Guinea was a frontier where men who elsewhere might have led ordinary lives could accomplish the extraordinary. They faced an astonishing range of physical and mental challenges in this, to them, new, formidable and beautiful country. Some walked where no white man had ever trodden; some taught; some preached; some exploited. Inevitably, over time they faced problems of adaptation, none perhaps greater than the change from masta-boi relationship to that where Papua New Guineans rule their own nation, a situation that Hahl or Monckton, for example, would have greeted with total incredulity. Some, like Chalmers, lost their lives there; some, like Mason, fought there; some, like the Leahy family, still live out their lives there. Individually these pen portraits sketch men who were adventurous, physically tough, and mentally flexible; together they vividly portray the way of life of the white man in Prospero{u2019}s other island.
Programming language systems »
Publication date: 1978
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Federalism in Canada and Australia: the early years »
Publication date: 1978
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The study of politics: a collection of inaugural lectures »
Publication date: 1978
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The Ruhr and revolution: the revolutionary movement in the Rhenish-Westphalian industrial region 1912-1919 »
Publication date: 1978
The German Revolution and its aftermath, the period of the Workers' and Soldiers' Councils, was a critical time in German history. Historians have asked whether the revolution could have changed the then existing inequalities. If so, it might have formed a basis for reconstruction which in turn would have arrested the deep division in the German labour movement, a major factor crippling Weimar Germany which contributed to the rise of Nazism. Dr Tampke deals with the revolutionary movement in the Rhenish- Westphalian Industrial Region - the Ruhr as it is commonly called, a part of Germany where the workers' radicalism was especially pronounced. He seeks to explain why the revolution took such a variable course in the Ruhr. This book moves into urban and regional history, a field that has so far been little studied and is an important contribution to knowledge of European urban and working-class history.
Fishing around the Monaro: a selection from The seven rivers »
Publication date: 1978
This is not a fishing guidebook or a how-to-fish book, but a book written, in the words of the author, "for the pleasure of going fishing again in retrospect along my favourite rivers". Reprinted from The Seven Rivers, Douglas Stewart's reminiscences of fishing in Australia and New Zealand, this collection is an affectionate evocation of the wildlife, the scenery, the fishermen and the fish of some of the rivers accessible to Canberra anglers.
Give and take: exchange in Wola society »
Publication date: 1978
The Wola people of the Highlands of Papua New Guinea place unusual emphasis on the sovereignty of the individual. Their society places few constraints on its members; they have no government, no authoritative leaders, no formal judicial system. If to paraphrase Rousseau, man is born free but is everywhere in chains, Wola man is very lightly shackled. Order in Wola Society is based on the exchange of wealth, the effect of an elaborate exchange system that allows the handing round of wealth - pearl shells, pigs and other, minor items. Exchange among the Wola is an important social principle. It requires co-operation and constrains the fractious individual to maintain an ordered society. This book presents a vigorous, new analysis of a Highlands people that is a substantial contribution both to the ethnography of the New Guinea Highlands and to anthropological theory.
Chemistry in the market place »
Publication date: 1978
This book is an expanded version of the first edition of Chemistry in the Market Place. It is a work of high seriousness but its 'flavour' is perhaps best captured in the words of its author as he describes the circumstances of its beginnings: {u2018}over three glasses of cool, artificially coloured, artificially foam stabilised, enzyme clarified, preserved, gassed, amber fluid{u2019} two colleagues and he came to realise that consumers needed some {u2018}real{u2019} chemistry, chemistry that would help them to make sense of the arguments that rage about various aspects of consumer products, particularly those of safety and efficacy. The thrust of the book is towards the product and the chemistry needed to understand it, rather than towards chemistry illustrated by the product. Its scope is wide and includes chemistry in the laundry, the kitchen, the garden, the boudoir, the medicine chest. It also deals with motor cars, the accidental poisoning of children, and carcinogens. It is extensively illustrated with plates, figures, and tables, and contains practical experiments for its users. The book will be welcomed by high school, college and adult education lecturers who are interested in creating courses in consumer chemistry. Concerned consumers will also benefit greatly from the information the work contains, regardless of their knowledge of chemistry. Home economics teachers will find that it forms a perfect complement to their existing texts. It is, in short, an important, practical, hook on a highly significant subject.
Studies in the immigration of the highly skilled »
Publication date: 1978
Despite the quantity of official and academic studies generated by the postwar immigration program, little publicity has been given to Australia's gain of highly skilled workers. This book has been written to fill out our knowledge in this area. Until recently, Australia experienced shortages of professional man power, and both government and private employers looked abroad for it. But professional skills are not as easily transferred across the globe as are lesser skills. The postwar years have seen conflict between the Australian government, seeking a broad immigration policy, and the professional groups, responsible for maintaining standards within their professions. The author devotes the last part of her book to one of the larger professions, the architects, yet many of her findings apply to the profes sions generally. Most 'professional' immigrants are British by training, if not by birth, and this happy accident has made them automatically acceptable. The 'non-acceptable' must face examination - yet the level of average earnings does not suggest that the non-British trained are inferior as practitioners. Mrs Salter shows that of recent years the trend has been towards an 'internationalisation' of standards by the professional bodies. This book will be read with interest by government officers and professional people, and by all students of Australia's immigrant population.