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Este texto ofrece un bosquejo crítico de los antecedentes políticos y socioambientales de los incendios forestales del 2019-2020 en Australia. Por la parte políticia, se hace énfasis en la tendencia que ha seguidao la agenda ambiental de... more
In 1932, the respected anthropologist Raymond Firth wrote that the Aboriginal Australian manifested a strange trait, one unlike their indigenous counterparts elsewhere in the colonised Pacific. The Indigenous person, Firth said, ‘mutely... more
In recent years, there has been a widespread fascination with age-dissimilar, heterosexual romantic relationships. This interest is not new - these types of couples have been featured in Western media for decades, even centuries - yet... more
From the late nineteen century until the closing decades of the twentieth century, Greeks played a large part in Australia’s food catering industry. They continued, nevertheless, to enter a wide variety of occupations. These included:... more
Four stars in the night sky have been formally recognised by their Australian Aboriginal names. The names include three from the Wardaman people of the Northern Territory and one from the Boorong people of western Victoria. The Wardaman... more
Duncan McNab's book is a biography of the famous hit man, Christopher Dale Flannery whose psuedonym provides the title of the book. Flannery disappeared and McNab tries to solve the mystery by looking at the forces at play in the... more
The focus of my thesis is the Australian Aboriginal literature, particularly the novel Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence. In the first part of my dissertation, I found it necessary to introduce Aboriginal culture and history, in order to... more
Descriptions of natural events, such as fireballs, and meteorite impacts, are found within Indigenous Australian oral traditions. Studies of oral traditions demonstrate that they extend beyond the realm of myth and legend; they contain... more
Many scholars argue today that the memory of the Holocaust has become transnational, travelling to locations and cultures worldwide. This phenomenon has been explored in relation to technological developments, but thus far little... more
prologue, intro and afterword of book Publication date: October 20, 2016 Abstract: Restrictive border protection policies directed toward managing the flow of refugees coming into neoliberal democracies (and out of failing nation-states)... more
The High Court of Australia in Love and Thoms v The Commonwealth [2020] held that Indigenous Australians who met the test for Aboriginality from Mabo (no 2) could not be aliens under the Australian Constitution. The decision is another... more
Aboriginal Australians have been observing the stars for more than 65,000 years, and many of their oral traditions have been recorded since colonisation. These traditions tell of all kinds of celestial events, such as the annual rising of... more
There has been an increase in consumers’ reliance on credit and rising consumer debt. The increase is especially problematic for those least able to afford debt of any kind – welfare recipients. This qualitative study reports on 120... more
Song and dance are a traditional means of strengthening culture and passing knowledge to successive generations in the Torres Strait of northeastern Australia. Dances incorporate a range of apparatuses to enhance the performance, such as... more
Starting from a practitioner's standpoint, this study investigates creativity as a system in which individual talent, desire and ambition operate. In the context of sustaining these motivations, personally and Contents Abstract 1 Chapter... more
As the only country to occupy an entire continent occupying more than 5% of the world's land area, Australia is also the oldest, flattest, driest, and most geospatial region. Through the three main historical development stages of the... more
Accounting as a profession is facing many challenges that increased following the collapse of large Australian corporate houses like One.Tel, HIH Insurance, ABC Learning Centres, Allco Finance Group and Bill Express. Investors, regulators... more
The "white Australia policy" has so far largely been discussed with regard only to its political-ideological perspective. No account was taken of the central problem of racist societalization, i.e. the everyday production and reproduction... more
Early ethnographers and missionaries recorded Aboriginal languages and oral traditions across Australia. Their general lack of astronomical training resulted in misidentifications, transcription errors and omissions in these records. In... more
Review of "The Detective: Sylvia Plath's Tribute to Holmes and the Whodunit" by Mark Doyle, for The Passengers' Log, the Journal of The Sydney Sherlock Holmes Society, 'The Sydney Passengers'. (c) 6 January, 2017. Vol. 20 No. 2. ISSN... more
This special issue addresses the possible connections and mutual benefits of examining together two analytic concepts – memory and periphery. These concepts receive much attention in various scholarly discussions, yet they have done so... more
The use of the Broadmeadows army camp to accommodate homeless and jobless single men was one of a number of fledgling, unemployment relief measures implemented by the Victorian Hogan State Labor government during the earliest and darkest... more
The role of boarding schools in helping to overcome education disadvantage for First Australian young people has received increasing attention, and funding, from government, the media, and private sector investors in recent years.... more
This article reconsiders the politics and aesthetics of aftermath photography. Many critics have argued that the emerging, experimental genre of documentary photography ‘abstracts’ and renders ‘sublime’ the traumatic historical events... more
This chapter examines former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s withdrawal of welfare benefits to 150,000 single mothers on the day of her historic ‘misogyny speech’, 9 October 2012. The contrast between the rhetoric of equality... more
Although a small cohort, often deemed insignificant, the Irish in South Australia developed an extensive network of social, business and political connections with the wider colonial society which aided them in their support of the long... more
This essay elucidates a connection between site, sound and memory by looking to the ways that those aural experiences are framed in works of sound art. I focus on the ambient / experimental / sound art work of Alan Lamb and Lawrence... more
As nationalist ideologies intensify in Australia, so do the experiences of ‘everyday racism’ and exclusion for Black African immigrants. In this article, we utilize critical theories and engage with colonial histories to contextualize... more
This thesis looks at the video works of Australian artist Tracey Moffatt, regarding them as starting points for an investigation into affect in relation to place. It wishes to consider the body in space - the body as a mean to think... more
In 1915, news of the Armenian genocide sparked a relief movement in Victoria which eventually spread throughout Australia. The movement engulfed many of Victoria’s political, civic and religious leaders, with Victorian women playing a... more
This chapter considers the role of technology in global migration, contemporary emigration motivators, and Ireland’s diaspora engagement policy and practice. It analyses the results of two surveys of Irish migrants to Australia carried... more
Transition, Issue 126, 2018, pp. 43-57 (Article)
One of the mysteries in contemporary world politics is why in recent years Australia has been leading the world in its hawkish approach to China, its largest trading partner. More than most of its allies, the Australian government seems... more
Published as part of the collection: Baehr, Elisabeth, and Barbara Schmidt-Haberkamp, eds. 2017. "And there'll be NO dancing". Perspectives on Policies Impacting Indigenous Australians since 2007. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars... more
Over the past three decades, Australia has seen more than a 100% increase in its rate of incarceration. A sizable part of this has come from the rise in incarcerated indigenous people. Australia also experiences problems related to high... more
, a Canadian hero in the cause of freedom, and naturally branded "far right" and worse by his enemies, has done a powerful, indeed, a gut-wrenching story to camera about the hottest place in hell, and those who are destined to occupy that... more
The article investigates afresh the circumstances surrounding the "anti-Chinese uprising" in the Australian Goldfields town of Clunes in 1873. Beginning with historical interpretations of events, it notes that scholars have heavily... more