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'Kangaroo Court': Family Law in Australia
John HirstIn the first Quarterly Essay of 2005, John Hirst investigates what went wrong. This is a measured yet unsparing appraisal which interleaves individual cases with compelling legal and moral argument.
Dis-assembly
Sally TallantBut it is the interview between Hirst and Hans Ulrich Obrist that gives a direct insight into the motivation and reason behind the murderme collection, and how it relates to Hirst the artist and Hirst the curator.
A Republican Manifesto
John Bradley HirstJohn Bradley Hirst. were put to the people. All were defeated and three of them by the largest margins ever. The leader of the campaign against these proposals was the Liberal front-bencher Peter Reith. He faced the difficulty that some ...
The Australians (Large Print 16pt)
John HirstIn The Australians, John Hirst gathers together the key assessments of the national character, on topics as diverse as sport, war, mateship, humour, put-downs, suburbia and going native. There is celebration and criticism.
The Australians: Insiders & Outsiders on the National ...
John Bradley HirstIn this fascinating collection, John Hirst has assembled the key assessments of the national character of Australia and Australians.
Looking for Australia: Historical Essays
John HirstAnd what do such national quirks reveal about our society' our past and our attitudes towards it? Looking for Australia is a fascinating collection of essays by historian John Hirst.
Quarterly Essay 17 'Kangaroo Court': Family Law in Australia
John HirstIn the first Quarterly Essay of 2005, John Hirst investigates what went wrong. This is a measured yet unsparing appraisal which interleaves individual cases with compelling legal and moral argument.
Looking for Australia: Historical Essays
John Bradley HirstIn these enthralling essays, John Hirst considers whether Curtin was indeed Australia's greatest prime minister, examines the origins of Aussie Rules, tells the story of how Australia introduced the secret ballot, selects the best ...
Freedom on the Fatal Shore: Australia's First Colony
John Bradley HirstThey also have long been unavailable, either new or second-hand. This combined edition includes a new foreword by Hirst. These are works that bring to vivid life the early days of convict Australia.
The Sentimental Nation: The Making of the Australian ...
John HirstJohn Hirst has drawn on previously unexplored material to write a history of the long, sometimes difficult and ultimately "sentimental" process of Australian Federation, published on the eve of the Centenary of Federation.
Intruders in the bush: the Australian quest for identity
John CarrollThe second edition has been revised and reshaped, and includes major new pieces by Chris Wallace-Crabbe,John Hirst, Robert Manne and John Carroll.
Research Report
University of Melbourne... WILLIAM CULICAN LAWRENCE ROY GARDINER DONALD EDWARD KENNEDY NOEL DAVID McLACHLAN LESLIE LLOYD ROBSON Senior Lecturers GRAEME JOHN DAVISON JOHN BRADLEY HIRST SOW THENG LEONG DONALD ...
Freedom on the Fatal Shore: Australia’s First Colony
John HirstBoth are classic accounts which have had a profound effect on the understanding of our history. This combined edition includes a new foreword by the author.
Claude Raguet Hirst: Transforming the American Still Life
Claude Raguet HirstPh.D. dissertation, University of Delaware, 1995; and Marcia Hyland Green, " Women Art Students in America: An Historical Studv of Academic Art Instruction During the Nineteenth Century," Ph.D. dissertation, American University, 199o; also J.
Sense & Nonsense in Australian History
John HirstIncluded here are classic essays on the pioneer legend, Australian egalitarianism and colonial culture.
Australia's Democracy: A Short History
John HirstThe full story of Australia's democracy from one of our leading historians.
Convict Society and Its Enemies: A History of Early New ...
John Bradley HirstThe workings of the convict system and how a penal colony changed into a free society.
Lost Relations: Fortunes of my family in Australia's Golden Age
Graeme DavisonGet a master historian to write about his own. History and family history are combined in this fascinating book' - John Hirst, La Trobe University
Gray's Anatomy: Selected Writings
John GrayThis is a book to learn from and argue with' Ben Wilson, Literary Review 'A thoroughly enjoyable book ... These essays cover a remarkable range of topics, from Isaiah Berlin to Damien Hirst, from torture to environmentalism.
Five Fallacies of Aboriginal Policy
John Bradley HirstQuestions - 1) Aboriginal cultural richness - cites the neglect and abuse of oppositional culture; 2) land rights as a solution to economic marginalisation; 3) the co -operative nature of Aboriginal culture - priority of kinship obligations ...
The Shortest History of Europe
John HirstAccompanied by lively illustrations, The Shortest History of Europe is a clear, humorous and thought-provoking account of a remarkable civilisation. This new edition brings the story into the present, covering the world wars and beyond.
Australian History in 7 Questions:
John HirstEngaging and enjoyable, and written for the novice and the expert alike, Australian History in 7 Questions explains how we became the nation we are today. “one of the nation’s most independent and original historians” – Geoffrey ...
The Cambridge Companion to Andrew Marvell
PreviewElizabeth Story Donno, ed., Andrew Marvell: The Critical Heritage (London, 1978 ). Paul Hammond, 'Marvell's Sexuality', The Seventeenth Century 11 (1996), 87- 123. Derek Hirst, “'That Sober Liberty”: Marvell's Cromwell in 1654', in John M.
Discovering Democracy: A Guide to Government and Law in ...
John HirstA guide for Australian citizens on how to better understand the Australian democracy. It serves as a painless introduction to the government and law of their country.
The Melbourne University Calendar
University of MelbournePhD A.N.U. DipEd; 'John Bradley Hirst, BA PhDAie/;SowThengLeong, BABrandeis MA PhD Harv.; Donna Merwick, BA Mundelin Coll. MA De Paul PhD Wis. ; 'Joy Parnaby, MA PhD; Ronald Thomas Ridley, MA Syd.; Ian Gordon Robertson, ...
On the Origin of Species
Charles DarwinThis exciting anniversary edition has a new introduction and scholarly references by William Bynum, and the cover design is by Damien Hirst.
Your Prostate, Your Choices: The News May be More Reassuring ...
Geoffrey Hirst'This book should provide a greater resource than anything I know for informing men, and those who love them, about prostate disease.
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