Author: Gordon Lesile Buxton
Publisher:
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Category : Land grants
Languages : en
Pages : 138

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Author: Paul Sendziuk
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107623650
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329

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A History of South Australia investigates the state's history from before the arrival of the first European explorers to today.

Author: Carolyn Collins
Publisher: Wakefield Press
ISBN: 1743056060
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258

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In this lively, provocative collection, some of Australia's leading historians - and a Miles Franklin shortlisted historical novelist - challenge established myths, narratives and 'beautiful lies' about South Australia's past. Some are unmasked as false stories that mask brutal realities, like colonial violence - while others are revealed as simplistic versions of more complex truths. 'Each generation writes history that speaks to its own interests and concerns,' write historians Paul Ashton and Anna Clark. In Foundational Fictions in South Australian History, which grew out of a series of public lectures at the University of Adelaide, an impressive range of contributors suggest different ways in which familiar narratives of South Australia can be interpreted. These essays tap into wider debates, too, about the nature and purpose of history - and the 'history wars' first flamed by John Howard. Stuart Macintyre highlights South Australia's central role in several national events. Humphrey McQueen questions the origins and influence of the money behind South Australia's so-called progressive founding. Lucy Treloar suggests historians can learn from novelists when it comes to understanding the past. Steven Anderson argues that Don Dunstan's achievement in abolishing capital punishment owed much to a historical movement. And Carolyn Collins highlights the role of anti-conscription group Save Our Sons (SOS) in not just ending the Vietnam War, but broadening the appeal of the anti-war movement.

Author: South Australia. Parliament
Publisher:
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Category : South Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 1394

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Author: Reg Hamilton
Publisher: Wakefield Press
ISBN: 1862548935
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 330

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Until 1832 the small towns of England were ruled by a curious set of institutions. These included the local Church of England and its vestry, and the unelected and self-appointing local government. They also had vigorous campaigns for election to the House of Commons, and public voting, characterised by virulent free speech and the occasional riot. How would these institutions transfer to Britainís colonies? In 1856 the remote colony of South Australia had the secret ballot, votes for all adult men, and religious freedom, and in 1857 self-government by an elected parliament. The basic framework of a modern democracy was suddenly established. How did South Australia become so modern, so early? How were British institutions radically transformed by British colonists, and why did the Colonial Office allow it? Reg Hamilton answers these questions with an amusing history of the curious institutions of unreconstructed Dover before modern democracy, in the period 1780-1835, and of the spirited and occasionally shameful conduct of colonists far from home, but determined to make their fortune in the distant colony of South Australia.

Author: Michael Williams
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 552

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Author: Herbert Chilion Jones
Publisher: Carswell
ISBN:
Category : Land titles
Languages : en
Pages : 514

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Author: Francis Keble Crowley
Publisher: Adelaide : Libraries Board of South Australia
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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Various local history documents used by A.M. Dolling in her research.

Author: South Australia
Publisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 326

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Author: Wilfrid R. Prest
Publisher: Wakefield Press*
ISBN: 9781862545588
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 668

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Contains hundreds of well-researched, compact entries on events and movements, institutions and industries as well as longer essays on major themes from Aboriginal-European conflict and Aboriginal histories to more recent concerns of wages and water.