History Australia, Volume 20, Issue 4 (2023)

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Editorials

Editorial
Editorial
Benjamin Mountford, Ellen Warne, Kate Fullagar & Jessica Lake
Pages: 465-467
Published online: 08 Dec 2023
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From the President
Frank Bongiorno
Pages: 468-470
Published online: 08 Dec 2023
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Oration

Oration
An address on the fiftieth anniversary of the Australian Historical Association, 3 July 2023
Graeme Davison
Pages: 471-475
Published online: 18 Aug 2023
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Research Articles

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Professional identity, prestige and the side hustles of lunacy doctors in New South Wales, 1879–1898
Sarah Luke
Pages: 476-496
Published online: 08 Dec 2023
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Votes for children: the 1931 NSW Children’s Peace Vote for international cooperation, peace and security
Annie McCarthy
Pages: 497-520
Published online: 05 Sep 2023
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A compromised shore: seachange migration and landscape politics on the Central Coast of New South Wales, 1945–2001
Chris Beer
Pages: 521-539
Published online: 06 Sep 2023
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Failing the test of historical integrity? Revisiting Gallipoli, the Armenian genocide and the First World War
David Trudinger
Pages: 540-559
Published online: 08 Dec 2023
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Recognising research development and training in history and the public humanities through university and museum-led partnerships in Australia
Kylie Message
Pages: 560-580
Published online: 08 Dec 2023
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History off the Page Reviews

Review Article
Challenging the ‘normcore’ version of our history in Who the Bloody Hell Are We?
Who the Bloody Hell Are We? John Safran, Cal Wilson and Adam Liaw, hosts, Tony Jackson, director and producer, David Collins, writer and producer, 3 × 51 minutes, Special Broadcasting Service and Chemical Media, 2023.
Michelle Arrow
Pages: 581-582
Published online: 08 Dec 2023
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Capturing dis/connections in Melbourne city
Collective City, VAC Gallery, Victorian Archives Centre, North Melbourne, until 1 December 2023.
Fiona Gatt
Pages: 583-585
Published online: 08 Dec 2023
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Review Article
Communing with the athletes
Grit & Gold: Tales from a Sporting Nation, National Library of Australia, Canberra, curated by Guy Hansen, 9 June to 5 November 2023.
James Watson
Pages: 586-588
Published online: 08 Dec 2023
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Around the Meeting Tree
coordinated by Networking Tranby Research team, including Heather Goodall, Heidi Norman, Belinda Russon, Fiona Smith, Emelda Davis, Lynette Bolt, Helen Randerson and Judith Torzillo; Crina Belevi, website design and build, Manny Perez, map development, Networking Tranby, 2023.
Beth Marsden
Pages: 589-591
Published online: 08 Dec 2023
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Book Reviews

Book Review
Frank Bongiorno brings our political history into the twenty-first century with pace and flair
Dreamers and Schemers: A Political History of Australia, by Frank Bongiorno, Collingwood, Black Inc in conjunction with LaTrobe University Press, 2022, 472 pp., $AU39.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781760640095, Publisher’s website:
Kathryn M Hunter
Pages: 592-593
Published online: 14 Sep 2023
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Alanna Kamp shows all over again that a focus on women can change the picture
by Alanna Kamp, London and New York, Routledge, 2022, 203 + xi pp., $AU90 (ebk), ISBN 9781003131335, Publisher’s website:
Antonia Finnane
Pages: 594-595
Published online: 08 Dec 2023
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Diane Kirkby, Lee-Ann Monk and Dmytro Ostapenko give a global view of maritime unions grappling with rapid change
Maritime Men of the Asia-Pacific: True-Blue Internationals Navigating Labour Rights, 1906-2006, by Diane Kirkby with Lee-Ann Monk and Dmytro Ostapenko, Liverpool, UK, Liverpool University Press,2022, 352 pp., $AU293 (hbk), ISBN 9781802077193, Publisher’s website:
Heather Goodall
Pages: 596-598
Published online: 08 Dec 2023
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Lachlan Strahan uncovers the trials and privations of the colonial police through the life of his Kelly-hunting ancestor
Justice in Kelly Country: The story of the cop who hunted Australia’s most notorious bushrangers, by Lachlan Strahan, Melbourne, Monash University Publishing, 2022, 327 pp., $AU32.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781922633507, Publisher’s website:
Meg Foster
Pages: 599-600
Published online: 08 Dec 2023
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June Factor on immigration and military labour in the Australian Army employment companies of the Second World War
Soldiers and Aliens: Men in the Australian Army’s Employment Companies during World War II, by June Factor, Melbourne, Melbourne University Publishing, 2022, 352 pp., $AU39.99, ISBN: 9780522878585, Publisher’s website:
Nathan Wise
Pages: 601-602
Published online: 08 Dec 2023
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Meg Foster uncovers the stories of Australia’s ‘other’ bushrangers
Boundary Crossers: The Hidden History of Australia’s Other Bushrangers, by Meg Foster, Sydney, NewSouth Publishing, 2022, 228 pp., $AU34.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781742237527, Publisher’s website:
Karen Fox
Pages: 603-604
Published online: 08 Dec 2023
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Rohan Lloyd drills into the contested life of the Great Barrier Reef
Saving the Reef: The Human Story Behind One of Australia's Greatest Environmental Treasures, by Rohan Lloyd, St Lucia, University of Queensland Press, 2022, 272 pp., $AU32.99 (pbk), ISBN 9780702265754. Publisher's website:
Alessandro Antonello
Pages: 605-606
Published online: 08 Dec 2023
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Carla Pascoe Leahy’s vital history of first-time motherhood
Becoming a Mother: An Australian History, by Carla Pascoe Leahy, Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2023, 296 pp., $AU164 (hbk), ISBN 978-1-5261-6120-8, Publisher's website:
Charlotte Greenhalgh
Pages: 607-608
Published online: 08 Dec 2023
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Rachel Franks uncovers the life of a hangman
An Uncommon Hangman: The Life and Deaths of Robert ‘Nosey Bob’ Howard, by Rachel Franks, Sydney, NewSouth, 2022, 416 pp., $AU34.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781742237343, Publisher’s website:
Andy Kaladelfos
Pages: 609-610
Published online: 08 Dec 2023
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