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By Mark Bahnisch on February 16, 2010
Naomi Parry reviews the reception (and content) of Keith Windschuttle’s new book at New Matilda: Late last year Keith Windschuttle released another book questioning the existence of the stolen generations. But this time, nobody cared. Very few people would be [...]
Posted in History, Indigenous, Politics, Race | Tagged Australian history, Culture Wars, denialism, Fabrication of Aboriginal history, History wars, Indigenous history, John Howard, keith windschuttle, Naomi Parry, New Matilda, robert manne, stolen generations, The Monthly |
By Kim on October 30, 2008
<img src="http://larvatusprodeo.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/gallipolilanding.jpg" Paul Keating has been speaking out again about Australian history:
Posted in Anzac Day, Australiana, History, Politics | Tagged ANZAC, Australian history, First World War, Gallipoli, Great War, History wars, Paul Keating, PJK |
By Mark Bahnisch on October 16, 2008
Bruce Moore’s new book, Speaking Our Language: The Story of Australian Language got a fair bit more press coverage – in the news pages as opposed to the reviews sections – than is usual for a tome authored by an [...]
Posted in Australiana, Books, Writers & Writing, Culture, Education, History, Imperialism, Language, Media, Nationalism | Tagged Australian accent, Australian English, Australian history, Book review, Bruce Moore, cultural studies, Language, linguistics, post-colonial cultures, social linguistics, Sociology, sociology of culture, Speaking Our Langage, vernacular culture, Writings |
By Mark Bahnisch on October 13, 2008
Reporting of the initial proposals from the National Curriculum Board for directions for history teaching in schools is concentrating on the suggestion that Australian history be embedded within global contexts. Given that there has already been a predictable furore of [...]
Posted in Education, History, Nationalism, Politics | Tagged Anna Clark, Australian history, Canadian history, Culture Wars, Gerard Henderson, History wars, history's children, kevin donnelly, national curriculum board, national history curriculum, school education, schools policy, Sociology, stuart macintyre, Tony Abbott, world history |
By Mark Bahnisch on August 28, 2008
<img src="http://larvatusprodeo.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/mark-davis.jpg" align=left At one stage, having read a lecture by Mark Davis in Overland, I thought his new book was going to be an update of Gangland. I’ve just started reading The Land of Plenty: Australia in the 2000s [...]
Posted in Anzac Day, Australiana, Books, Writers & Writing, Culture, Ethics, History, Indigenous, Markets, Media, Nationalism, Philosophy, Politics | Tagged 2007 federal election, ALP, Australian culture, Australian history, Australian nationalism, Australian studies, battle of ideas, Book review, Culture Wars, egalitarianism, fair go, Gangland, Kevin Rudd, Labor, Mark Davis, Melbourne University Press, neoliberalism, Nettie Palmer, political culture, political ideologies, politics & government, Rudd government, social democracy, sociology of culture, The Land of Plenty, Writings |
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