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Stuart Macintyre, one of Australia's most highly regarded
historians, revisits A Concise History of Australia to provoke
readers to reconsider Australia's past and its relationship to the
present. Integrating new scholarship with the historical record,
the fifth edition of A Concise History of Australia brings together
the long narrative of Australia's First Nations' peoples; the
arrival of Europeans and the era of colonies, convicts, gold and
free settlers; the foundation of a nation state; and the social,
cultural, political and economic developments that created a modern
Australia. As we enter the third decade of the twenty-first
century, Macintyre's Australia remains one of achievements and
failures. So too the future possibilities are deeply rooted in the
country's past endeavours. A Concise History of Australia is an
invitation to examine this past.
What is a fair wage? Is there a right to work? Is there a right to
shelter or to good health? What are the entitlements of those who
cannot work? Can opportunities be equal? For women? For Aborigines?
For more than a century, Australians have addressed expectations of
social justice to their governments and have had to live with the
consequences. This book looks at how changing circumstances have
generated changing popular aspirations, and how these in turn have
been translated into public policy. It argues that social justice
has no single meaning and is in fact the site of conflicting and
divergent endeavours. Precisely for this reason it has a special
relevance for the age of consensus. The first part of this book
uses these shifting interpretations of social justice as a lodestar
to chart a new course through the history of this country. The
second part shows how it operates today as a focus of debate in
areas ranging from education to Aboriginal land rights. The book
therefore offers a new perspective on the past and a trenchant
analysis of the present. It draws together a wide range of material
and presents it by means of case studies that assume no specialist
knowledge. It will appeal to students of Australian history, public
policy and social welfare; and it is addressed to all readers with
an interest in the future of their country.
What is a fair wage? Is there a right to work? Is there a right to
shelter or to good health? What are the entitlements of those who
cannot work? Can opportunities be equal? For women? For Aborigines?
For more than a century, Australians have addressed expectations of
social justice to their governments and have had to live with the
consequences. This book looks at how changing circumstances have
generated changing popular aspirations, and how these in turn have
been translated into public policy. It argues that social justice
has no single meaning and is in fact the site of conflicting and
divergent endeavours. Precisely for this reason it has a special
relevance for the age of consensus. The first part of this book
uses these shifting interpretations of social justice as a lodestar
to chart a new course through the history of this country. The
second part shows how it operates today as a focus of debate in
areas ranging from education to Aboriginal land rights. The book
therefore offers a new perspective on the past and a trenchant
analysis of the present. It draws together a wide range of material
and presents it by means of case studies that assume no specialist
knowledge.It will appeal to students of Australian history, public
policy and social welfare; and it is addressed to all readers with
an interest in the future of their country.
The reconstruction of higher education in Australia through the
creation of the Unified National System of Higher Education at the
end of the 1980s by John Dawkins is commonly seen as a watershed.
It brought new ways of funding, directing and organising
universities, expanding their size, reorienting their activities
and setting in train a far-reaching transformation of the academic
enterprise. This volume traces its impact on the balance between
the University of Melbourne's academic mission and external
expectations, and how it adjusted to neutralise the impact of the
change and restore the balance. At Melbourne, the Dawkins
revolution changed little in the way it understood itself and
conducted its affairs, but changed everything.
A major new account of the 1940s in Australia. In this landmark
book, Stuart Macintyre explains how a country traumatised by World
War I, hammered by the Depression and overstretched by World War II
became a prosperous, successful and growing society by the 1950s.
An extraordinary group of individuals, notably John Curtin, Ben
Chifley, Nugget Coombs, John Dedman and Robert Menzies, re-made the
country, planning its reconstruction against a background of
wartime sacrifice and austerity. The other part of this triumphant
story shows Australia on the world stage, seeking to fashion a new
world order that would bring peace and prosperity. This book shows
the 1940s to be a pivotal decade in Australia. At the height of his
powers, Macintyre reminds us that key components of the society we
take for granted - work, welfare, health, education, immigration,
housing - are not the result of military endeavour but policy,
planning, politics and popular resolve.
The Commonwealth of Australia was federated in 1901. Only three
short years later the Federal Government established a court system
to arbitrate over industrial disputes in a young country that
already had a history of half a century of organised labour. This
2004 book is a thematic history of an important Australian
institution, the federal conciliation and arbitration system, on
the occasion of its centenary. The various chapters written by
leading scholars deal with the system's political history, the work
of the tribunal, the legal framework, economic and social effects,
the effects on indigenous and women workers, the role of employers
associations and unions, and the management of industrial conflict.
It is a story rich in drama involving strikes, lockouts,
imprisonment of union officials, noisy protests in courtrooms and
in the streets, momentous High Court judgements, and the rise and
fall of governments.
In ""The Historian's Conscience"", Macintyre and thirteen other
Australian historians put history and the history profession under
the microscope. Eminent contributors include Alan Atkinson, Graeme
Davison, Greg Dening, John Hirst, Beverley Kingston, Marilyn Lake,
and Iain McCalman. They not only ask but answer the hard questions
about writing and researching history. How do historians choose
their histories? What sort of emotional investment do they make in
their subjects, and how do they control their sympathies? How do
they deal with unpalatable discoveries? To whom are historians
responsible? And for whom are they entitled to speak?
Intellectually provocative, often personally revealing, always
engaged, ""The Historian's Conscience"" is a 'must read'.
The Commonwealth of Australia was federated in 1901. Only three
short years later the Federal Government established a court system
to arbitrate over industrial disputes in a young country that
already had a history of half a century of organised labour. This
2004 book is a thematic history of an important Australian
institution, the federal conciliation and arbitration system, on
the occasion of its centenary. The various chapters written by
leading scholars deal with the system's political history, the work
of the tribunal, the legal framework, economic and social effects,
the effects on indigenous and women workers, the role of employers
associations and unions, and the management of industrial conflict.
It is a story rich in drama involving strikes, lockouts,
imprisonment of union officials, noisy protests in courtrooms and
in the streets, momentous High Court judgements, and the rise and
fall of governments.
A revolution swept through universities three decades ago,
transforming them from elite institutions into a mass system of
higher education.Teaching was aligned with occupational outcomes,
research was directed to practical results. Campuses grew and
universities became more entrepreneurial. Students had to juggle
their study requirements with paid work, and were required to pay
back part of the cost of their degrees. The federal government
directed this transformation through the creation of a Unified
National System.How did this happen? What were the gains and the
losses? No End of a Lesson explores this radical reconstruction and
assesses its consequences.
Volume 1 of The Cambridge History of Australia explores Australia's
history from ancient times through to Federation in 1901. It begins
with an archaeological examination of the continent's Indigenous
history, which dates back 50,000 years. This volume examines the
first European encounters with Australia and its Indigenous people,
and the subsequent colonisation of the land by the British in the
late eighteenth century, providing insight into the realities of a
convict society and how this shaped the nation's development. Part
I traces the dynamic growth in Australia's economy, demography and
industry throughout the nineteenth century, as it moved towards a
system of liberal democracy and one of the most defining events in
its history: the Federation of the colonies in 1901. Part II offers
a deeper investigation of key topics, such as relations between
Indigenous people and settlers, and Australia's colonial identity.
It also covers the economy, science and technology, law and
literature.
Volume 2 of The Cambridge History of Australia covers the period
1901 to the present day. It begins with the first day of the
twentieth century, which saw the birth of the Commonwealth of
Australia. In Part I the fortunes of the nation-state are traced
over time: a narrative of national policies, from the initial
endeavours to protect Australian living standards to the
dismantling of protection, and from maintenance of the integrity of
a white settler society to fashioning a diverse, multicultural one.
These chapters relate how Australia responded to external
challenges and adapted to changing expectations. In Part II some
distinctive features of modern Australia are clarified: its
enduring democracy and political stability, engagement with a
unique environment, the means whereby Australians maintained
prosperity, the treatment and aspirations of its Indigenous
inhabitants. The changing patterns of social relations are
examined, along with the forms of knowledge, religion,
communication and creativity.
What are the social sciences? What do they do? How are they
practised in Australia? The Poor Relation examines the place of the
social sciences-from economics and psychology to history, law and
philosophy-in the teaching and research conducted by Australian
universities. Across sixty years The Poor Relation charts the
changing circumstances of the social sciences, and measures their
contribution to public policy. In doing so it also relates the
arrangements made to support them and explains why they are so
persistently treated as the poor relation of science and
technology.
Inter-organisational activity, whether public and private sector
collaborations, university and industry partnerships or joint
ventures between businesses, has benefits that range from increased
market efficiency to innovative product development. Yet too often
such activity can founder under the weight of differing
expectations and divergent interests. How Organisations Connect
shows how to avoid the pitfalls and make partnerships work. The
contributors, experts from a range of disciplines, demonstrate the
importance of developing strategies and establishing
infrastructures that enable organisations to connect, and
communicate, effectively. Their insights are backed up by case
studies that include an investigation of three government and
community sector partnerships in Australia, Canada and New Zealand;
analysis of what makes a university-industry collaboration
successful; an exploration of the changing relations between
central banks and governments in Australia and New Zealand
throughout the twentieth century; and a study of recent innovative
developments in the supply chain networks of some British consumer
industries. Through economic and business theory, historical
perspectives and contemporary evidence How Organisations Connect
presents both fascinating research findings and practical advice.
Geoffrey Blainey is one of Australia's best-known historians. This
book gathers a group of fellow historians of various ages,
interests, and political stances to comment on Blainey's career and
work. They examine his views on aboriginality, ethnicity,
environmentalism, gender, empire, immigration, technology,
corporate history, labor, war, sport, and media, revealing a
graceful and provocative storyteller.
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