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"First contacts" in Polynesia : the Samoan case (1722-1848) : Western misunderstandings about sexuality and divinity / / Serge Tcherkézoff
| "First contacts" in Polynesia : the Samoan case (1722-1848) : Western misunderstandings about sexuality and divinity / / Serge Tcherkézoff |
| Autore | Tcherkézoff Serge |
| Edizione | [New edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Canberra, : ANU Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (252 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
| Disciplina | 327.961304 |
| Soggetto topico |
History
Anthropology |
| Soggetto non controllato |
history
customs social life samoan islands foreign relations europe Bougainville Island Ethnic groups in Europe James Cook Jean-François de Galaup comte de Lapérouse Polynesia Polynesians Tahiti |
| ISBN | 1-921536-02-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910137647403321 |
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"First contacts" in Polynesia : the Samoan case (1722-1848) : Western misunderstandings about sexuality and divinity / / Serge Tcherkézoff
| "First contacts" in Polynesia : the Samoan case (1722-1848) : Western misunderstandings about sexuality and divinity / / Serge Tcherkézoff |
| Autore | Tcherkézoff Serge |
| Edizione | [New edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Canberra, : ANU Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (252 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
| Disciplina | 327.961304 |
| Soggetto topico |
History
Anthropology |
| Soggetto non controllato |
history
customs social life samoan islands foreign relations europe Bougainville Island Ethnic groups in Europe James Cook Jean-François de Galaup comte de Lapérouse Polynesia Polynesians Tahiti |
| ISBN | 1-921536-02-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996199793603316 |
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Tcherkézoff Serge
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| Canberra, : ANU Press, 2008 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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'I Buy This Piece of Ground Here' : An Italian Market-Gardener Community in Adelaide, 1920s-1970s
| 'I Buy This Piece of Ground Here' : An Italian Market-Gardener Community in Adelaide, 1920s-1970s |
| Autore | Regan Madeleine |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Canberra : , : ANU Press, , 2025 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (320 pages) |
| Disciplina | 307.76 |
| Collana | Biography Series |
| Soggetto topico |
City and town life - History
Human ecology - History |
| ISBN | 1-76046-670-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1.Building a group biography -- 2.Beginnings in Adelaide -- 3.Attachment to land -- 4.Family life and labour -- 5.Life within the community -- 6.Community in times of crisis - 7.Pathways: The 1.5 and second generations -- 8.Transforming the paese -- 9.Conclusion: Continuity of the paese. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911011371603321 |
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Regan Madeleine
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| Canberra : , : ANU Press, , 2025 | ||
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'I succeeded once' : the Aboriginal Protectorate on the Mornington Peninsula, 1839-1840 / / Marie Hansen Fels
| 'I succeeded once' : the Aboriginal Protectorate on the Mornington Peninsula, 1839-1840 / / Marie Hansen Fels |
| Autore | Fels Marie Hansen |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Canberra, Australia : , : ANU Press, , [2011] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (444 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 994.500499152 |
| Collana | Aboriginal history monographs |
| Soggetto topico | Aboriginal Australians - Australia - Mornington Peninsula (Vic.) |
| ISBN | 1-921862-12-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910141803003321 |
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Fels Marie Hansen
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| Canberra, Australia : , : ANU Press, , [2011] | ||
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'My Own Sort of Heaven' : A Life of Rosalie Gascoigne
| 'My Own Sort of Heaven' : A Life of Rosalie Gascoigne |
| Autore | Francis Nicola |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Canberra : , : ANU Press, , 2024 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (410 pages) |
| Disciplina | 759.993 |
| Collana | Biography Series |
| Soggetto topico | Artists - Australia |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Biographies. |
| ISBN | 1-76046-656-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgement of Country and recognition of mana whenua -- Notes about naming, copyright and placenames -- Words of gratitude -- Abbreviations -- List of figures -- Figure 0.0: Hester Gascoigne at home in Canberra, 2023. -- Figure 0.1: Rosalie exploring materials at a local rubbish tip, 1980s or 1990s. -- Figure 0.2: Items collected by Rosalie, at Hester Gascoigne's home, 2023. -- Figure 1.1: Rosalie's family tree. -- Figure 1.2: MacMurray Road, Remuera (left of picture) and Remuera Road on the right, looking north-west from Mt Hobson, 1920. -- Figure 1.3: Henry Hulbert Metcalfe, Rosalie's maternal grandfather. -- Figure 1.4: Rosalie's grandmother Jessie Alexander Metcalfe (née Hamilton) as a young woman. -- Figure 1.5: William Charles 'Whiskey' Walker, Rosalie's paternal grandfather. -- Figure 1.6: William Charles 'Whiskey' Walker and Annie Krauze Walker (née Franklin), Rosalie's paternal grandparents. -- Figure 1.7: St Mary's Cathedral, Parnell, where Marion and Stanley were married in 1915. -- Figure 1.8: Rosalie's father, Stanley Walker, in the remainder of his and Marion Metcalfe's wedding photo, 1915. -- Figure 1.9: Rosalie's uncle Harry, Henry Ernest 'Harry' Metcalfe. -- Figure 1.10: 'Death of Mr H. H. Metcalfe'. -- Figure 1.11: Headstone of Lieutenant Henry 'Harry' Ernest Metcalfe (4/1225), Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, France. -- Figure 1.12: Rosalie as a young child, c. 1922. -- Figure 2.1: Some of Rosalie's collection of yellow bone china cups and saucers and pieces of retro-reflective road signs left in her studio when she died. -- Figure 2.2: Jessie Metcalfe's death notice. -- Figure 2.3: Rosalie's Aunt Nellie (Ellen Mary Metcalfe) as a VAD nurse during World War I. -- Figure 2.4: A watercolour of a coastal scene near Auckland, painted by Nellie Metcalfe who may have learned to paint from her father.
Figure 2.5: The brass container with which Rosalie won a prize at the Remuera Primary School fete in 1929 for an arrangement of buttercups with yellow ribbon, inspired by Aunt Nellie. -- Figure 2.6: Principal and staff of Epsom Girls' Grammar School, 1929, showing Marion Walker second from the right in the second row from the top. -- Figure 2.7: Close-up of Marion Walker (centre). -- Figure 2.8: Stanley's drink driving exploits exposed his family to shame through the publicity he attracted in newspapers around the country. -- Figure 2.9: From left, Rosalie, Daintry, Douglas and Stanley at 8 Halls Avenue, c. 1929. -- Figure 2.10: Picnickers and holidaymakers arriving at Waiheke Island, with the steamer ferry at the wharf, 1922. -- Figure 2.11: Sensationalist newspaper coverage of the Elise Walker case. -- Figure 2.12: Scallop shells collected by Rosalie. -- Figure 3.1: Rosalie (far right) with friends at Epsom Girls' Grammar School. -- Figure 3.2: Pupils outside Epsom Girls' Grammar School, 1926. -- Figure 3.3: Epsom Girls' Grammar School hall, 1930. -- Figure 3.4: Rosalie is in the centre row, fifth from the left in this class photo from Epsom Girls' Grammar School, c. 1932. -- Figure 3.5: Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland's Waitematā Harbour, including Rangitoto Island (centre distance) from Ōhinerau (Mt Hobson), May 1927. -- Figure 3.6: The Shell, a poem possibly written by Rosalie. -- Figure 3.7: Newspaper coverage of Bill Bayly's case, 1934. -- Figure 4.1: Auckland University College buildings, including clock tower and Princes Street in foreground, c. 1939-46. -- Figure 4.2: Arts Building, Auckland University College, viewed from Albert Park, c. 1930. -- Figure 4.3: Auckland University College Field Club, c. 1935-38. -- Figure 4.4: Auckland University College Field Club, c. 1935-38. -- Figure 4.5: 'Debutantes' Dance', Auckland Star, 7 May 1936, 12. Figure 4.6: Rosalie with her mother Marion Walker, Bob Foster and friends, Blenheim, 1934. -- Figure 4.7: 'Intoxicated', Auckland Star, 15 July 1936, 8. -- Figure 4.8: Rosalie on her graduation from Auckland University College, May 1939. -- Figure 4.9: Auckland Town Hall, c. 1940, the scene of Rosalie's graduation in May 1939. -- Figure 4.10: Auckland Girls' Grammar School, 1926. -- Figure 4.11: The chess set carved by Crimean prisoners of war in England that Rosalie bought in an Auckland antique shop as a wedding present for Ben. -- Figure 5.1: Auckland city and waterfront, 1947. -- Figure 5.2: Albert Park, 1940s, opposite Auckland University College. -- Figure 5.3: View from Mt Ainslie, Canberra, showing the subdivisions of Reid, Braddon, City Shops, Acton and Mt Stromlo. -- Figure 5.4: A poster, c. 1940, advertising the flying boat service on which Rosalie flew from Auckland to Sydney. -- Figure 5.5: Rosalie arrives at St John the Baptist Anglican Church with Clabon 'Cla' Allen who, in the absence of her family, had been asked to 'give her away'. -- Figure 5.6: St John the Baptist Anglican Church, Reid, the oldest church in Canberra, where Rosalie and Ben were married. -- Figure 5.7: Interior of St John the Baptist Church. -- Figure 5.8: Rosalie and Ben Gascoigne on their wedding day, 9 January 1943, outside the Allens' house on Mt Stromlo where their reception was held. -- Figure 5.9: 'Married at Canberra, Gascoigne-Walker', New Zealand Herald, 31 March 1943, 5. -- Figure 5.10: Residence 19, Mt Stromlo Observatory, Rosalie and Ben's home from January 1943 to 1960. -- Figure 5.11: Home again. Rosalie with baby Martin back on Mt Stromlo, February 1944. -- Figure 6.1: Ben at work, Mount Stromlo Observatory, 1948. -- Figure 6.2: New residences and bachelor quarters, Mt Stromlo, 1944. Figure 6.3: Rosalie and Martin, during a visit to Auckland c. 1944, with Rosalie's lifelong friend Marjorie Daniel. -- Figure 6.4: Marion Walker with Toss, Auckland, c. 1945. -- Figure 7.1: Aerial view of Mt Stromlo, 1956. -- Figure 7.2: View of Mt Stromlo Observatory, c. 1955. -- Figure 7.3: Rosalie with Marion Walker, Toss and Martin, c. 1948-49. -- Figure 7.4: Rosalie with Hester, c. late 1949 or early 1950. -- Figure 7.5: Rosalie with Toss, Hester and Martin on the back lawn at home, Mt Stromlo, 1950. -- Figure 7.6: Rosalie with Hester and Toss, Mt Stromlo, 1951. -- Figure 7.7: Martin, Hester and Toss Gascoigne, c. 1954. -- Figure 7.8: Detail of the quilt Rosalie made on Stromlo. -- Figure 7.9: Another detail of Rosalie's quilt. -- Figure 7.10: Australian Academy of Science, The Australian National University, Gordon Street and McCoy Circuit, Acton, ACT, 1959. -- Figure 8.1: Rosalie c. 1961. -- Figure 8.2. Rosalie's arrangement with driftwood and grasses at the Spring Flower Show in 1960. -- Figure 8.3: Rosalie's arrangement Forest Fire was the champion decorative exhibit at the Canberra Horticultural Show held at the Albert Hall in March 1964. -- Figure 8.4: The Ladies' Drawing Room, University House, ANU, c. 1955, with furniture designed by Fred Ward. -- Figure 9.1: 'He emasculated it!'-Norman Sparnon (centre) in front of Rosalie's tangled iron with blue devil, with the consul general for Japan, Mr Nissi Sato, and Mrs Sato at Farmers Blaxland Gallery, Sydney, in 1965. -- Figure 9.2: James Mollison, c. 1977. -- Figure 9.3: 3 Anstey Street, Pearce, the mid-century modern Gascoigne home designed by architect Theo Bischoff. -- Figure 9.4: The dining room at 3 Anstey Street, Pearce. -- Figure 9.5: Rosalie with one of her ikebana arrangements, Anstey Street, Pearce, 1969. -- Figure 10.1: Rosalie with Michael Taylor at Anstey Street, Pearce, c. 1974. Figure 12.1: Rosalie and Ben, Anstey Street, 1997. -- Figure 12.2: The green velvet chaise longue on which Rosalie chatted with Peter McLeavey in 1983. -- Figure 12.3: Rosalie's grandson, Charles Gascoigne, with her materials in the courtyard at Anstey Street, 1983. -- Figure 13.1: US writer Josephine Humphreys, c. 2013. -- Figure 13.2: Rosalie Gascoigne at Toi o Tāmaki Auckland Art Gallery, July 1999. -- Prologue -- PART I. 1917-43. Auckland. Light and shadow -- 1. 1917-22: 'Happiness didn't enter into it' -- 2. 1923-29: 'I early on got a sense of shame' -- 3. 1930-34: 'I went to the school my mother taught at which was a bad thing' -- 4. 1935-43: 'English, French, Latin, maths and Greek … I got my BA' -- PART II. 1943-69. Stromlo and Deakin. 'The long littleness of female life' -- 5. 1943: 'Fate set me down, a bride' -- 6. 1944-49: 'You had to make a life out of nothing' -- 7. Late 1940s to 1960: 'Glory struck' -- 8. 1960-64: 'An expanding universe' -- PART III. 1969-99. Pearce. 'I needed this art' -- 9. 1965-70: 'Lift-off' -- 10. Early 1970s: 'I'm an artist!' -- 11. 1974-79: 'Breathless times' -- 12. The 1980s: 'An artist is like someone in the desert' -- 13. The 1990s: 'Only artists understand other artists' -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Francis Nicola
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| Canberra : , : ANU Press, , 2024 | ||
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'Order, Order!' : A Biographical Dictionary of Speakers, Deputy Speakers and Clerks of the Australian House of Representatives
| 'Order, Order!' : A Biographical Dictionary of Speakers, Deputy Speakers and Clerks of the Australian House of Representatives |
| Autore | Wilks Stephen |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Canberra : , : ANU Press, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (522 pages) |
| Collana | ANU Lives Series in Biography Series |
| ISBN |
9781760465766
1760465763 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction--Speakers, Deputies and the Clerks: The Shining Light of Biography? / Stephen Wilks -- Australian House of Representatives--the Office of Speaker / Justin Baker -- Australian House of Representatives--the Office of Deputy Speaker / Catherine Cornish -- Australian House of Representatives--the Office of Clerk / Natalie Cooke -- Biographical Entries -- Adermann, Sir Charles Frederick: Chairman of Committees 1950-1958 / John Hawkins -- Andrew, John Neil: Speaker 1998-2004 / Clare Parker. -- Aston, Sir William John (Bill): Speaker 1966-1972 / Donald Boadle.-- Bamford, Frederick William: Chairman of Committees 1923-1925 / D. W. Hunt.-- Barlin, Lyndal Mcalpin (Lyn): Clerk 1991-1997 / Nicholas Brown. -- Bayley, James Garfield: Chairman of Committees 1926-1929 / David Carment -- Bell, Sir George John: Speaker 1934-1940 / Stefan Petrow -- Berinson, Joseph Max (Joe): Chairman of Committees 1975 / Bobbie Oliver -- Bishop, Bronwyn Kathleen: Speaker 2013-2015 / Sylvia Marchant -- Blake, Douglas Maurice (Doug): Clerk 1982-1985 / Kay Walsh -- Bowden, George James: Chairman of Committees 1959-1961 / Sylvia Marchant and B. J. Costar -- Browning, Alan Robert: Clerk 1985-1991 / Derek Drinkwater -- Burke, Anna Elizabeth: Speaker 2012-2013 / Sylvia Marchant -- Cameron, Archie Galbraith: Speaker 1950-1956 / Stephen Wilks -- Causley, Ian Raymond: Deputy Speaker 2002-2007 / Clare Parker -- Chanter, John Moore: Chairman of Committees 1902-1903, 1914-1922 / G. N. Hawker -- Child, Gloria Joan: Speaker 1986-1989 / Sylvia Marchant -- Clark, Joseph James (Joe): Chairman of Committees 1946-1949 / N. T. McLennan -- Cope, James Francis (Jim): Speaker 1973-1975 / Joshua Black -- Duffy, Charles Gavan: Clerk 1901-1917 / Stephen Wilks -- Edwards, Ronald Frederick (Ron): Deputy Speaker 1989-1993 / Michael Hogan -- Elder, David Russell: Clerk 2014-2019 / Richard E. Reid -- Fowler, James Mackinnon: Chairman of Committees 1913-1914 / G. N. Hawker -- Gale, Walter Augustus: Clerk 1917-1927 / Bobbie Oliver -- Green, Frank Clifton: Clerk 1937-1955 / Stephen Wilks -- Groom, Sir Littleton Ernest: Speaker 1926-1929 / David Carment -- Halverson, Robert George (Bob): Speaker 1996-1998 / Judith Brett -- Harris, Ian Charles: Clerk 1997-2009 / Nicholas Brown. -- Hawker, David Peter: Speaker 2004-2007 / Clare Parker. -- Holder, Sir Frederick William: Speaker 1901-1909 / Haydon Manning. -- Jenkins, Sir George Henry: Clerk 1901 / Stephen Wilks. -- Jenkins, Henry Alfred (Harry): Speaker 1983-1985 / Joshua Black -- Jenkins, Henry Alfred (Harry): Speaker 2008-2011 / Joshua Black -- Johnson, Leslie Royston (Les): Chairman of Committees 1983 / John Hawkins -- Johnson, Sir William Elliot: Speaker 1913-1914, 1917-1922 / G. N. Hawker -- Lucock, Philip Ernest: Chairman of Committees 1961-1972, 1976-1977 / Marija Taflaga -- Mackay, George Hugh: Speaker 1932-1934 / Elaine Brown -- Makin, Norman John: Speaker 1929-1931 / Stephen Wilks and David Lowe -- Martin, Stephen Paul: Speaker 1993-1996 / John Hawkins -- McDonald, Charles: Speaker 1910-1913, 1914-1917 / Brian F. Stevenson McGrath, David Charles: Chairman of Committees 1929-1931 / Peter Love -- McGregor, John Robert: Clerk 1927 / Stephen Wilks -- McLeay, Sir John (Jack): Speaker 1956-1966 / L. M. Barlin. -- McLeay, Leo Boyce (Leo): Speaker 1989-1993 / Michael Hogan. -- Millar, Percival Clarence (Clarrie): Chairman of Committees 1978-1983 / Elaine Brown -- Nairn, Walter Maxwell: Speaker 1940-1943 / Lenore Layman -- Nehl, Garry Barr: Deputy Speaker 1996-2001 / Tracey Arklay -- Parkes, Ernest William: Clerk 1927-1937 / Derek Drinkwater -- Parkes, Norman James: Clerk 1971-1976 / Derek Drinkwater -- Pettifer, John Athol (Jack): Clerk 1977-1982 / Stephen Holt -- Poynton, Alexander (Alec): Chairman of Committees 1910-1913 / John Hawkins and Rob Van Den Hoorn -- Prowse, John Henry (Jack): Chairman of Committees 1934-1943 / Lenore Layman and Betty Carter -- Riordan, William James (Bill): Chairman of Committees 1943-1946 / Stephen Wilks and A. N. Preston -- Rosevear, John Solomon (Sol): Speaker 1943-1949 / Frank Bongiorno -- Salmon, Charles Carty (Carty): Speaker 1909-1910 / John Hawkins -- Scholes, Gordon Glen: Speaker 1975 / Jenny Hocking -- Scott, Bruce Craig: Deputy Speaker 2012-2016 / Brian F. Stevenson -- Sinclair, Ian McCahon: Speaker 1998 / Tracey Arklay -- Slipper, Peter Neil: Speaker 2011-2112 / Brian F. Stevenson -- Smith, Anthony David Hawthorn: Speaker 2015-2022 / Stephen Wilks -- Snedden, Sir Billy Mackie: Speaker 1976-1983 / Kay Walsh and Bernie Schedvin -- Tregear, Albert Allan: Clerk 1955-1958 / Kay Walsh -- Turner, Sir Alan George: Clerk 1959-1971 / Patricia Clarke -- Watt, William Alexander: Speaker 1923-1925 / John Hawkins and John Anderson -- Wright, Bernard Clive: Clerk 2009-2013 / Derek Drinkwater. |
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'True biographies of nations?' : the cultural journeys of dictionaries of national biography / / edited by Karen Fox
| 'True biographies of nations?' : the cultural journeys of dictionaries of national biography / / edited by Karen Fox |
| Autore | Fox Karen |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | ANU Press, 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (238 pages) |
| Disciplina | 920.02 |
| Soggetto topico | Biography |
| Soggetto non controllato |
National biography
dictionary |
| ISBN | 1-76046-275-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. The Cultural Journeys of Dictionaries of Biography / Karen Fox PART I: THE DIGITAL AGE. 2. Individual Lives and National Truths: Locating Biographies within a National Encyclopedia / Jock Phillips 3. The Irish World: How to Revise a Long Standing Dictionary Project / Turlough O Riordan 4. What is National Biography For? Dictionaries and Digital History / Philip Carter 5. Using Lives: The Australian Dictionary of Biography and Its Related Corpora / Melanie Nolan PART II: THE REPRESENTATIONAL CHALLENGE. 6. Why Gender Matters: Fostering Diversity in the American National Biography with Lessons Learned from Notable American Women / Susan Ware 7. Women and the Biographies of Nations: The Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women / Elizabeth Ewan 8. An Indigenous Australian Dictionary of Biography / Shino Konishi 9. Writing the Nation in Two Languages: The Dictionary of Welsh Biography / Dafydd Johnston PART III: THE TRANSNATIONAL DIMENSION. 10. Writing a Dictionary of World Biography / Barry Jones 11. British National Biography and Global British Lives: From the DNB to the ODNB and Beyond? / David Cannadine 12. The Dictionary of Canadian Biography and the Irish Diaspora / David A. Wilson. |
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| ANU Press, 2019 | ||
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'We Are a Farming Class' : Dubbo's Hinterland, 1870-1950
| 'We Are a Farming Class' : Dubbo's Hinterland, 1870-1950 |
| Autore | Woodley Peter |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Canberra : , : ANU Press, , 2025 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (366 pages) |
| Disciplina | 338.10994 |
| Soggetto topico |
Farmers - Australia
Agriculture - Australia - New South Wales - History |
| ISBN | 1-76046-676-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- 1. 'Poor struggling men': the slow emergence of a farming class to 1880 -- 2. 'And we are shunned and out in the cold': schools and the making of community and class -- 3. 'Making a poor man poorer': credit and debt -- 4. 'A decent sort of a chap': farmers and labour, 1880-1930 -- 5. 'The farmers have been most loyal': political allegiance in the farmlands -- 6. 'Tethered to the world': transport, communication and imagining the farmlands -- 7. 'All thoughts of depression were banished': voluntary associations and the making of social spaces and communities -- 8. 'The tales of the pioneers are told': the place of the past in local consciousness -- Conclusion. |
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| Canberra : , : ANU Press, , 2025 | ||
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The 2006 military takeover in Fiji [[electronic resource] ] : a coup to end all coups? / / Jon Fraenkel, Stewart Firth, and Bry V. Lal (editors)
| The 2006 military takeover in Fiji [[electronic resource] ] : a coup to end all coups? / / Jon Fraenkel, Stewart Firth, and Bry V. Lal (editors) |
| Autore | Fraenkel Jon |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Canberra, : ANU Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (486 pages) |
| Disciplina | 996.11 |
| Collana | State, society and governance in Melanesia program studies in state and society in the Pacific |
| Soggetto topico | Government, Resistance to - Fiji |
| Soggetto non controllato |
politics and government
government history 21th century fiji Democracy Fijians Frank Bainimarama Laisenia Qarase Mahendra Chaudhry Republic of Fiji Military Forces |
| ISBN |
1-921536-51-9
1-921536-50-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Acronyms and abbreviations; Authors' biographies; Introduction; 1. The enigmas of Fiji's good governance coup; The coup; 2. 'Anxiety, uncertainty and fear in our land': Fiji's road to military coup, 2006; Introduction; Gathering storm; Controversial bills; General election; Multiparty cabinet; Confrontation with the military; The Great Council of Chiefs; Military demands; Impact and implications; 3. Fiji's December 2006 coup: Who, what, where and why?; 4. 'This process of political readjustment': The aftermath of the 2006 Fiji Coup; The 'President's Mandate' and the 'Doctrine of Necessity'
Appointment of the interim administrationPoliticization of public institutions; The Church, the chiefs and the Indians; The response of civil society; External response; Warfare in cyberspace; Where to now?; Themes; 5. The changing role of the Great Council of Chiefs; The Great Council of Chiefs as an instrument of colonial rule; The GCC's dual political role; The army coups of 1987: Managing militant ethno-nationalism; The GCC and liberal constitutional reform ; The coup crisis of 2000 ; The 2006 coup ; Conclusion ; Postscript 6. The Fiji military and ethno-nationalism: Analyzing the paradoxThe expansion of Fiji's military; The shifting constitutional position; Bainimarama and the link with the Mara dynasty; Divergent trajectories; Good governance by militarization; Conclusion: Military futures; 7. Swim or sink: The post-coup economy in limbo; A snapshot of the economy post-coup; The economic impacts of the coups; The macro-economy; Fiscal policy; Monetary policy; Sectoral prospects; Garments; Sugar; Tourism; Information and communication technology (ICT); The way forward; Conclusions 8. The great roadmap charade: Electoral issues in post-coup FijiThe authoritarian preference; Roadmap to engagement; The real danger of elections; The invention of obstacles; Were the 2006 polls rigged?; The power of chiefs, padres and pastors; The advantages of sheep's clothing; Roadmap to Damascus; End of the roadmap; Conclusion: The primacy of domestic discontent; Religion; 9. Religion and politics: The Christian churches and the 2006 coup in Fiji; The umbrella groups: The FCC and the ACCF; The Fijian ethos, churches and politics before the 2006 coup The ACCF's response to the December 2006 coupA Catholic coup?; The relationship between religion and politics in Fiji; The FCC and ACCF revisited; Conclusion; 10. The good, the bad and the faithful: The response by Indian religious groups; The Indian community between 1987 and 2006: A community under siege?; The responses of the Indian community; Responses to the build-up to the coup; Post-coup responses; The perceived impact on poverty; The response of the SSDPS; The response of the TISI Sangam; The response of the APS/Fiji; The response of the Indian division of the Methodist Church 2007 - Mahendra Chaudhry: The return of the king? |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910137457003321 |
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| Canberra, : ANU Press, 2009 | ||
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A Dictionary of Vurës, Vanuatu
| A Dictionary of Vurës, Vanuatu |
| Autore | Malau Catriona |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Canberra, : ANU Press, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (480 p.) |
| Collana | Asia-Pacific Linguistics |
| Soggetto topico |
Bilingual & multilingual dictionaries
linguistics Thesauri |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Bislama
Dictionary linguistics Melanesia Pacific thesaurus Vanua Lava Vanuatu Vurës |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910947814803321 |
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Malau Catriona
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| Canberra, : ANU Press, 2021 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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