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This first volume assesses the whole history of Australia's relations with Asia from Federation to the 1970s. It explains major changes in official Australian policies towards Asia, and also broader cultural challenges.

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Explores the lived experiences of thirty-six white Australian converts to Islam, in a national context where Islam is cast in opposition to the white Australian nation. Oishee Alam details how racialisation is reproduced and experienced in everyday interpersonal encounters by white converts, with Muslims and non-Muslims alike.

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In this frank and engaging memoir, Christine Nixon reflects on the journey of a woman deep into a man's world, describing the experiences that shaped her commitment to a model of policing as a community service, committed to caring for society's most vulnerable.

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How do Australian Muslim immigrant women understand domestic violence How do they experience domestic violence How do they respond to domestic violence What role does their faith play Faith in Freedom answers these questions and more by analysing the Muslim immigrant women's own narratives of domestic violence.

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Presents essays that identify the multitude of ways in which Australian Muslim women negotiate both Australian Family Law and Islamic Family Law in the key areas of marriage, divorce, child custody, property settlement and inheritance. The book also provides a timely insight into the legal, cultural and social processes that Australian Muslim women use when disputes in these areas arise.

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Offers a full and revealing account of the perilous and adventurous course of the Northern Territory; a comprehensive account of its history which debunks the myths and makes human both the high and low points.

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Presents an anecdotal account of the author's meetings with the great and shambolic men and women of poetry. Since his late teens, he has been rubbing shoulders and working with a host of acclaimed poets. He weaves his impressions of them personally, with a commentary on their place within the broader literary culture.

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A valuable study of political leadership during the Federation period in Australia, examining the contribution of seven figures whose role in the struggle for Federation has not so far received the attention it deserves.

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Hailed by Salman Rushdie as 'one of the most important voices coming out of Latin America', the best-selling author and human rights activist Ariel Dorfman delivers a memoir excavating for the first time his profound and provocative journey as an exile

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Journalist Jo Chandler sets out on a quest that takes her across the Antarctic ice, under the seas and through the tropical rainforests of far north Queensland. Her mission is to explore one of the defining mysteries of our age - climate change

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This is the story of the Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital which, before it was closed in 1996, became one of the world's foremost centres for the research and treatment of infectious diseases, especially HIV and AIDS.

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Work for the dole is not a new idea. It was introduced in Victoria in 1932 and became one of the battlegrounds of the politics of unemployment. In this important and topical study, Charles Fox shows that far from being apathetic, unemployed workers were active, organised and remarkably successful in their aims.

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A series of biographical essays acknowledging the contribution of such women as Daisy Bates, Olive Pink, Ursula McConnel, Phyllis Kaberry and Catherine Langloh Parker - focusing on the circumstances and intellectual climate that influenced their work.

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This book considers the original and continuing legacy of Newtonian theories and imaginaries in the vast array of human attempts to understand the world. Drawing from a range of disciplines, the essays in this volume engage with Newton as a thinker and examine his legacy

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Opening with an account of an SAS veteran's involvement in the 2002 Afghanistan conflict and the subsequent invasion of Iraq, then broadening out through earlier conflicts, Lennox's book touches the core of meaning in every major war Australians have served in since World War II and several peace-keeping missions too.

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Foundations of Clinical Psychiatry is the trusted introductory text for students of medicine and other health professions. It has also been the essential reference for family doctors for over quarter of a century. The fourth edition has been revised and updated in collaboration with a new generation of expert psychiatrists.

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Is water a resource or is it the source Is it something to be consumed or does it have a life of its own This collection of essays addresses the critical and contentious issue of water in Australia and suggests a need to radically rethink our relationship with this fundamental substance.

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Illuminates how the women's domestic violence services movement in Victoria emerged, how members organised amidst diversity and worked towards achieving their goals, made sense of their experiences and dealt with the obstacles they encountered while undertaking action to create significant change for women.

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The radical journalist Wilfred Burchett (16/9/1911-27/9/1983) was persecuted by the Australian government during his lifetime and publicly reviled in print long after his death. This biography of a controversial foreign correspondent explores the truth behind Burchett's reports from his travels on the other side of the ideological divide.

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Is trust between the government and Australians broken The country's leading institutions have been ranked among the least trusted in the world at a time when the economy has experienced twenty-seven years of economic growth. This book examines the institutions, the issues and the leaders at the heart of this crisis.

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Future-proofing Australia is a selection of essays by Australia's great thinkers and doers boldly confronting the future and mapping out a path for our country.