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This is a collection of photos of the Royal Women's Hospital that chronicles the old hospital, the construction of the new hospital and the recent move to the new site. Includes a timeline of key events in the hospital's history and quotes from the clinicians who have worked at the hospital over the years.

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Offers thoughts and aphorisms in a cycle of repeating themes , God, the soul, desire, our passions, inequality, evil, truth, and the blessings of love, and helps us explore what it means to live a good life. Comforting, challenging and inspiring, it is a valuable gift to be shared with family and friends.

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Politics in Australia is in a dire state. We have the diagnosis, but what's the cure In this collection of essays, the country's best academic minds look at the key issues and chart a way forward.

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Examines what drives Asian migrant parents' approaches to education. This book explores how aspirations for their children's future reinforce their anxieties about being newcomers in an unequal society.

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The events of the Great War intensified the relationship between the British Empire and Australia; the legacy can still be felt today. This volume explores both the immediate and long-term consequences of the war on this complex relationship, looking in particular at identity, history, gender, propaganda, economics and nationalism.

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Almost half a century ago, the T.B. Millar penned a seminal book on Australian defence policy in the lead up to the Vietnam War. Drawing inspiration from Millar's original volume, Australia's Defence brings together leading experts to examine the domestic and international context of Australia's defence policy, Australian strategy and the size and state of the Australian armed forces.

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Over the twentieth century 35,000 Australians suffered as prisoners of war in conflicts ranging from World War I to Korea. What was the reality of their captivity Beyond Surrender presents for the first time the diversity of the Australian behind-the-wire experience, dissecting fact from fiction and myth from reality.

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Food science, etiquette, mythbusting, history and common sense-there is no subject too big or too small for Richard Cornish to answer in his weekly Brain Foodcolumns, which have been must-reads for years. Brain Food is a collection of the best cooks' conundrums and their surprising answers.

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Cleste de Chabrillan became the most prolific female stage writer in nineteenth-century France. Forever haunted by her scandalous past, Cleste fought to hold her place in an artistic world dominated by men. This title tells the story not only of her struggle as a creative artist to survive and earn a living, but also of her fascinating life at the centre of the bohemian circles of Paris.

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Joined-up government is a complex, expensive and elusive goal, which has captured the imaginations of public administrators since the 1950s. Grassroots to Government comprehensively explains the state of evidence in joined-up government, illustrated by an in-depth case study of the implementation experiences of a national initiative, the Australian Social Inclusion Agenda.

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The Western District of Victoria has some of the most productive land in Australia and some of its most renowned homesteads and gardens. In this revised edition of Richard Allen and Kimbal Bakers fascinating and beautiful book, we are taken into the private world of twenty of these most notable properties.

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Takes readers inside eighteen private estates of Tasmania- from the rich Midlands region to the northwest, along the Fingal Valley in the east and to the south of the island. They explore the histories of the families who have lived there and describe the farming practices that today's generations employ.

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Will regional powers in the Asia-Pacific have to choose between China and the United States In Independent Ally, Shannon Tow challenges this prevailing view. She explores how one key regional power, Australia, has repeatedly developed a strong relationship with a rising power while simultaneously preserving its alliance with a dominant global power.

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Examines the growing presence of Islam and Muslims in Australia and how it is transforming, and transformed by, social, cultural and religious spaces. The book illuminates how socio-cultural, economic, and political processes maintain and manage the ways Australian Muslims build their religious lives and identities and engage in the wider world.