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Asks why we have become so wrapped up in our homes. It explores the ways we are distorting our lives in the pursuit of prestige and tax- free caital gains as we play the real estate game with mindless passion. The great Australian dream of owning a home seems to have become the great Australian nightmare.

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Explores some of Australia's major ethical challenges. Written in the midst of rapid social and environmental change and in a time of uncertainty and division, it offers powerful stories and arguments for ethical choice and commitment. The focus is on reconciliation between Indigenous and 'Settler' peoples, and with nature.

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Traces the history of Aboriginal people along Sydney's Georges River from the early periods of British and Irish settlement to this day. This title offers an approach to Aboriginal history in an urban setting in Australia.

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Extraordinarily, it was men born in the former Russian Empire that constituted the most numerous group in the First Australian Imperial Force, after those of Anglo-Celtic background. This book, a history of Russin multiethnic communities in Australia, follows the hidden lives of these Anzacs through and beyond the war.

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Provides a history of prostitution in Australia from before European colonisation, and situates this history within an international context of labour migration and policy formation. This work draws on archival research and interviews to chart the ways in which prostitution contributed to women's economic survival and to colonisation.

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Offers an exploration of strategic issues facing NFP organisations. This book considers the local and global drivers of change, as well as the industry, policy and community imperatives impacting upon NFP sustainability, providing an insight into not only the strategic issues, but also strategic responses available to the sector.

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This title looks at the complex interrelationships between human culture and the nature. Covering the period from the beginning of agriculture right up to the present day, it focuses on issues relating to human health and well-being and the state of our natural environment. Author Stephen Boyden draws conclusions critical to the future of humanity.

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This title is a historical, social, cultural and linguistic study of Indonesian culture. It traces the origins and pre-colonial development of the language and the emergence of classical Malay from the 14th century. It challenges many assumptions about the simplicity of the Indonesian language.

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Warns of a future where the hardest schools for Australian parents to get their kids into will be public ones. With insight, passion and a sense of urgency, this book shows how government, anxious parents, the church and ideology are combining to undermine public schools.

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How did Australia transform from a protected, insular country to an outwardly focused, globalised one And why should it now resist a return to its protectionist past Conley argues that the state has a responsibility to promote diversification of trade while regulating economic activity and ensuring that the benefits of growth are widely spread.

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2001 to 2004 were contentious years for the Howard Government. This third volume of the Howard Government series explores these controversial years. This volume takes a critical look at the government's performance during the Tampa crisis, the children overboard affair, the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, and the history wars.

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'If only', 'what if' and 'why didn't we' are are phrases that often come to mind when we look back to the past. This exciting and stimulating book looks back at turning points and crucial moments in Australian history.

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Written by teachers Tom Greenwell and Chris Bonnor,Waiting for Gonskiexamines how Australia has failed its schools and offers inspired solutions to help change education for the better.

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A scathing insider expose, this account lifts the lid on a higher education system thats corporatized beyond recognition, steeped in bureaucracy, and dominated by marketing and PR imperatives rather than intellectual pursuit. Fearless, ferocious, and often funny, this exposes a world that stands in stark contrast to the slogans and mottos joyously promoted by Australias universities.

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We think of retirement as something to be celebrated, even envied, a time when you are finally free to do your own thing. This title explores the experience of retirement from the point of view of those not yet retired, those newly retired, and those who are further down the track.

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Since 1967 more than 25,000 students have graduated from UNSW after studying at Duntroon, HMAS Creswell, the RAAF College and UNSW Canberra. In Widening Minds, Tom Frame examines the productive 50-year partnership between University of New South Wales and Australian Defence Force.

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This work covers a collection of essays whose subjects range from the Ord River in the far north-west to Antarctica in the south, from the centre to the coast, the prehistoric to the present. Its terrain is both environmental and cultural, political and poetic.

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Addresses how care-leavers adjust to life in the outside world. Using interviews with people who grew up in orphanages and group homes in Victoria between 1945 and 1983, this book explores how institutionalisation affected future education, employment opportunities, and relationships and health.