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The myth of Aboriginal people as simply passive welfare recipients remains dominant. This book examines Aboriginal interaction with a wide range of agencies at federal, state and local levels (giving equal emphasis to each) in order to identify the real state of affairs.

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Scottish aristocrat, rebellious youth, expert horseman, MP and poet - beneath the image of rake and hellraiser, Gordon remained a frustated conservative. A flawed hero, he was acclaimed as Australia's National Poet in 1933. Hutton examines him as a man and a poet against his culture and his times.

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Exposes the dangerous links between religion and politics, and the dogmatism of ideologies as a cause for conflict in the world.

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Adela Pankhurst, of the famous suffragette family, left England for Australia in 1914 after differences with her mother. She became involved in numerous political causes in Australia, including anti-war and anti-conscription movements, and later the right-wing Australia First movement.

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The reputations of artists are curious things, influenced by factors beyond the quality of the work. Affairs of the Art explores the role those left behind play in burnishing an artist's reputation after he or she dies. It highlights the sometimes heart-wrenching way emotion and duty intersect in the making of decisions by those left behind.

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Takes an in-depth look at the present situation in Afghanistan by placing it in the context of the countrys tribal culture, history, and demography. It considers its association with Pakistan, with whom it shares not only a long border, but also the Pashtuns - the largest ethnic component in its populationand the rise of extremism in many parts of the Sunni world.

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Takes an in-depth look at the present situation in Afghanistan by placing it in the context of the countrys tribal culture, history, and demography. It considers its association with Pakistan, with whom it shares not only a long border, but also the Pashtuns - the largest ethnic component in its population - and the rise of extremism in many parts of the Sunni world.

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Brings together leading experts to examine the future of Australian defence policy in a contested Asia, and imagines the future of Australian strategy after American primacy, plotting strategic futures for a country that faces unprecedented strategic challenges.

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Draws on such disciplines as history, political science, anthropology, cultural studies, ecology and archaeology to introduce some dominant critiques of non-Aboriginal ways of perceiving Aboriginality. The book focuses on the moral and legal traditions of settlers and indigenous peoples.

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Looks at the major genres of Australian fiction that have flourished in Australia since 1988, from the popular - crime fiction, science fiction, fantasy, romance and the action blockbuster - to the literary.

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In this searing and controversial polemic, esteemed American journalist David Rieff argues against our passion for the past. He looks at how memory serves nationalistic history every ANZAC Day and annual pilgrimage to Gallipoli, and at its worst, how memory of past horrors inflame deep-seated ethnic hatreds, violence and wars.

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While Brian Fitzpatrick has fallen into relative obscurity, efforts persist in discrediting Manning Clark's name. This title examines the dual careers of Fitzpatrick and Clark as activists and historians during the Cold War, and shows the political and personal difficulties that beset both men throughout their careers.

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Explores the colourful debates and anxieties that were prevalent from the 1890s to the 1930s and the responses of the key women's organisations whose leadership and campaigns acknowledged that - outside of parliament and party politics - women's connection to political matters could be both innovative and socially influential.

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This work tells the strange story of almost a hundred United States citizens who were transported to Van Diemen's land in 1839-40. These exiles endured years of harsh treatment before they were eventually pardoned. Not being British subjects, their transportation was almost certainly illegal.

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Features an essay on the United States under George W Bush. This work investigates the psyche of the most powerful nation in the world, at a time of crisis in its affairs. Straddling the personal and political, it describes the real America, from the sanctums of power in Washington to the shattered streets of New Orleans.

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Max Crawford was one of Australia's pre-eminent historians. This biography considers Crawford as an historian and a public intellectual. It relates his experiences as a student at Sydney and Oxford, a struggling teacher during the Depression, as the head of the History School at the University of Melbourne, and a Cold War victim and accuser.

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This book charts for the first time the decisions, motives and influences that carried Australia into Afghanistan. Based on interviews with dozens of key political and military figures in Australia and abroad, the book looks at the role of domestic politics and the decision to also wage war in Iraq.

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Presenting the findings of an interview-based study of illicit euthanasia as practised by health professionals working with HIV/AIDS patients. The author conducted 49 interviews to provide an insight into the social practices that suround illicit assisted sucide and euthanasia.

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In this volume, the authors have moved beyond biography and histories of individual congregations to create a broad, complex and layered history of Anglicanism in Australia. They assess Anglicanism's contribution to Australian social, political and cultural life.

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Armed robber Pope Cody is on the run from a gang of renegade detectives who want him dead. As revenge killings and paybacks explode onto Melbourne streets, 17-year-old J finds himself at the centre of a bloody struggle between his family and the police. To survive he must learn how the game is played and choose his place in the animal kingdom.

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When Michaela McGuire was hired by a Federal MP eight months before the 2007 federal election, she didn't know exactly what to expect. She probably should have, because before that she had worked in the high-rollers room of a casino, and had overseen lap dances in a strip club. It would become another novelty job to add to her colourful resume.