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"[A] background to our daily existence" : War and everyday life in Frances Partridge's "A Pacifist's War."

  • Authors: Sim, Lorraine
  • Date: 2008
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Journal of Modern Literature Vol. 31, no. 4 (2008), p. 1-17
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  • Description: Developing upon recent feminist criticism that explores the relationship between the domestic and the political in women's war writing of the First and Second World Wars, this essay examines Frances Partridge's little-discussed diary of the years 1939-1945, first published in 1978 as "A Pacifist's War." Partridge's documentation of domestic daily life in rural England in this text is intimately connected to the articulation of her broader philosophical, political, and ethical views. Her personal philosophy of "intensity" and her pacifism are in part developed in response to her changing relationship to, and the shifting nature of, domestic everyday life during wartime. Partridge's personal philosophy and pacifism are analyzed in relation to the broader intellectual context of the Bloomsbury milieu to which she belonged, and comparisons are drawn to the dialectic between the domestic, everyday and political in "A Pacifist's War" and the autobiographical war writings of contemporaneous women writers including H. D. and Gertrude Stein. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Journal of Modern Literature is the property of Indiana University Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

"All that appears possible now is to mitigate as much as possible the trials of their closing years"

  • Authors: Cahir, David (Fred) , Tout, Dan
  • Date: 2018
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Australian Journal of Politics and History Vol. 64, no. 2 (2018), p. 177-193
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  • Description: This article examines Alfred Deakin’s attitudes towards, and impacts upon, Aboriginal people during the period 1880-1910, drawing on newspaper articles and parliamentary debates as principal source materials. The discussion begins by charting the long, influential and often positive relationships Deakin had with several Aboriginal communities during a period as a Victorian MLA between 1881 and 1884. It then proceeds to document Deakin’s extraordinary descent into paternalism and racially-based fatalism which pervaded his later association with Aboriginal affairs whilst Victoria’s Chief Secretary (1886–1890), Victorian MLA for Essendon and delegate to Federal conventions (1890-1900), as the Federation debates took shape. And finally, the article outlines the attitudes Deakin expressed towards Aboriginal people in his various post-Federation political roles, including Attorney-General, Prime Minister and Minister for External Affairs. In doing so, the discussion draws out the connections between Deakin’s advocacy of a white Australia and his attitudes towards Aboriginal Australia, and demonstrates the extent to which the creation of a new nation both informed and responded to socio-racial ideologies that mandated the exclusion of non-white identities from the nation-to-come

"Are your clients having fun?" The implications of respondents' preferences for the delivery of group exercise programs for falls prevention

  • Authors: McPhate, Lucy , Simek, Emily , Haines, Terry , Hill, Keith , Finch, Caroline , Day, Lesley
  • Date: 2016
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Journal of Aging and Physical Activity Vol. 24, no. 1 (2016), p. 129-138
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  • Description: Background: Group exercise has been shown to be effective in preventing falls; however, adherence to these interventions is often poor. Older adults' preferences for how these programs can be delivered are unknown. Objective: To identify older people's preferences for how group exercise programs for falls prevention can be delivered. Design: A two-wave, cross-sectional, state-wide telephone survey was undertaken. Respondents were community-dwelling men and women aged 70+ in Victoria, Australia. Methods: Open-ended questions were asked to elicit information regarding respondent preferences of the program, which were analyzed using a framework approach. Results: Ninetyseven respondents completed the follow-up survey. The results indicate that older adults most frequently report the short-term advantages and disadvantages when describing their preferences for group exercise, such as enjoyment, social interaction, and leader qualities. Longer-term advantages such as falls prevention were described less frequently. Conclusions: This study indicates the importance of interpersonal skills, and that the opportunity for social interaction should not be overlooked as a positive feature of a group exercise program. © 2016 Human Kinetics, Inc.

"Dark in Complexion": The Indigenous war graves Workers

"Designing convenient retail centres: What it entails and why it's important"

  • Authors: Reimers, Vaughan
  • Date: 2010
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"Devil been walk about tonight - not devil belonging to blackfellow, but white man devil. Methink Burke and Wills cry out tonight " What for whitefellow not send horses and grub?" An exmination of Aboriginal oral traditions of colonial explorers.

"Dropping out," drifting off, being excluded : becoming somebody without school

"Everything effects everything else": Power, perception and hidden forms of restrictive practice in shared supported accommodation

"Grammar, I hate" or "I grammar hate"?: L1 and L2 word order differences and bilingual DLD assessment

  • Authors: Han, Weifeng
  • Date: 2024
  • Type: Text , Book chapter
  • Relation: Multifaceted multilingualism Chapter 7 p. 184-203
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  • Description: Cross-module interfaces, such as the syntax-semantics interface, are among the most problematic properties to fully acquire in a second language (L2). First language (L1) monodialectal and bidialectal speakers may show different performances at the interfaces in L2. However, little is known if such a different performance is caused by learners' diverse L1 dialectal backgrounds. The study is motivated by the need to link speech-language pathology and word order typological studies in a bidialectal/bilingual context. The aim is to investigate L1 bidialectism in the L2 syntax-semantics interface acquisition outcome and to separate language difference from language disorder. A sentence-picture matching task on the topic-comment structure was administered among 37 Mandarin monodialectal and 39 Mandarin - Wu bidialectal child speakers. Results of a generalized linear model showed that L1 bidialectals exhibited better syntactic-semantic awareness in L2 than their L1 monodialectal counterparts. The results showed that mono- and bidialectal speakers have different performance patterns at the syntax-semantics interface involving noncanonical word orders for L2. However, the L2 performance was under the impact of language difference between L1 and L2, it does not qualify for Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). Finally, the study offers both theoretical and clinical implications for the diagnosis and assessment of bilingual DLD. © 2024 John Benjamins Publishing Company.

"It Doesn't Make Sense for Us Not to Have One" - Understanding reasons why community sports organizations chose to participate in a funded automated external defibrillator program

  • Authors: Fortington, Lauren , Bekker, Sheree , Morgan, Damian , Finch, Caroline
  • Date: 2019
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine Vol. 29, no. 4 (2019), p. 324-328
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  • Description: Objective: Implementation of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in community sports settings is an important component of emergency medical planning. This study aimed to understand motivations for why sports organizations participated in a government-funded program that provided AEDs and associated first-aid training. Design: Face-to-face interviews. Setting: Community sports organizations in Victoria, Australia. Participants: Representatives from 14 organizations who participated in a government-funded AED program. Main Outcome Measures: Motivations to participate in the AED program were explored using a qualitative descriptive approach. Results: Two overarching themes emerged: awareness of the program and decision to apply. Awareness was gained indirectly through grant advertising in newsletters/emails/web sites and directly through their sporting associations. For most organizations, there was no decision process per se, rather, the opportunity to apply was the key determinant for participating in the program. A duty of care also emerged as a key driving factor, with recognition of AEDs as a valuable asset to communities broadly, not just the participants' immediate sports setting. Reflecting on participation in the program, these participants identified that it was important to increase awareness about AED ownership and use. The program benefits were clearly summed up as being best prepared for a worst-case scenario. Discussion: This study provides new understanding of why community sports organizations apply for an AED and training. The strongest reason was simply the opportunity to acquire this at no cost. Therefore, for wider implementation of AEDs, additional funding opportunities, targeted awareness of these opportunities, and continued promotion of AED importance are recommended.

"Living on the edge" : A case of school reform working for disadvantaged adolescents

  • Authors: Smyth, John , McInerney, Peter
  • Date: 2007
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Teachers College Record Vol. 109, no. 5 (2007), p. 1123-1170
  • Relation: http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP110102619
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  • Description: The issue of why so many young adolescents around the world are disengaging from school and making the choice to drop out is one of the most intractable, vexed, perplexing, and controversial issues confronting educators. Tackling it requires courage and a radical rethinking of school reform around issues of power, ownership of learning, and the relevance of schooling and curriculum for young lives. This means a heightened institutional capacity to "listen." This article describes an instance of a disadvantaged urban Australian government school that realized it had little alternative but to try new approaches; "old ways" were not working. The article describes an ensemble of school reform practices, philosophies, and strategies that give young adolescents genuine ownership of their learning. This school stands out as a beacon that school reform is possible, even for young adolescents from the most difficult of circumstances. However, such approaches look markedly different from where mainstream educational reform is taking us at the moment. Copyright © by Teachers College, Columbia University.
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"My Country all gone the white men have stolen it" : The invasion of Wadawurrung Country 1800-1870

  • Authors: Cahir, David (Fred)
  • Date: 2019
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  • Description: "The Wadawurrung are the Aboriginal people whose Country includes the cities now known as Ballarat and Geelong. Fred Cahir examines the contact history in the period 1800-1870 of the Wadawurrung and the ngamadjidj (generally translated as white stranger belonging to the sea). Divided into chronological and thematic section, the book chronicles three waves of invasion: the early invasion period incorporating trespassers predominately from the sea, the sheepherders or squatters who followed in their wake and usurped the Wadawurrung of all their Country for sheep runs, and the third wave of invaders - the gold seekers. This historical study is transformative as it presents a compelling argument of how the Wadawurrung were active agents of change and sought cultural enrichment in the midst of the frontier war on their Country." --back cover.

"Mystery Airships: A night of Strange Things seen in the skies!"

  • Authors: Waldron, David
  • Date: 2023
  • Type: Text , Artwork , Play
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  • Description: Join David Waldron at the Ballarat Observatory for an exclusive and exciting show that delves into the mystery of the German Airship Hysteria that swept over Victoria in 1914. This fascinating event was a precursor to the modern-day UFO panics of the late 20th century and took Victorians on an X-Files-like journey of Close Encounters of the Prussian kind. Through the use of magic lantern imagery, this show will feature retellings and news reports, designed to give you a taste of what the panic would have been like for the people of 1914 Victoria.

"Resisting Social Identity Threat and Maintaining Resilience" : A Qualitative Study of Chinese Parents Following the Loss of an Only Child

  • Authors: Wang, Anni , Guo, Yufang , Cross, Wendy , Lam, Louisa , Plummer, Virginia , Zhang, Wen , Zhang, Jingping
  • Date: 2024
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Psychol Trauma Vol. 16, no. 2 (2024), p. 167-175
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  • Description: Objective: Parents who lose an only child in China are stressed and traumatized due to social identity threat (SIT). This qualitative study aimed to interpret their experience to inform culturally and socially sensitive intervention strategies. Methods: Using a phenomenological approach, 17 bereaved parents who lost an only child were interviewed. The transcripts were analyzed using Colaizzi's method. Results: Three themes were identified, namely, "assuming a new social identity," "triggering social identity threat," and "resisting social identity threat and maintaining resilience." The study showed that SIT initially began with identity reconstruction, where self-identity and social identity occurred 1 after another. Once labeled with such social identity, the bereaved parents suffered social identity threat triggered by inner inferiority and external stigmatization. The bereaved parents undertook a variety of coping strategies to resist the threat and to maintain resilience of these strategies, 4 patterns depicting resilience and threat were interpreted. Conclusion: The findings offer an understanding of the multifaceted bereavement dilemma and lay a foundation for developing intervention strategies. Promoting or maintaining resilience and alleviating SIT are 2 important ways that help parents move on. To help them with identity reconstruction, the development of culturally sensitive resilience-based programs and the linking of social resources to solve practical problems are recommended. Community health professionals should encourage parents to maintain good health management to prevent their predicament from worsening. Raising economic assistance, building an elderly care support system, and promoting social acceptance are strategies that could be considered by policymakers. Clinical Impact StatementThe bereaved parents who have lost an only child in China is facing a multifaceted dilemma, which involves psychological, economic and cultural issues. This study applies the construct of social identity threat to interpretive lived experience of parents in China who have lost their only child. The study contributes to better understanding of their multifaceted bereavement dilemma, and lay the foundation for developing psycho-behavioural intervention strategies, which potentially also benefit other marginalized or traumatized bereaved groups. Results in this study offered several recommendations for psychological counselors, community workers, community health professionals, and government policymakers.

"That Whole Macho Male Persona Thing" : The role of insults in young Australian male friendships

  • Authors: McDiarmid, Emily , Gill, Peter , McLachlan, Angus , Ali, Lutfiye
  • Date: 2017
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Psychology of Men & Masculinity Vol. 18, no. 4 (2017), p. 352-360
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  • Description: Same-sex friendship can increase an individual's health, happiness, and sense of social connectedness. To date, few studies have explored young men's accounts of their friendships and the communication strategies within close male friendships. The present qualitative study explored the ways in which 7 young, White, heterosexual, working/middle-class men from rural Victoria construct their understanding of their friendships and the discursive strategies used to signify meaning, specifically the role of insults, in close male friendships. Drawing on tools from discursive theory, thematic analysis of the data demonstrated that discursive strategies including insults, silences, and direct interrogation were used to signify closeness, gratefulness, concern, and masculinity and dominance. These discursive strategies are informed by hegemonic representations of masculinity, which the young men negotiate within everyday interactions with close male friends. The findings further support past research that suggests that in the absence of explicit verbal expression of closeness, male friendships can be intimate and psychosocially significant. It is suggested that health promotion in men should focus on informal spaces where men can enjoy each other's company. By exploring the breadth of communication styles and strategies of men, we are better equipped to understand men's needs.

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"The old vexed question" : Divergent attitudes and practices in the sacred music of early Ballarat

  • Authors: Doggett, Anne
  • Date: 2009
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Journal of Religious History Vol. 33, no. 4 (2009), p. 401-417
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  • Description: When gold was discovered at Ballarat in 1851, the peaceful pastoral community was transformed into a rough mining camp. People from all parts of the world came in search of wealth, bringing with them a diversity of cultural and spiritual affiliations. As the musical life of the various denominational groups developed according to specific doctrinal principles and local influences, strong opinions were expressed in the community regarding the place of music in worship. This article looks at the developments in sacred music during the two decades that saw Ballarat transformed into a major city. The strong differences in discourse and practice that were evident between and within particular religious groups form a background for reflecting upon contemporary perceptions of the function of music in worship.

"Their Last Resting Place": Foundations of graves work

"There needs to be something there for people to remember" : Industrial heritage in Newcastle and the Hunter Valley, Australia

  • Authors: Eklund, Erik
  • Date: 2018
  • Type: Text , Book chapter
  • Relation: Industrial Heritage and Regional Identities (Routledge Cultural Heritage and Tourism Series) Chapter 8 p. 168-189
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  • Description: Newcastle is located on the east coast of Australia in the state of New South Wales (NSW). Coal mining began in the early 19th centrury, and from the 1850s encouraged the development of pit-top towns gathered around an increasingly busy river port. Coal mining shifted west into the Hunter Valley where there are still vast amounts of open pit coal production. Mining also encouraged industrial development in engineering, transport and, from 1915, iron and steel production. Deindustrialization in Newcastle dates from the mid-1970s and plant closures accelerated in the 1980s and 1990s as the steel works and other related manufacturing industries closed down.

"They do it just to show off." Year 9 girls,' boys' and their teachers' explanations for boys' aggression to girls

  • Authors: Owens, Larry , Shute, Rosalyn , Slee, Phillip
  • Date: 2007
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: International Journal of Adolescence and Youth Vol. 13, no. 4 (2007), p. 343-360
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  • Description: Because children and young teenagers usually associate in same-sex groups, study of aggression in schools has often focused on within-sex interactions. However, during adolescence, boys and girls increasingly interact with each other which provides the opportunity for constructive pro-social relationships as well as for damaging conflict and aggression. This paper examines the explanations of boys' aggression to girls provided in focus group discussions and individual interviews at four middle class Adelaide metropolitan schools by Grade 9 boys, girls and their teachers. Thematic analyses revealed some common and some differing explanations across boys, girls and teachers. AU agreed that boys were verbally aggressive to girls in order to impress other boys and for their own entertainment or fun (i.e., to get a laugh). Boys and teachers reported that boys' offensive behaviour to girls was sometimes an attempt to impress girls. For some boys, the motive for hurting girls was revenge. Some teachers suggested that boys' hurtful behaviour may be explained by sexist attitudes learned at home. This study highlights the vital role of the peer group in motivating boys' aggressive behaviour toward girls. It also emphasizes the importance of understanding behaviour from the different perspectives of boys, girls and teachers. © 2007 A B Academic Publishers.
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