Introduction
- Authors: Reeves, Keir
- Date: 2019
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Before/Now : Journal of the collaborative Research Centre in Australian History (CRCAH) Vol. Vol.1 , no. 1 (2019), p. 3-4
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- Description: The start of a new academic journal is always an exciting initiative for all involved and it is with great pleasure I am able to introduce Before/Now. In doing so it is important or me to formally acknowledge the tireless work of the founding editorial collective who have been working on this new scholarly publication for almost two years at Federation University Australia. Can I also acknowledge the support of the School of Arts in enabling this initiative. Before/Now is a welcome addition to the postgraduate journal landscape in Australia where postgraduate history journals have enjoyed something of a recent revival against broader trends in publishing
- Authors: Reeves, Keir
- Date: 2019
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Before/Now : Journal of the collaborative Research Centre in Australian History (CRCAH) Vol. Vol.1 , no. 1 (2019), p. 3-4
- Full Text:
- Reviewed:
- Description: The start of a new academic journal is always an exciting initiative for all involved and it is with great pleasure I am able to introduce Before/Now. In doing so it is important or me to formally acknowledge the tireless work of the founding editorial collective who have been working on this new scholarly publication for almost two years at Federation University Australia. Can I also acknowledge the support of the School of Arts in enabling this initiative. Before/Now is a welcome addition to the postgraduate journal landscape in Australia where postgraduate history journals have enjoyed something of a recent revival against broader trends in publishing
How to make an entrance: Piranesi comes to Ballarat
- Authors: Coleridge, Edward
- Date: 2019
- Type: Text , Forum article
- Relation: Before/Now : journal of the Collaborative Research Centre in Australian History (CRCAH) Vol. 1, no. 1 (2019), p. 5-10
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- Description: "The inside front cover of this publication carries an image of CRCAH's front door, the main gateway to the former Ballarat Gaol. It is a magnificent example of nineteenth century masonry work. The massive bluestone blocks were carved and chiselled into a grand classical edifice, making a fitting southern finale in scale and significance to the great range of buildings on either side of Lydiard Street. The remarkable architectural statement of a confident gold rich city runs from the ostentatious neo-classical railway station at the northern end past the Art Gallery, the Mining Exchange, the palatial former Post Office (now housing the studios of the university Arts Academy) and on along the facades of banks, hotels, theatres and churches, in a melody of styles from palladian to gothic (with some 20th century intrusions) down to the suitably 'redbrick' buildings of the Ballarat School of Mines. Here the road swings round to the west so the range of prison buildings bookend the whole composition with a dramatic solemn coda " -From forum article
- Authors: Coleridge, Edward
- Date: 2019
- Type: Text , Forum article
- Relation: Before/Now : journal of the Collaborative Research Centre in Australian History (CRCAH) Vol. 1, no. 1 (2019), p. 5-10
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- Description: "The inside front cover of this publication carries an image of CRCAH's front door, the main gateway to the former Ballarat Gaol. It is a magnificent example of nineteenth century masonry work. The massive bluestone blocks were carved and chiselled into a grand classical edifice, making a fitting southern finale in scale and significance to the great range of buildings on either side of Lydiard Street. The remarkable architectural statement of a confident gold rich city runs from the ostentatious neo-classical railway station at the northern end past the Art Gallery, the Mining Exchange, the palatial former Post Office (now housing the studios of the university Arts Academy) and on along the facades of banks, hotels, theatres and churches, in a melody of styles from palladian to gothic (with some 20th century intrusions) down to the suitably 'redbrick' buildings of the Ballarat School of Mines. Here the road swings round to the west so the range of prison buildings bookend the whole composition with a dramatic solemn coda " -From forum article
1968 : Victorian anti-war movement gets an injection
- Authors: Butler, Nicholas
- Date: 2019
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Before/Now : Journal of the collaborative Research Centre in Australian History (CRCAH) Vol. 1, no. 1 (2019), p. 11-26
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- Description: When the 'baby-boomers' had reached university age, their understandings, habits and behaviours often collided with the political discourse of their parents' generation. By 1968, the Monash University Labor Club, fresh from its campaign to raise money for the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam (NLF), had discarded the mantle of Labor reformism and set itself on a path of a radical communist activism that scorned the efforts of the Communist Party (CPA) to contain its enthusiasm. In concert with similarly leaning student clubs at the other two Victorian universities it turned its attention to the protest movement outside the university, against conscription and the Vietnam Wm: That brought the inevitable clash with the older established anti war movement led by a loose blend of ALP, CPA, church groups and unions. This process led, in Scalmer's classification of protest actions, to the mode of political demonstrations leaping radically from 'staging' to 'disruption.'
- Authors: Butler, Nicholas
- Date: 2019
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Before/Now : Journal of the collaborative Research Centre in Australian History (CRCAH) Vol. 1, no. 1 (2019), p. 11-26
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- Description: When the 'baby-boomers' had reached university age, their understandings, habits and behaviours often collided with the political discourse of their parents' generation. By 1968, the Monash University Labor Club, fresh from its campaign to raise money for the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam (NLF), had discarded the mantle of Labor reformism and set itself on a path of a radical communist activism that scorned the efforts of the Communist Party (CPA) to contain its enthusiasm. In concert with similarly leaning student clubs at the other two Victorian universities it turned its attention to the protest movement outside the university, against conscription and the Vietnam Wm: That brought the inevitable clash with the older established anti war movement led by a loose blend of ALP, CPA, church groups and unions. This process led, in Scalmer's classification of protest actions, to the mode of political demonstrations leaping radically from 'staging' to 'disruption.'
Women in the Australian cartographic corps during World War Two : their work and ongoing legacy in australian history and culture
- Authors: Watts, Melissa
- Date: 2022
- Type: Text , Thesis , PhD
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- Description: This thesis analyses and highlights the important work of the Australian Women’s Army Service (AWAS) in the Australian Cartographic Corps during World War Two.1 I examine the significance of the women’s roles and argue that their contribution has been largely omitted from historical accounts and popular culture. This inquiry consists of the historical novel Cartographies and an exegetical component. By appraising the crucial work undertaken by the women of the Survey Corps, this PhD aims to answer the question: What was the role of draftswomen in the Cartographic Corps during World War Two and what was their ongoing legacy in Australian history and culture? The exegesis answers these questions by establishing the role of the AWAS Cartographic Corps women during the war through a combination of qualitative interviews and critical analysis of archival sources. I argue that their contribution has received inadequate recognition when juxtaposed with their male counterparts within military histories. The exegesis then explores the representation of women’s war work in a broader social context, drawing from Australian popular culture to contend that this lack of acknowledgement has led to a deficiency of women’s narratives within the Australian collective war memory. Finally, the exegesis argues that historical fiction can advance an understanding of the past and provide recognition of marginalised members within a dominant culture. Cartographies, the accompanying novel, is an original creative interpretation that foregrounds the work of the women in the Cartographic Corps. Guided by the historical research undertaken for this project, the novel explores the pressures and demands that the work entailed. Moving between the 1940s and 1970s, Cartographies also engages in a post-war debate about the lack of historical or popular representation of the women of the Cartographic Corps. Furthermore, using the literary technique of historiographic metafiction, the novel considers the potential and limitations of both novels and historical research to accurately represent the past. Using a historiographical, creative and theoretical framework, the exegesis and the novel work together to provide a unique insight into the work and lives of the AWAS women who served in the Cartographic Corps during World War Two. Significantly, this thesis provides a previously unheard voice for the women of the Cartographic Corps to draw attention to the importance of their role during World War Two and begin to redress their absence from Australian history and culture.
- Description: Doctor of Philosophy
- Authors: Watts, Melissa
- Date: 2022
- Type: Text , Thesis , PhD
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- Description: This thesis analyses and highlights the important work of the Australian Women’s Army Service (AWAS) in the Australian Cartographic Corps during World War Two.1 I examine the significance of the women’s roles and argue that their contribution has been largely omitted from historical accounts and popular culture. This inquiry consists of the historical novel Cartographies and an exegetical component. By appraising the crucial work undertaken by the women of the Survey Corps, this PhD aims to answer the question: What was the role of draftswomen in the Cartographic Corps during World War Two and what was their ongoing legacy in Australian history and culture? The exegesis answers these questions by establishing the role of the AWAS Cartographic Corps women during the war through a combination of qualitative interviews and critical analysis of archival sources. I argue that their contribution has received inadequate recognition when juxtaposed with their male counterparts within military histories. The exegesis then explores the representation of women’s war work in a broader social context, drawing from Australian popular culture to contend that this lack of acknowledgement has led to a deficiency of women’s narratives within the Australian collective war memory. Finally, the exegesis argues that historical fiction can advance an understanding of the past and provide recognition of marginalised members within a dominant culture. Cartographies, the accompanying novel, is an original creative interpretation that foregrounds the work of the women in the Cartographic Corps. Guided by the historical research undertaken for this project, the novel explores the pressures and demands that the work entailed. Moving between the 1940s and 1970s, Cartographies also engages in a post-war debate about the lack of historical or popular representation of the women of the Cartographic Corps. Furthermore, using the literary technique of historiographic metafiction, the novel considers the potential and limitations of both novels and historical research to accurately represent the past. Using a historiographical, creative and theoretical framework, the exegesis and the novel work together to provide a unique insight into the work and lives of the AWAS women who served in the Cartographic Corps during World War Two. Significantly, this thesis provides a previously unheard voice for the women of the Cartographic Corps to draw attention to the importance of their role during World War Two and begin to redress their absence from Australian history and culture.
- Description: Doctor of Philosophy
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