This article examines some of the earliest copyright cases to deal with works of geographical information, relating them to today’s discussions surrounding the treatment of factual works.

Overview: This volume brings together two presentations and the introductions from an event hosted by the Centre for Independent Studies and exploring the frames of reference from which to view the colonisation of Australia by the First Fleet. Andrew Tink AM, author of Lord Sydney: the Life and Times of Tommy Townsend, shared fascinating insights...

Agricultural development is intimately tied to the environment and cultural practices, specifically socio-political change. Nowhere are these relationships more clear than on Polynesian islands. Many sequences of agricultural change have now been documented in the region, and their relationships with the environment and cultural change assessed. Most, if not all, of these identified sequences have...

Provides a historical overview of Australia's aid efforts. Overview Australia has been providing assistance to developing countries for many decades but it was in 1974 that the government established a single body to manage the aid program. While the size and shape of the aid program has changed over the years, Australia's commitment to promoting...

This book draws together a suite of little known colonial women and investigates their writings for what they reveal about their attitudes to, views on and beliefs about Aboriginal people. Overview This book offers a fresh perspective in the debate on settler perceptions of Indigenous Australians. It draws together a suite of little known colonial...