History
Article
Windschuttle, again
Keith Windschuttle brings the temperament of a barrister to his latest subject, the stolen generations, writes Dean Ashenden.
Article
Reviewing Indigenous history in Luhrmann’s Australia
Shino Konishi and Maria Nugent survey responses to the film’s engagement with Indigenous history on Inside Story.
Conference paper
The Commonwealth Housing Commission and national housing policy
This paper revisits the work of the Commonwealth Housing Commission and the connection between the provision of housing and good urban planning that it identified.
Conference paper
Beginning a conversation: writing a history about Mangaia
Imagine the following scene: Rarotonga International Airport, the date 26 April 1988. A young Pacific historian is standing in front of a weighing machine at the domestic check in. About to place his bags on the tray, he is told that the counter staff must first weigh him. Has he heard right? But they insist...
Report
Obama's inaugural address and U.S. foreign policy: lessons from history
In this Perspective, Dr Michael Fullilove, who is currently based at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC, looks ahead to President-elect Barack Obama's inaugural address on 20 January. Obama is an unusually gifted writer and speaker with an old-fashioned attachment to speeches, who will likely address his vision for US foreign policy in his address...