History
Working paper
Indigenous history of the Pilbara
An account of the Aboriginal history of the Pilbara.
Working paper
A 'most pressing problem': housing and the National Capital Development Commission
This paper examines the complex web of issues surrounding Canberra’s housing in the late 1950s.
Working paper
Backrooms, wards and backlanes: the landscape of disability in nineteenth-century Melbourne
This paper has two specific objectives (i) to ‘locate'disabled people in nineteenth-century Melbourne by showing where and how they lived; and (ii) to illustrate the socio-spatial relations that shaped their lives.
Working paper
To market, to market!: the changing role of the Australian timber merchant, 1945-1965
Australian timber merchants have long played a vital role in providing building materials, credit, and product information to builders.
Working paper
A history of Australian capital city centres since 1945
Which historical changes are imprinted in the contemporary Australian city centre? This working paper places the development of Australia's capital city centres in historical context and describes major historical themes of city centres since World War II.