Drawn to a primitive urge Jan 12, 2008
In formulating the over-arching theme of the conference Crossing Cultures Anderson was evoking the history of Australia itself. She created the concept as a metaphor for the country's immigrant culture. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Captain Bligh's Other Mutiny Dec 29, 2007
Almost half a century ago Manning Clark told this story in one fine chapter in his History of Australia, a chapter that evoked something of Bligh's unhinged personality. Other historians such as Tim Bonyhady and Anne-Maree Whitaker have shed more light on his behaviour in Sydney and its consequences. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Progress reaches beyond power Dec 28, 2007
The recent political history of Australia as well as Britain can be written around the struggle over these issues. In Britain, the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher freed up the economy and the New Labour government of Tony Blair was determined and creative with regard to social reconstruction. (The Australian)
In 1998, Sydney-Hobart was a deadly race won by the sea Dec 22, 2007
"I think Australians have a sense that this challenge of men and women against the sea in yachts is something intertwined with the history of Australia," said Matt Allen, commodore of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, which organizes the race. "As in other countries, all our early ancestors arrived here on sailing ships, and they had a different set of challenges, but it was essentially the same: boat and crew against the sea.". (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Hart's son looks good on paper Dec 18, 2007
The gallery will keep the car Pro painted with the history of Australia and store it behind glass. John also wants to display his dad's paint-splattered studio in the gallery because he thinks visitors would love to "see the chaos he worked in". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Inflation threatens prosperity, says Swan Dec 14, 2007
"There would be no incoming treasurer in the world that would have a set of books like that. They are the luckiest Lotto winners in the history of Australia," he said. Mr Swan said the speed of economic growth presented risks as well as opportunities. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Costello still sulking over lost chances Dec 14, 2007
Mr Costello said the Coalition had not lost because it had done a bad job, and the economy Kevin Rudd and Wayne Swan inherited made them "the luckiest lotto winners in the history of Australia". "In economic terms, Australia is in its best economic state probably in its history," he said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Talkback in turmoil Nov 18, 2007
For one thing, he said in an interview at Kirribilli House last Friday, "I think the country is less politically correct . . . There was a view [under Paul Keating] that the history of Australia started in 1972 and there's something immoral and wrong about the old Australia - the old Australia being a collection of things [including] the more Anglo-Irish or Anglo-Celtic traditions. "We are now in a situation where we can think positively about those bits again as well as think positively about... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
It's so hip to go with the Flo Nov 12, 2007
"People said, 'This is so educational. We didn't know there was design in Australia.' And the film is a sort of history of Australia. Through her life, you see how the country changes.". Unfolding Florence features interviews with members of Broadhurst's family, fashionistas such as Maggie Tabberer and Akira Isogawa and the posh Sydney socialites who were at once appalled by Broadhurst's gall and enthralled by her vivacity. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Australia's first workplace revolution Nov 12, 2007
industrial relations history of Australia. It affected everyone in the country and this effect lasted for most of the 20th century. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Due respect at last - from most Nov 6, 2007
In his A Concise History of Australia (CUP, 1999), Stuart Macintyre makes no mention of the Hitler-Stalin pact or its domestic impact. Likewise Macintyre makes no specific reference to the early wartime alliance between Nazism and communism in the introduction of his bibliography Communism in Australia, written with Andrew Wells. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Leavenworth High's Thomas selected to play overseas Oct 25, 2007
Players will also be asked to write reports on the culture and history of Australia. Comments. (Leavenworth Times, KS)
The election debate Oct 22, 2007
Howard has completely lost the plot; his open question to Rudd on the meeting with Bush was a waste of his opportunity, his last policy on "a new history of Australia" is pathetic unless it includes thousands of years of Australia's history and he didn't say that it will, so it won't. If the Coalition wins there will be a blood bath, Howard will be thrown out as leader and the new leader will not be Costello. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
NSW housing heading for wall Sep 28, 2007
"This downturn hasn't been the deepest or steepest downturn but it certainly is the longest downturn in the history of Australia since the end of World War II," the company's managing director, Lindsay Partridge, said. "We're now at 48 months," he said, noting that the last slump, in the late 1990s, lasted for 30 months, "so, if this time next year things haven't turned around, we will then be looking back to the Depression.". (Sydney Morning Herald)
Brickworks sits tight on land Sep 28, 2007
"This downturn hasn't been the deepest or steepest downturn but it certainly is the longest downturn in the history of Australia since the end of World War II," said the company's managing director, Lindsay Partridge. "We're now at 48 months.". (The Age)
Few Olympic ceremonies universally loved, creator says Sep 21, 2007
In Sydney, the narrative told the history of Australia starting with the Aborigines to the arrival of Europeans. What he calls a "logical storyline" allows spectators and viewers to follow what's happening without needing a commentary. (Vancouver Sun)
Are we seeing US-style politics in Australia? Sep 20, 2007
Biggest liar and conspirator in the history of Australia. . (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Sydney prepares lockdown for Apec Aug 29, 2007
"This is the biggest security event that's ever been hosted in the history of Australia" ... "This is the biggest security event that's ever been hosted in the history of Australia, which is why we are going to the extraordinary lengths that we are, at a time when we are living in heightened times of terrorism and certainly there is significant protest activity around," he said. (Aljazeera.Net)
SBS braver than ABC but with a lot less money Aug 28, 2007
SBS is about to screen First Australian Nations, the first television series to document the indigenous history of Australia. It is quite extraordinary that this has not been done before but it should surprise no one that SBS is the network to do it. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
National Day Rally Speech Aug 20, 2007
These zoo-like structures are an insult to Australia," wrote Sydney resident Clive Troy in a letter to the Australian newspaper. In a letter to The Daily Telegraph, John Keeble dubbed the fence "The Great Wall of APEC" and said it was a reason to avoid Sydney. Officials say the wall is designed to guard against mass demonstrations and terror attacks and that pedestrians will be able to move through the restricted zone, which will include parts of the Botanical Gardens. "This is the biggest... (Channelnewsasia.com)
Sydney to become walled city for summit Aug 19, 2007
"This is the biggest security event that's ever been hosted in the history of Australia," Deputy Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione said, "... which is why we are going to the extraordinary lengths that we are, at a time when we are living in heightened times of terrorism.". The level of security is so high that reports emerged last week that the children singing in a choir at the APEC summit would be screened by security agencies. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Hoops Down Under: Luke Zeller Diary Entry #2 Aug 15, 2007
We learned some more about the history of Australia that has shaped and molded the way that the people are today. We were told not to say the word root and also fanny pack as both of them have sexual references here. (Und.com)
Australian granny, 94, becomes world's oldest master Aug 5, 2007
Henneberg said Turner completed a research based paper into the anthropological history of Australia prior to European settlement and international investigations showed she was the oldest postgraduate degree recipient in the world. "We will be trying to enter her into the Guinness book of world records, he said. ? Reuters 2007 Ads by Google Top News Stories A spacecraft headed for Mars launched Saturday morning will use Canadian technology...Canada has halted all imports of animals and animal... (Canada.com)
Great-gran oldest to earn master's Aug 3, 2007
Great-granny becomes oldest to earn masters. 94-year-old Aussie who quit school at 12 earns degree in medical science. (MSNBC -- International)
Encountering Archie Roach Jul 31, 2007
However, in more secluded quarters present also was Manning Clarks A History of Australia (a text in my A-Level class prescribed for the study of historical method), such books as Songlines by the intrepid British travel writer and adventurer Bruce Chatwin and A Fatal Shore, by the Australian-born art critic for Time magazine, Robert Hughes. Bustling, smog-filled Jalan Kelang Lama could scarcely be termed a cultural haven, but in one of the new shopping malls near my college, filled with all... (The Star Online, Malaysia)
* Australia jails museum thief D{] Hk May 8, 2007
"Through his selfish actions he has cost the Australian Museum not only a great deal of money but damaged its reputation and, perhaps most importantly of all, caused permanent harm to the ability of scientists to study many aspects of the natural history of Australia and the rest of the world." (AFP). lP}bedi~@WDw]uA|GQJADC~C. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Sandakan atrocity remembered in Borneo Apr 25, 2007
Mr Carpenter, whose great uncle died during the second Sandakan death march, said it was a sad time in the shared history of Australia and Malaysia. "(The) six survivors were rescued by local people who hid and cared for them, and delivered them safely to allied forces," Mr Carpenter said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
The Atheist Manifesto: the case against Christianity, Judaism andIslam Apr 21, 2007
Reviewer Gerard Windsor's most recent book is a comic history of Australia, Ned Kelly and the Odd Rellie (University of Queensland Press). Both he and Michel Onfray will be guests at the Sydney Writers' Festival. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The exterminator did it Apr 20, 2007
Mr. van Leeuwen, who hoarded the rarities including the skull of an extinct Tasmanian tiger at his Sydney home, had caused permanent harm to the ability of scientists to study many aspects of the natural history of Australia and the rest of the world, the judge said. Related to this article. (Globe and Mail -- International)
One Continuous Picnic Mar 19, 2007
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Joanna Savill, reviewerMarch 19, 2007. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Unpalatable truths Mar 14, 2007
The history of Australia via its cuisine is captured in the reprint of a 1980s book and, as Helen Greenwood discovers, it leaves a nasty taste ... The striking relevance of Symons' book - and its 25th anniversary - prompted Melbourne University Publishing to reprint the spritely, readable account of the history of Australia via its palate. (The Age, Australia -- Entertainment)
Write your condolences Mar 1, 2007
You are a legend that will live on forever in the Rock History of Australia. I wish your family well, and send my condolences to them on this sad day. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Gut instincts Feb 27, 2007
The striking relevance of Symons's book - and its 25th anniversary this year - prompted Foong Ling Kong, the associate publisher at Melbourne University Publishing, to reprint the spritely, readable account of the history of Australia via its palate, with a new foreword by Gay Bilson. "We have a fantastic tradition [in Australia] of publishing books about food but not books thinking about food," Kong says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Final whistle for Gomersall Feb 9, 2007
Right to the end Gomersall remained proud of the part he played in the history of Australia rugby league and never stopped promoting the game he loved. Asked two years ago about his legacy, he replied, "I go along to Origin these days and kids come up asking for my autograph. Their dads have shown them the old tapes or told them who I am. "For that to happen, to be part of something that is so great, it's humbling. (Daily Telegraph)
Now, look here! Jan 1, 2007
An outstanding documentary series that examines the history of Australia through feats of construction engineering, including the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the first transcontinental telegraph line and the 570-kilometre pipeline from Perth to Kalgoorlie. Celebrity Dog School (Ten). (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
