Australian history
Articles
- ‘Odysseus from the Outback’: Fredy Neptune in German and Its Critical Reception
This article surveys the reception of a German translation (by Thomas Eichhorn, 2004) of Murray’s Fredy Neptune in German-speaking countries. It looks at responses to…
1 May 2005 - The Telling of Marmel’s Story
The essay discusses Brimming Billabongs, ‘the first Aboriginal “autobiography”, albeit simulated, but also the first fictional narrative to rely upon an Aboriginal character as…
1 June 2009 - Wishing for Modernity: Temporality and Desire in Gould’s Book of Fish
Shipway’s article examines Flanagan’s representation of Tasmanian versions of history and modernity in Gould’s Book of Fish. As one of the recurring tropes in…
1 May 2003 - [Statements about War Literature]
A number of authors of war literature were sent a questionnaire by ALS, asking them to write about why they had turned to war…
1 October 1985 - Checklist of Significant Historical Books and Articles, 1965-1985 on Australia’s Involvements in War
Provides a bibliography of books and articles concerning Australia's involvement in various wars from the Sudan Campaign to the Vietnam War.
1 October 1985 - [Statement]
David Malouf responds to a survey asking about his approach to war as a subject or vehicle for fiction, the challenges of doing so, the…
1 October 1985 - From the Sudan to Saigon: A Critical Review of Historical Works
Surveys publications on Australian military history, Australian involvement in wars and histories of wars by Australian historians.
1 October 1985 - Origin, Identity and the Body in David Malouf’s Fiction
Argues that a conception of Malouf's fiction as historical is simplistic. Malouf undertakes 'fictional revisitings of moments in Australian history—moments in which, in retrospect, significant…
1 May 1999 - Jimmy Governor and Jimmie Blacksmith
Historian Henry Reynolds examines the historical background of and model for Keneally’s novel and focuses on four things: “to outline the general background to race…
1 May 1979 - On Finding ‘Australia’: Mirages, Mythic Images, Historical Circumstances
Considers critical explorations of the Australian identity by Richard White, Ross Gibson, Robert Dixon and G.A. Wilkes as the 'second generation of the consideration of…
1 October 1986 - Preying on the Past: Contexts of Some Recent Neo-Historical Fiction
Discusses the 'revisionist' historical fiction of, among others, Rodney Hall, David Malouf and Robert Drewe, in the context of Australian historical fiction from its origins…
1 October 1992 - The Historical Basis of For the Term of His Natural Life
Robson examines Clarke’s use of recorded history and the extent to which these records were adapted for the purposes of the narrative. While some items…
1 December 1963 - Colonial History and Post-Colonial Fiction : The Writing of Thea Astley
The relatively early novel A Kindness Cup, which focuses on the massacre of a group of Aborigines and the efforts made to forget and…
1 May 1999 - Greeks and Moderns: The Search for Culture in the Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918
THE Official History of Australia in the War of 1914- 1918 provided Australians with an opportunity to assert the significance of their history to an…
1 October 2007
Contributors
- Leigh Dale
- Alan Frost
- David A. Kent
- David A. Kent
- Christopher Lee
- David Malouf
- Irmtraud Petersson
- Richard Pascal
- Peter Pierce
- Henry Reynolds
- L. L. Robson
- Jesse Shipway
- Andrew Taylor