Australia Twice Traversed: Volume 2
Australia Twice Traversed: Volume 2

Author: Ernest Giles

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-11-03

Total Pages: 413

ISBN-13: 1108039014

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A detailed account of Australian explorer Ernest Powell Giles' five expeditions in South Australia, first published in 1889.

The Statesman's Year-Book
The Statesman's Year-Book

Author: J. Scott-Keltie

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-12-29

Total Pages: 1445

ISBN-13: 0230270336

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The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.

In the Name of the Law
In the Name of the Law

Author: Amanda Nettelbeck

Publisher: Wakefield Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 9781862547483

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Part murder mystery, part courtroom drama, mounted Constable William Willshire's memoirs are an intriguing look into life and law in the colonies of a young Australia.

Seeking the Centre
Seeking the Centre

Author: Roslynn Doris Haynes

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13: 9780521571111

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The desert has a hypnotic presence in Australian culture, simultaneously alluring and repellent. The 'Centre' is distant and unknown to most Australians, yet has become a symbol of the country. This exciting book, highly illustrated in full colour, reveals the singular impact that the desert, both geographical and metaphorical, has had on Australian culture. At the heart of the book is the profound relationship that Aboriginal Australians have with the desert, and the complex ways in which they have been seen by white people in this context.

Empty Signs, Historical Imaginaries
Empty Signs, Historical Imaginaries

Author: Ágoston Berecz

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2020-03-20

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 1789206359

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Set in a multiethnic region of the nineteenth-century Habsburg Empire, this thoroughly interdisciplinary study maps out how the competing Romanian, Hungarian and German nationalization projects dealt with proper names. With particular attention to their function as symbols of national histories, Berecz makes a case for names as ideal guides for understanding historical imaginaries and how they operate socially. In tracing the changing fortunes of nationalization movements and the ways in which their efforts were received by mass constituencies, he provides an innovative and compelling account of the historical utilization, manipulation, and contestation of names.