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The great mistakes of Australian history / edited by Martin Crotty and David Andrew Roberts.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Errors--History--Anecdotes.
- Errors.
- Australia--History--Anecdotes.
- Australia.
- Australia--Biography--Anecdotes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 244 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Sydney, N.S.W. : University of New South Wales Press Ltd., 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Blunders, stuff-ups and misjudgements are a part of any country's history. Dwelling on what might have been isn't always helpful, but recognising our mistakes and learning from them is important. In this highly original and provocative book leading Australian historians attempt to do just that. Many stories, scenarios and situations are explored with verve, compassion and insight. The Great Mistakes of Australian History is a lively and provocative account of where we might have got it wrong, written so that next time we can get it right.
- Contents:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION - CONTEMPLATING THE ROLE OF MISTAKES IN AUSTRALIA'S PAST; CHAPTER 1 - 'THEY WOULD SPEEDILY ABANDON THE COUNTRY TO THE NEW COMERS': THE DENIAL OF ABORIGINAL RIGHTS; CHAPTER 2 - SHELLEY'S MISTAKE: THE PARRAMATTA NATIVE INSTITUTION AND THE STOLEN GENERATIONS; CHAPTER 3 - THE BURKE AND WILLS PHENOMENON: TRIAL AND ERROR IN THE CONQUEST OF AUSTRALIA; CHAPTER 4 - AGRARIAN IDEALS AND PASTORAL REALITIES: THE USE AND MISUSE OF LAND IN RURAL AUSTRALIA; CHAPTER 5 - A CURSE UPON THE LAND: FOXES AND CANE TOADS
- CHAPTER 6 - 'AN ARCHITECTURAL MONSTROSITY'?: THE CAHILL EXPRESSWAY AND TOWN PLANNING; CHAPTER 7 - NAIVE MILITARISM: AUSTRALIA'S WORLD WAR I GENERATION; CHAPTER 8 - A GREAT AND IMPOTENT FRIEND: THE SINGAPORE STRATEGY; CHAPTER 9 - THE ENEMY WITHIN: WARTIME INTERNMENT OF ENEMY ALIENS; CHAPTER 10 - 'ANOTHER SINGAPORE?': AUSTRALIA TURNS AWAY FROM ASIA; CHAPTER 11 - STATES OF MIND: FEDERATION AND THE PROBLEMATIC CONSTITUTION; CHAPTER 12 - GUARDING THE FLOOD GATES: THE REMOVAL OF NON - EUROPEANS, 1945 - 49; CHAPTER 13 - (MIS)ADVENTURES IN BRINKMANSHIP: WHITLAM AND THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL; NOTES; INDEX
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-237) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781742240473
- 174224047X
- 9781742245904
- 1742245900
- 9781429427524
- 1429427523
- OCLC:
- 784885236
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