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Australian Historical Studies @ahsjournal.bsky.social · 1d

Kate Ariotti reviews ‘Gull Force: Australian POWs on Ambon and Hainan, 1941–45’ by Joan Beaumont
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Australian Historical Studies @ahsjournal.bsky.social · 1d

Elizabeth Bowyer reviews ‘Gender, Violence and Criminal Justice in the Colonial Pacific 1880–1920’ by Kate Stevens
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Australian Historical Studies @ahsjournal.bsky.social · 1d

More book reviews published online ahead of print - first up, David A. Roberts reviews ‘Uprising: War in the Colony of New South Wales’ by Stephen Gapps
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Australian Historical Studies @ahsjournal.bsky.social · 8d

Congratulations to Geraldine Fela, winner of the 2025 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Australian History for her book, 'Critical Care: Nurses on the Frontline of Australia's AIDS Crisis'. Read Shirleene Robinson's review in AHS here,
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Australian Historical Studies @ahsjournal.bsky.social · 13d

CLOSING NEXT WEEK - submit your entry by Tuesday 30 September to be in the running for the Ken Inglis Postgraduate Prize.
Did you present a paper at the AHA conference in July? Email it to us: [email protected]
See the pinned post for more details.

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Australian Historical Studies @ahsjournal.bsky.social · 16d

Rachel Franks @cfwriter.bsky.social reviews ‘Outrageous Fortunes: The Adventures of Mary Fortune, Crime-Writer, and Her Criminal Son’ by Megan Brown and Lucy Sussex @lucysussex.bsky.social
La Trobe University Press

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Australian Historical Studies @ahsjournal.bsky.social · 23d

Richard Waterhouse reviews, ‘We Are a Farming Class’: Dubbo’s Hinterland, 1870–1950, by Peter Woodley
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Australian Historical Studies @ahsjournal.bsky.social · 23d

Thomas Richardson reviews ‘Beyond the Broken Years: Australian Military History in 1000 Books’ by Peter Stanley @stanleyhistorian.bsky.social
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Australian Historical Studies @ahsjournal.bsky.social · 23d

Published online ahead-of-print, a new article by Nicholas Pitt, ‘Smallpox on the Limits of Location: The Politics of Diagnosis in New South Wales, 1830–34’. It's also freely available to read via open access
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Australian Historical Studies @ahsjournal.bsky.social · 23d

Published online ahead of print, a new article by Anna McMichael, Kate Murphy & Judith Healy, ‘Commerce and Culture: Music Emporia and Modernity in Late Nineteenth-Century Australia’.
It’s also open access
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Australian Historical Studies @ahsjournal.bsky.social · 29d

Ken Inglis Postgrad Prize CLOSING SOON - 30 Sept.
Did you present a paper at the AHA conference? Tidy it up and email it to us at [email protected]
Read the flier for all the T&Cs. You might get published in the journal...good luck!

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Australian Historical Studies @ahsjournal.bsky.social · Sep 8

New article alert by Samuel Furphy ‘He Does Not Speak of Civilizing the Australians Now’: Matthew Moorhouse, Craniology, and Aboriginal Protection in South Australia, 1839–65.
It's also Open Access and published ahead-of-print.

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Australian Historical Studies @ahsjournal.bsky.social · Sep 1

Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social reviews ‘The Southern Frontier: Australia, Antarctica and Empire in the Southern Ocean World’ by Rowan Howitt
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Australian Historical Studies @ahsjournal.bsky.social · Sep 1

‬Simon Farley @sighmonger.bsky.social ‪reviews ‘Enchantment by Birds: A History of Birdwatching in 22 Species’, by Russell McGregor
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Australian Historical Studies @ahsjournal.bsky.social · Aug 26

Michelle Arrow, Anna Clark and Frank Bongiorno’s co-authored piece in The Conversation. @michellearrow.bsky.social @frankbongiorno.bsky.social @ouranu.bsky.social @utsengage.bsky.social #MacquarieUniversity

The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · Aug 25

Last week in Sydney, we saw a melodrama acted out that could stand in for the state of Australian universities more generally.

Universities have lost their way, but cost-cutting and consultants are not the answer

theconversation.com

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Australian Historical Studies @ahsjournal.bsky.social · Aug 26

Raelene Frances reviews 'Untold Intimacies: A History of Sex Work in Aotearoa, 1978–2008' by Cheryl Ware @cherylware.bsky.social
Published by Auckland University Press

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Australian Historical Studies @ahsjournal.bsky.social · Aug 19

Max Quanchi reviews the exhibition 'Say Our Name: Australian South Sea Islanders. Queensland Museum, Brisbane. Oct 2024–July 2025'
AHS exhibition reviews are open access for three months, so share the link

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Say Our Name: Australian South Sea Islanders. Queensland Museum, Brisbane. October 2024–July 2025

Published in Australian Historical Studies (Ahead of Print, 2025)

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Australian Historical Studies @ahsjournal.bsky.social · Aug 19

Rachel Standfield & Katherine Ellinghaus review 'Too Far Out: An Administrative History of the Ngaanyatjarra Homelands' by Max Angus
Hesperian Press
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Australian Historical Studies @ahsjournal.bsky.social · Aug 19

Bridget Brooklyn reviews 'A Battle-Axe in the Bear Pit: Millicent Preston Stanley MP', by Wendy Michaels.
A timely review as May 2025 marked 100 years since Millicent Preston-Stanley became NSW’s first female MP.
Published by Connor Court
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Australian Historical Studies @ahsjournal.bsky.social · Aug 18

Ken Inglis Postgrad Prize - closes 30 Sept.
Did you present a paper at the AHA conference? If so then read the flyer below for all the details. Email any inquiries and submissions to [email protected]
Good luck 👏

Australian Historical Studies @ahsjournal.bsky.social · May 20

Ken Inglis Postgraduate Prize 2025: for PGs presenting papers at the AHA conference at JCU & CQU in July. The prize is offered by Australian Historical Studies & Routledge
See the flyer, entries close 30 Sept. @austhistassoc.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social @tandfonline.bsky.social

Australian Historical Studies @ahsjournal.bsky.social · Aug 5

Published online ahead of print, an article by S.J. Gale, ‘Leaving for Port Jackson: The First Fleet’s Abandonment of Botany Bay’. Abstract below. It’s also open access so freely available for anyone to read
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Australian Historical Studies @ahsjournal.bsky.social · Jul 22

Thanks for sharing @alanlester.bsky.social Yes, it is a shame that book reviews and many articles are behind a paywall or require institutional library access. Thanks for your excellent and considered review, as always 👏

Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · Jul 2

Shame this is behind a paywall, but here’s my conclusion.

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Australian Historical Studies @ahsjournal.bsky.social · Jul 22

While the 8 articles in our August issue (56.3) have been online for a while, they’re now collected under an editorial by Tim Rowse & Fiona Paisley. The issue also includes an exhibition review & 15 book reviews. Take a look 👀📑👏
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rahs20/5...

Top image: ‘Members of the Wallaby Club at Grand Hotel, Yarra Glen, Victoria, 27 October 1899’. Wallaby Club Collection, University of Melbourne Archives.
Bottom image: ‘Outside Tawonga Hut’. Melbourne Women’s Walking Club members pose during a Christmas walking trip in 1928. YMS 15464 Box 17, Records of the Melbourne Women’s Walking Club, State
Library of Victoria.

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Australian Historical Studies @ahsjournal.bsky.social · Jul 14

Richard White reviews 'Colonial Adventure', by Ken Gelder and Rachael Weaver
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AHA (Australia) @austhistassoc.bsky.social · Jul 7

Congratulations to our 2025 Prize Winners, announced last week at the AHA conference in Townsville!

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