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The Battle Of Sydney, Rowan Cahill
The Battle Of Sydney, Rowan Cahill
Rowan Cahill
Account of the wartime strike by Australian troops in Sydney, 1916, in defence of their working conditions. This action involved thousands of soldiers, mutiny, and a march through the streets of Sydney culminating in violence and bloodshed. The strike tends to be either absent from, or misrepresented in, Australian martial histories.
John Forrest: Western Australia Under The Banyan Tree, Zoë Janina Yökki Joy Trotman
John Forrest: Western Australia Under The Banyan Tree, Zoë Janina Yökki Joy Trotman
Theses : Honours
This story is about a man named John Forrest, my great-great-great uncle. I want to Investigate how he shaped and enacted upon the space we now call the State of Western Australia: as explorer, as surveyor, and as Premier. The photographs in my thesis explore how he impacted upon the landscape that we currently observe: they illustrate ways in which his past influence can be detected in the landmarks of our state, and they act as evidence of the “bigger picture”, demonstrating the effects his influence has had on the present condition of the land itself. Forrest helped construct many …
Una Intrahistoria De Nueva Nursia, Cristina Rodriguez
Una Intrahistoria De Nueva Nursia, Cristina Rodriguez
Theses : Honours
The purpose of this Investigation is to explore the intra-history of the three remaining Spanish Benedictine monks of New Norcia (Western Australia) who were recruited in the 1920s by the third Bishop of New Norcia, Anselmo Catalan. The three texts to be analysed are; Fr Maur Ejaunes' autobiography titled Memories of Fr Maur Enjuanes OSB. based on oral history transcripts and published In the New Norcia Studies journal, September 1998; Fr Seraphim Sanz' personal memoirs, unpublished and titled Vida y milagros de un monje benedictino (life and Miracles of a Benedictine Monk); and finally, the transcript of an oral interview …