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Landscape has long been acknowledged as central to Australian colonial history. In contrast to the harsh conditions endured by settlers in Sydney Cove, convicts in Tasmania experienced a veritable Eden.
At his swearing in as a High Court judge, Sir Ronald Wilson noted the significance of rich personal relationships. Early in his career he forged links with police and lawyers, becoming known as a ruthless prosecutor. Later it was with members of the Stolen Generation, who held him in high regard and with great affection.
In a country which periodically agonises its way through debates about its history and frets regularly about the quality of history teaching, it is remarkable how resistant we are to embedding notes and pointers on our past in the urban and rural landscapes.
Margaret Coffey reviews Sean McConville’s weighty tome, Irish Political Prisoners, 1848–1922, Theatres of War.
Dewi Anggraeni examines Australia’s ambivalence towards Asia by J.V. D’Cruz and William Steele.
Garry Kinnane reviews Sue Vanderkelen’s The Cruel Man and Michael Jorgensen’s More Hats.
Strange times, Cooling off in Tasmania, Where now for reconciliation?, Tides of history, Being scared of GM
Reviews of the films All or Nothing; Punch Drunk Love; Johnny English; and The Man Without A Past
Reviews of About face: Asian Accounts of Australia; Diplomatic Deceits: Government, Media and East Timor; The Complete Book of Great Australian Women—Thirty-Six women who changed the course of Australia and The Conclave: A sometimes secret and occasionally bloody history of papal elections
Kel Dummett finds that Australia is content to ignore the troubles of Biak, West Papua.
Poetry by Paul Mitchell & Judith Bishop
This year’s May anniversary of independence for Timor Leste is Xanana Gusmão’s second as President and the country’s fifth as a free territory. Sara Niner looks at the current political machinations.
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