A Land Fit for Heroes. A Social, Cultural and Environmental History of Soldier Settlement in New South Wales, 1916-1939. The digger has an iconographic status in Australian society; thousands of families have charted the service records of relatives who served in the first AIF. This project will recover the returned soldier as important an historical entity as the men (and women) who went to war. It will look at ways our society tried to recover from the trauma of war, examine our veterans' r ....A Land Fit for Heroes. A Social, Cultural and Environmental History of Soldier Settlement in New South Wales, 1916-1939. The digger has an iconographic status in Australian society; thousands of families have charted the service records of relatives who served in the first AIF. This project will recover the returned soldier as important an historical entity as the men (and women) who went to war. It will look at ways our society tried to recover from the trauma of war, examine our veterans' return to Australia and their difficult readjustment to civil society. Soldier settlers faced a new battle in opening up the land. Like many in regional NSW today, they struggled against isolation, drought and financial hardship. This project will evaluate the role soldier settlement played in populating remote districts and assess its long-term environmental costs.Read moreRead less
The Enigmatic Mr Deakin. A new single volume biography of Alfred Deakin will make this most intriguing and influential of Australia's early Prime Ministers available to contemporary readers (including politicians, policy makers, journalists, teachers, broadcasters, and the politically engaged public). It will re-enliven his place in Australians' political memory and imagination so that knowledge of his achievements and limitations will inform the choices facing contemporary Australia and enlarge ....The Enigmatic Mr Deakin. A new single volume biography of Alfred Deakin will make this most intriguing and influential of Australia's early Prime Ministers available to contemporary readers (including politicians, policy makers, journalists, teachers, broadcasters, and the politically engaged public). It will re-enliven his place in Australians' political memory and imagination so that knowledge of his achievements and limitations will inform the choices facing contemporary Australia and enlarge their understanding of the possibilities of politics. It will also provide the basis for further exploration of his life and influence in other media, such as film, television and radio.Read moreRead less