John Hirst
Books
A Grand History: John Hirst on Mark McKenna’s 'An Eye for Eternity'
John Hirst
Mark McKenna’s An Eye for Eternity: The Life of Manning Clark (Miegunyah Press, 816pp; $54.99) is a challenging biography because it will...
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Racism in Australia. Reynolds, Hirst, Brett, Hage
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Henry Reynolds, leading historian of indigenous dispossession, John Hirst, Australia’s leading political...
More ...Comment: Public Goods & Pipe Organs
John Hirst
If a town hall has an organ should it also have an official town-hall organist? I thought I took a wide interest in public affairs but...
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The Nation Reviewed
Following Menzies
John Hirst
What should the Liberal Party do when Labor governments favour private enterprise, contracting out and selling off? Join in, of course. In...
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The Nation Reviewed
Comment: An Indigenous Game
John Hirst
Aboriginal people make up 2% of the population and 10% of footballers in the Australian Football League. As anyone who has seen them in...
More ...The Monthly Essays
An Oddity from the Start: Convicts and National Character
John Hirst
Reynolds had in his sights the classic work on the national character by Russel Ward: The Australian Legend, published in 1958. Long before...
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The Monthly Essays
Australia: The Official History
John Hirst
Howard adopted narrative history as part of his political program in a speech on Australia Day 2006, when he attacked the current practice...
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Political Courage: Some Australian examples
John Hirst
My Australian collection begins early, at Sydney Cove in 1789, the second year of the convict settlement. The nature of this anomalous...
More ...The First XI: The Best Australian History Books
John Hirst
Are the finest guides to Australian history always those written by historians? Asked to name the best history books on Australia, I find...
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