Australian Colonists: An Explanation of Social History, 1788-1870

History

Inglis, K. S.

Americas

Melbourne Univ Pr

A social history of the period from 1788 to 1870, from the beginning of British settlement of Australia to the year when the last British soldiers sailed home from the colonies. Newcomers brought with them from the old world their traditional holidays. We see them facing natural enemies in the land, and having their tranquillity shattered by bushrangers as well as rebellious convicts, military officers and gold diggers. With them we hear the sounds of distant war. We meet the men they honoured, and we read of efforts by poets and orators to turn the Australian experience into history.

Australian Colonists: Exploration of Social History 1788-1870

Australia & Oceania

Melbourne University Publishing

Sacred Places: War Memorials in the Australian Landscape

This magnificently produced and beautifully written book is the product of a lifetime's thought and research by master social historian Ken Inglis. After Gallipoli, on a scale unknown anywhere else in the world, Australia embarked on a massive program of war memorial construction. The memorials became the holy sites of a new civil and nationalist religion-the cult of Anzac. In this comprehensive and fascinating analysis, Inglis traces the development of the cult and its social origins and implications, as well as looking at those who rejected it. He creates new perspectives on a key stage of Australia's growing national identity.

A magnificently produced and beautifully written book on the war memorials of Australia, the holy sites of a new civil and nationalist religion—the cult of Anzac. The author traces the development of the cult and its social origins and implications as well as those who rejected it.

Melbourne University Press

The war memorials and holy sites of the new civil and nationalist religion of the Australian and New Zealand Air Corps (Anzac) are evaluated in this beautifully produced book. After the terrors of the First World War, Australians embarked on a remarkable program of war memorial construction creating large and small mementos that adorn the Australian landscape to this day—pieces that express pride and grief in the perceptions of God, empire, and nation. The author traces the development of the cult of Anzac and its monuments, covering their social origins and modern implications of national spirit and patriotism. This edition includes a new forward to mark the 90th anniversary of the Anzac's landing at Gallipoli.

Sacred Places

Arts & Photography

Architecture

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Australian Colonists: An Explanation of Social History, 1788-1870

Australian Colonists: Exploration of Social History 1788-1870

Sacred Places: War Memorials in the Australian Landscape

Sacred Places: War Memorials in the Australian Landscape

Sacred Places: War Memorials in the Australian Landscape

Sacred Places