Social change

Shipway’s article examines Flanagan’s representation of Tasmanian versions of history and modernity in Gould’s Book of Fish. As one of the recurring tropes in…

Indyk attempts to show how “the recognition of complexity and diversity is at the same time an assertion of the principles of social equality”. Because…

At a crucial point in 'The Bathe: a grotesque', the opening story of a series which Henry Handel Richardson named 'Growing Pains: sketches of girlhood'…

The terms of the contest, launched in late 1945, seemed straightforward enough. The Sydney Daily Telegraph would award £1000 for the best Australian novel and…

Diana Molloy analyses Thea Astley’s *The Multiple Effects of Rainshadow* (1997) and *The Tall Man* (2008) by Chloe Hooper. Both texts are about Palm Island…

There is a burgeoning critical literature of higher education which comments on the cultural changes associated with ‘research quality measurement’. This essay is an introduction…

In Australia, Tom Keneally is one writer who may be said to have had a distinct social impact. He has inspired white Australians to reimagine…

Vivian Smith discusses his life, career and approach to writing poetry.

‘This essay describes the place of reading in the life of Irene Longman (1877-1962), the first woman elected to the Queensland parliament. It shows how…

This essay is an exploration of the suburban imaginary in David Ireland's The Glass Canoe (1976), Bruce Dawe's Condolences of the Season (1971) and Christos…