Honest to God Debate Sparks Wide Church Discussion
The piece surveys the impact of John A. T. Robinson’s Honest to God on theologians and lay readers. It notes 45,000 copies sold and translations into several languages, with praise from David L. Edwards and comments by Archbishop Wand and others on church renewal and clear communication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. T. Robinson
Wand
Bishop of
Woolwich
David L. Edwards
Britain
America
Australia
Church of England
David Edwards
Robinson
Bee
God
Noth
Dr. Robinson
F M.H
Book Review on Moyes Cricket Reminiscences and Innovations
The author surveys new cricket innovations from O Reilly to Carmody while praising Moyes for recalling cricketers like Clem Hill Warren Bardsley and Victor Trumper. The piece lauds the book as a concise life devotion to cricket with Sir Donald Bradman as a contrasting figure and notes Moyes’s practical guidance for youth. It cites Bradman’s totals: 28,167 runs in first class with centuries, Sheffield Shield averages around 110.9, and Test average 99.94.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clem Hill
Warren Bardsley
Victor Vrumper
Moyes
Johnnie Moyes
Donald Bradman
Donald
Hj.m
Wreck of the Batavia and two islets off West Australia
An illustration from 1647 depicts the Batavia shipwreck near Western Australia with two small surrounding islands. The scene conveys the era’s maritime peril and the perilous route of early Dutch traders around the Australian coast.
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Batavia
Houtman Abrolhos
Francois Pelsaert
Dutch East India Company
Java
Australia
Pelsaert
December issue of Meanjin Quarterly review notes
The December issue of Meanjin Quarterly offers essays short stories poetry and reviews. A feature traces near neighbor literature with pieces on Pramudya Ananta Tur and the Manila Asian writers conference. Ellen Males reviews Jack Lindsay on Katherine Susannah Prichard and Lindsay's reply is discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meanjin Quarterly
A. H. Johns
Pramudya Ananta Tur
James
Preston
Manila
Ellen Males
Jack Lindsay
Katherine Susannah Prichard
Complexity of Cecil Rhodes Biography
A new two author biography by J. G. Lockhart and C. M. Woodhouse presents Cecil Rhodes as visionary and schemer. It details his secret society idea, imperial ambitions, and belief in British rule across Africa, contrasting his wealth from diamonds with ruthless power plays. The work relies on Rhodes papers, offering a vivid portrait of an era.
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Rhodes
J. G. Lockhart
C. M. Woodhouse
Africa
CC. M. Woodhouse
M.D
Mutiny and bushranging tales join Australian history shelves
The review covers H Drake-Brockman and E D Drek edited Pelsaert journals and E Drok aids, plus Bill Wannan’s bushranging volume. It notes Batavia mutiny crimes, Jer ome Cornelius plotting piracy, and Ned Kelly’s dominance with mixed romantic glare and brutal facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Drake-Brockman
Francisco Pelsaert
E. D. Drek
Angus and Robertson
Bill Vannan
Ned Kelly
Kellys
Jerome Cornelius
Henrietta Drake- Brockman
Francois Pelsaert
Batavia
Bill Wannan
Australia
Black Caesar
Jack Bradshaw
Sydney
Max Brown
Wn.b
Books for holiday reading and new novels
The column recommends And Barbara Byfield’s Eating-In-Bed Cookbook and Frances Parkinson Keyes’ Beauregard based drama. Elizabeth Webb’s The Quandong Tree recalls western Queensland drought, while The Character Ball by Patrick Anderson shares travel anecdotes and witty notes. A New Year greeting closes the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Byfield
Frances Parkinson Keyes
Beauregard
Madame Castel
Elizabeth Webb
Queensland
Miss Webb
Ball
Patrick Anderson
Rangin
Greece
Spain
Tangier
Montreal
Singapore
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Canterbury Cathedral
A. G. fHlohnnin
Angus and Roberson
Sir Donald Headlan
Rigby
Bill O'Reilly
Keith Carmody
West Australia
Cecil Rhodes
Hodder and Stoughton
Bill Wanns
Lansdowne Press
Indian Ocean
Webbye Hayes
Cornelius
Sardam
Henrietta Drake-Brookman
Battavia
E. D. Drok
Christ Church Grammar School
Perth
Bushrangia
Glenrowan
Vince
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