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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Feb 03, 1973
Page
5
The readable text fragments reference names and places in a damaged page. Key entities include Paige and Atler, with sparse context about a local event or notice. Details are incomplete, and the piece reads as a partial OCR chunk lacking coherent narrative or dates.
A critical, readable survey of Easter Island history by Father Englert, tracing pre white contact society, legends, and the island’s monumental statues. It weighs oral traditions, Polynesian origins, and the rise and fall of Hanau Eepe and Hanau Momake amid later European contact and warfare.
Roy Lewis and Marshall Pugh produce two very different books in this mixed review. The first, A Secret Singing, collapses as a whodunnit around Inspector Crow of Scotland Yard and a police investigation marked by misdirections and routine interviews. The second, Mutiny, unfolds in an Arabian peninsula setting with a platoon of paratroopers, combining skewed loyalties, rival ambitions, and suspense, though some tenderness and character depth feel undercut by brisk pacing.
A new Pushkin translation by Walter Arndt offers 74 short poems six longer pieces and a selection from Eugene Onegin in three forms the original Russian a literal version and a verse translation. Arndt separates the verse form from the others noting the literal renderings carry real poetry and question the need for the imaginative verse version.
A reviewer notes a three volume study arguing racism is embedded in Australia's social fabric. The editorial voice questions national self perception while detailing how racism became institutionalised via politics and public service. George Brown’s political memoirs critique media and society’s influence.
A critical review of Australia’s handling of racism and colonialism. The text assesses scholarly contributions, national bias, and student perspectives from Papua New Guinea and other sources. It discusses policies, Anglo Saxon heritage, and the emotional impact of racism on both Indigenous and Pacific communities.
A new Pilican Latin American Library title appears under Frencha Julia with Cam hao the Yoke priced at $1.20. The work discusses the formation of the Peasant League in Brazil in 1955 by the lawyer who organized it, though the text is garbled and incomplete.
Quality series psy Nas launches its new Picador series of paperbacks with seven titles. The line targets discerning young readers and adults, featuring works by 25 writers, mainly American and contemporary. Notable entries include Hermann Hesse’s Rosshalde and Monique Wittig’s The Guerilleros.
The volume surveys 12 explorers in Moreton Bay 1770 to 1830 including Cook Flinders Oxley and Cunningham. It expands original reports with sketches maps and commentary while noting gaps in analysis and the impact of expeditions on indigenous peoples.
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