War bride who made history in Australian policy shift
The 1952 cabinet decision to grant entry visas to Japanese war brides of Australian servicemen marked a historic policy reversal. Nobuko Parker became Australia's first Japanese war bride, amid debates on national security and race. The book Alien Blossom traces the case and its social impact, focusing on the Parkers and their family's integration challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal
Australia
Banning
Australs
Japan
Avan
Nobuko “Cherry Parker
Aston
Liberal Party
Victoria
Holt
Henrg
Julie
Hull
Parker
Paris
Vietorria
Parkers
Barker
Gordon Parker
Nobuko Sakuramoto
Hiroshima
Gordon
Cherry Parker
Don t Stop The Carnival novel review by Herman Wouk
A mixed critical take on Herman Wouk s latest novel Don t Stop The Carnival. The book follows a middle aged New Yorker who relocates to a Caribbean island to run a hotel. It features a lavish cast, liberal views on race relations, and hopes to deliver both romance and humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Wonk
Collins
Veally
Mory
Hatiaa
Caribbean
Dutton
Wastinton
Classic salute to the 'few' in a wartime meditation
A long, discursive meditation on memory and sacrifice in war, reflecting on pilots reported missing, the fading of comrades, and the poet Bailey's work The Suspended. It cites Townsend and parallels with Blunden and Remarque, lamenting lost bravado and the pull of silence amid remembrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hever ‘Townsend
Bailey
Tt Delongs
Blunden
Remarque
Townsen
Altmen
Kinship and Conflict in an Aboriginal Society
A critical notice of L R Hiatt Kinship and Conflict, reviewing its twenty month fieldwork 1958–60 on a northern central Aboriginal community. It highlights emphasis imbalances, methodological notes, and its key contribution that kinship is mostly symbolic rather than corporate. includes maps and data on disputes, marriage, and inlaws, praising its value for anthropologists and students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amer Land
L. R. Hiatt
The
Avswalin National Universey
Price
D. Hiatt
Universit Syaney
North Central First
Hint
Ay A Syhoe
Tsal
Afar
Soci
Hintt
Taster
Canada
Tropics
South America
Histt
Immortals of Science series for children reviewed
A publisher lists fifteen titles under Immortals of Science aimed at readers aged 10 to 15. Biographies of Franklin Harvey Kepler and Euclid accompany works on planetary motion and geometry, praised for accessible writing and historical insight into science and its era. The collection is noted as a valuable addition to a children's library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immortals of Science
Franklin
Harvey
Kepler
Reagan
Eineene
Ameri
Watt
Wis
Ashough
Euclid
Also Mentioned on This Page
America
Avnsia
Beriev
Mallow
Arevail
Willian Green
Gerald Pollinger
Macdonald of
Lomdes
Alifn
Carter Langbowrie
By Havid Solomon
Cherry An
Gordian Parker
Overcome
John Lleonart
Hy Ti Bailey
Hodder Be Staughton
By Frank Cranston
Iétira
Nabokov
Sol
William
Bill
Tanner Pan Dolph
Keith Miller
Canberra
Angus & Robertson
By Warren Shapiro
L. Re Hiait
G. J. Aitchison
Benjamin Phankiin
Irengade Bberle
William, Taryey
Tran Blazer
Rebecca
Murcats
Johannes Db
Fae
David C. Kuali
Fstelle A. Delacy
Chatto and Windus
London
Wach
aHives
Charles 1
England
Charles
Allen Drury
David Malberstam
Bernard Newman
Vietnam
Robert Wilder
u/s
Verity Hewitt
Garema Arcade
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!