Origins of Malay Nationalism in Malaya Reviewed
W Roff’s study surveys the first four decades of the 20th century in Malaya. It argues Malay political leadership emerged under British rule while Chinese influence grew economically, and discusses three major nationalist currents with a focus on how colonial policy shaped Malay politics and identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malaya
Purcell
Kuala Lumpur
Roff
Frantz Fanon
Mao Tse-tung
Singapore
Indonesia
Wine and the Doctor: Australian Vintners in Focus
A review of Wine and Scalpel and related books traces doctors who entered winemaking in Australia from early figures like Dr Townson to Dr Lake of Lake’s Folly. It notes the appeal of wine to medical minds, brief successes such as Henry Lindeman, and the pricey value at $8.40 for 72 pages, questioning the cost for wine doctors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Lake
Hunter
Robert Townson
Rawson
W. T
Hen John Lindeman
Gi John Harris
Galen
Oman
Lindeman
Henry Lindeman
Hunter Valley
Victorian
Victoria
Pitt Street
Lindemans
Wine Doctors of Australia
Lake Sie Ty
Madame Bovary
Flaubert
Oxford
Kuschiuk Hanem
Starkie
Daily Express
Basil Cardew
Flaubert biography analysis revives Victorian style
The essay argues modern biography moved toward exhaustive fact gathering and dry analysis, losing vitality. It praises fertile fact and imagined truth while lamenting overemphasis on dates and documents. It calls for blending human warmth with scholarly rigor in literary life writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ess
Enid
Short Stories The Day We Got Drunk on Cake review
William Trevor’s debut collection aims to reveal the hysteria beneath ordinary suburbia. Desperate characters cling to sanity while passions loom large, creating comic and tragic depths behind the surface of social and marital life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Trevor
The
Bodley Head
Suburbia
Books and recipes on sale at Garema Place Canberra
After a political week this Canberra ad promotes several new books on China Indonesia and Dien Bien Phu among others. It highlights KARNO'S GUIDED INDONESIA SMALL PLA and THE 16 GOURMETS with prices, plus a MOTOR SHOW volume and decorative recipe cards, inviting readers to visit Garema Place for purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indonesia
Karno
Sukarno
Dien Bien Phu
Denice Fall
Evatt the Enigma review by Allan Dalziel
A critical appraisal of Allan Dalziel’s memoir of Evatt, noting flaws in political judgment and biographical gaps. The reviewer challenges Dalziel’s defense of Evatt’s actions in the Petrov affair and his overall portrayal of Evatt as a flawed but influential Australian political figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evatt
Dalziel
Molotov
Petrov
Communist Party
Australian New Guinea futures seminar at Canberra Centre
A.L.P.S. New Guinea hosts a future indefinite seminar over Australia Day weekend 27 to 29 January 1968 at the Canberra Centre Civic Square. It will question current assumptions about New Guinea’s future focusing on New Guinean perspectives amid talks on economic social and political conditions and possible trends. Major papers include Economic bases for an Independent New Guinea by E. K. Fisker from the Australian National University and related discussions with government and university representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danziel
Liti
Chifley
Evatt
Dalziel
Vatt Emer
Erery Ae i
Norman
Curtin
Beak Legents
Funeacee
Watt
ALP
Canberra Centre
Civic Square
Canberra
New Guinea
New
New Guineas
E. K. Fisker
Pacific Studies
Australian National University
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Rutherglen District Winegrowers' Association
Maki
Emitarkie
Wei and Nicolson
Gina Woolf Istumpnestis
Strachey
Maurois
Harold Nicolson
Coe Oes
Mummy
China
Gre Clarke
E. Charlwood
Nee Sing
Cachene
Len Evans
Theorld
Garema Place
Canberra City
Education Department
Verity Hewitt Pty Ltd
Hokusai
Mount Fuji
Hopwood
Bridgman
Colin Barrie
Design N.B
Verity Hewitt
Gareme Arcade
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Madame Olilier
Ol Petrovian
Menzies
Royal Commission
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