Vexed waters of the reef Crown of Thorns overview
A review of Theo W. Browns Ecopolitics work on the Crown of Thorns starfish threat to the Great Barrier Reef. The piece discusses ecological stakes, potential human causes, and governance challenges within Australian federal and state systems. It notes mining, oil, and conservation debates and questions expert consensus.
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Crown OF Thorns
Great Barrier Reef
Theo W. Brown
Angus and Robertson
Western Pacific
Indian Ocean
Red Sea
Ellison Reef
Australia
Queensland
Brian Steed
Peter Thornton
Gorton
Simple hero in a boat
A brief review of 1 Had to Dare by Tom McClean and Jarrards. The author recounts the solo Atlantic row, frostbite and solitude, with a skeptical note on ghosting by Peter Vane. McClean’s 70 day crossing is noted as remarkable yet unevenly told.
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Tom McClean
Jarrards
Crs
Blyth
Ridgway
Atlantic
McClean
Fairfax
Newfoundland
Ireland
Noah
Johnstone
Hoare
Peter Vane
London
Hemingway
McLean
Vane
Huck Finn
Bigglesworth
SAS
Henry VIII
Canberra and Canberran planners in Stretton’s critique
The author argues Hugh Stretton’s Patterns for Australian Cities overstates Canberra’s planning prowess. He contends Canberra serves middle-class residents while marginalizing youth, pensioners, and low paid workers. Canberra’s ethos is limited by its size and class values, with decision making biased toward professionals and property preservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Stretton
Canberra
Dertments
Interior, Earth, and Works
National Capital Development Commission
New town study shows clash of middle and working class values
Australian sociologists Lois Bryson and Faith Thompson examine the suburb New Town near Melbourne. The 1966 survey reveals breadwinners mostly manual and low income, with many wives working. The Civic Group pushes middle class values, but workers prefer family centered lives and reject bureaucratic institutions. Professionals seek democracy through groups, yet stay mobile while workers form sport and recreation groups, highlighting divergent visions of community.
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Lois Bryson
Faith Thompson
United States
Great Britain
Victorian Housing Commission
Newtown
Canberra
ACT Authority
Too tenuous a thread review
Emma Lathen's The Longer The Thread is muddy with a focus on high finance yet faltering in plotting as a Puerto Rican based Slax One mystery unfolds. The Butterfly Picnic by Joan Aiken follows an exotic kidnapping plot on a Greek island but fails to feel credible or memorable compared with Lathen's best.
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Emma Lathen
Emma Latheo
Joan Aiken
Willoughby Chase
Nantucket
John Fowles
The Lynching Of Orin Newfield novel review
Gerald Goldberg pursues a chilling Vermont tale through the stream of consciousness of Orin Newfield, a wealthy dairy farmer. The work traces his gradual mental breakdown after an assault acquittal, as envy and conspiracy among townsfolk push toward violent retribution. Alma, Orin’s wife, aids in moments of tenderness amid a sober, tense narrative.
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Vermont
Orin Newfield
Gerald Goldberg
Orin
Newfield
Farnum
Alma
Christy Brown Recounts Childhood in My Left Foot
Seventeen years after writing his account of childhood in a Dublin slum titled My Left Foot, Irishman Christy Brown rose to fame with his novel Down All The Days becoming a best seller.
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Dublin
Christy Brown
Birds of Australia review by Michael Morcombe
A critical review of Morcombe’s Birds of Australia praises the lavish color photographs but scolds the book for minimal explanatory text. It argues that without fuller flight and behavior notes readers lose insight into birds' airborne life and preservation urgency.
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Birds OF
Australia
Michael Morcombe
Lansdowne Press
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ZYG
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Melbourne
Monash University
Uganda
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Slax One Limited
Sloan
Slax
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Gerald J. Goldberg
W. H. Allen
Bird Pictures
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Australian National University
Department of Classics
Australian-American Education Foundation
Homer A. Thompson
Institute For Advanced Study
Princeton
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