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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 18, 1977
Page
4
Robbie Hardy chronicles the Barkindji people of the Darling River region from 1830s contact with explorers and settlers to their disintegration. The work traces epidemics dispossession and loss of waterholes, ending with their shifting to reserves under foreign values.
A critical review of Bobbie Hardy Rigby's The Vanished Tribes of the Darling River. The piece notes uneven structure and dense typographic printing but recognizes strong research value and archival value, praising photographs and contribution to Indigenous dignity.
A Times literary reviewer discusses a 1937 Jonathan Cape reprint on Elizabethan hero Sir Richard Grenville and a broader look at the British monarchy. The piece covers author Rowse, the Queen's silver jubilee, constitutional matters, royal finances, and the Crown’s role amid modern changes and family issues.
Maurice Dunlevy notes the Australian Book Publishers Association figures show only 54 responses for 1976, with 1384 staff and 114 million in wages across those firms. They produced 3024 new books, led by Educational titles with 743, General Literature 278, and Paperbacks 253. Only 26 novels were published among respondents, obscuring true industry trends.
A long, critical look at Australian publishing shows 37 poetry and belles lettres titles, 76 children’s, 99 science and tech. Australia printed 4.3 million new books, 5.8 million abroad. Australian sales total about 34 million, with 3.5 million outside. Non-Australian titles sold locally amount to 46 million. overseas indent sales stand at 12.2 million. Indent woes stem from closed markets, while Penguin Australia holds 5 million books across 5,200 titles. If author royalties are 10 percent, writers earn around 20 cents per dollar, a meager return given taxes and the market size.
A reviewer surveys Richard Lannoy's book linking temple erotic sculpture to fertility, kama, and moksha. Drawings fail to capture in situ atmosphere, but Lannoy ties orgiastic temple scenes to tribal culture and Baul traditions while praising Konarak. The piece notes related Kingsley Amis reissue news.
A Venice quadriga on San Marco’s Basilica is studied for age alloy and history as part of conservation and exploration of Venice’s tides and pollution. Ottavio Vittori leads a scientific inquiry joined by Anna Mestitz to probe Greek or Roman origins, gilding methods, and apotropaic eye symbolism amid corrosion and era-linked clues.
A Picador volume compiling Flann O Briens columns from the Irish Times. It covers a wide range of subjects in a variable style but is presented as the author’s best in years past.
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