Intruders and immigration policy in postwar Australia
A review of Lynn F Kunz’s book The Intruders Refugee doctors in Australia charts postwar immigration from displaced Europeans to Australia, detailing how many doctors faced exclusion, bureaucratic hurdles, and personal hardship. The piece notes professional mediation by AMA and unregistered doctors groups, cites figures for qualifications and relocations, and concludes with a call to curb discrimination and improve recognition.
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Arthur Calwell
Labor Party
Fun Kunz
Europe
Dre Kune
Australia
Poland
Hungary
U.P
Lynn F. Kunz
Australian National University Press
Colin Hughes
Elves Iin
Lhur University Medical
British Medical Association
AMA
Taywit Ab
de Kune
Papua New Guinea
Medical Society of
Kunz
John Gunther
New Guinea
Ike Kim Beaviey
Billy Sheahan
Fric Baume
Spain
Country
Berlin
Hardy study review: Hawkins’ book on Hardy criticized
Desmond Hawkins book Hardy: Novelist and Poet is praised for production quality but faulted for shallow analysis. The critic notes scant biographical content, heavy quotation, and superficial interpretation of The Return of the Native, offering limited value for readers. The foreword position and overall scope are discussed with caution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardy
Hawkins
Rset
Egdon Heath
Mr Hawkins
Kanal
Villains Double Deal by Martin Russell Collins
Book notice lists Villains Double Deal by Martin Russell, published by Collins, 181 pages, priced at $7.15, followed by the author Peter Kay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Russell
Collins
Peter Kay
Double Deal fails to deliver a clean crime plot
Maan Russell's crime novel presents a tangle of corpses, inheritances, blackmail and counter blackmail as villains Connors Eleanor and Ralph scheme. The plot overexplores variations, yielding confusion rather than clarity, though the book remains oddly readable despite weak characterization and a labored setup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maan Russell
Peter Connors
London
Fleanor
Eleanor
Ralph
Connors
Mr Russell
Mannn Clark and Australian Cultural Fears Debate
Senator Carrie warned of political partisanship as ABC names Manning Clark to deliver the 1976 Boyer lectures. The Times Literary Supplement recalls his Geelong Grammar School days and questions whether Clark portrayed Australia as a land of vulgarity chasing comfort while sacrificing higher aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie
Manning Clark
ABC
Boyer
Australia
Trail of Left Wing Wonder in Victorian Literary Critique
A letter review discusses Professor Clark and his lectures on Burke and Wills, Kaw and the Australian past. It contrasts Clark’s humane storytelling with Senetor Carrick s objections, praising Clark as a major literary historian exploring capitalism, religion, and Australia s colonial legacy. It notes Lawson s influence and bush workers as symbols of mateship amid hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Profecor Clark
Burke and Wills
Mmankind
Vietonat
Victoria
Burke
Professor Clark
Prainers
Senator Carrick
Sydney
John Kerr
Whitlam
Carrick
John
Clark
Australia
Henry Lawson
Europe
ABC
Asia
Encyclopedic Australian Biographies Celebrate Volume Six
The sixth volume of the Australian Dictionary of Biography marks a milestone in a vast project. It covers 1891 to 1939 and forms part of a multi-volume effort with a detailed editorial structure, led by J A La Nauze and later general editors Pike and Nairn, highlighting the project’s national scope, scholarly rigor, and substantial human effort across Australian states and services.
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Melbourne University
J. A. la Nauze
Newcastle
New South Wales
Queensland
North Queensland
South Australia
Don Dunstan
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
Armed Services
The
Pacific
Douglas Henry Pike
Tubsan
Chin
Chefoo
Australia
Church of Christ Ministry
University of Adelaide
University of Tasmania
Pike
Kebour
Canberra
ANU
Bede Nairn
Nairn
A. G. Serle
Goodfrey Serle
Russel Ward
Willy Nilly
Weile
John Public Servant
Ephraim Laman
Ernst Ache
Ladies in Waiting and Scotland’s Royal Line
Three books attract readers of royal history. Ashdown’s Ladies in Waiting profiles quiet court figures who shaped politics and culture, with vivid scenes from Fanny Burney to Catherine Douglas. Bingham’s The Kings and Queens of Scotland surveys Scottish rulers from Duncan I to Queen Anne, with endpapers and chronologies. Bryant’s A Thousand Years of British Monarchy condenses key reigns from AD 973 to present into accessible miniatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dulcie Ashdown
England
Sarah Churchill
Anne
Anne Hyde
James II
Fanny Burney
Queen Charlotte
Dulcie M. “Ashdown
Arthur Barker
Scotland
Caroline Bingham
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Arthur Bryant
Collins
Brian Jeffrey
Kingdom of
Catherine Douglas
James I
Vasn
Catherine
Miss Bingham
Duncan I
Macbeth
Edgar
Hollywood anecdote books capture glittering ghosts in overexposed prose
A survey of recent paperback releases collects witty, perceptive pieces on Hollywood and theatre history. David Niven’s Bring on the Emity Horse surveys the era from the 1940s to TV rise with anecdotes. Alan Coren praises Morley as a frivolous Renaissance Man in a brief preface. Patricia Rappolt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man Bronowski
Forsyth
Hemingway
David Niven
Coronet
Hollywood
Alain Coronet
Robert Morley
Morley
Alan Coren
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Avalon
Sedgemoor
Wessex
Thor Hardy
Desmond Hawkins
David & Charles
Hope Hewitt
Sjohnstones
Girtiner Tates
Bron Ows
Trinity
Leon Uris
Aesops Fables
Brian Carrol
Chater
Johnstones Civic Centre
Tr Northside
Animal Kingdom
Kingston Newsagency
Giles St
Kingston
Sunda
Book Specialis
Colins Book Depot
Pasternak
Stephen Cook
Prowse St
Broncwick
Melbourne
P.O Bor
Moreland
Ujriters
Maurice Dunlevy
Profesor Clark
Times Literary Supplement
Geelong Grammar School
Vaziers
Lawson
Patricia Rappolt
Literary
Edvtor
J. ML
Brereton
Comanche
George Custer
Little Big Horn
Fantes Baten
Happers Weil
Corry
Ile
Northbourne Ave
Canberra City
Overlander Soni
Nanushka
Nan Witcomb
Peach
Dalton's Bookshop
Garema Place
Coronet Books
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