May 2014 Volume LVIII, No. 5
Some Better War History
Knights, Naysayers And Liberty’s Legacy
The National Curriculum’s Bogus History
Why School Children Are Falling Behind
The Return of the Menzies Tradition in Australian Higher Education
‘Blue Hills’ and Section 18C
Contents
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Sir: Mervyn Bendle (April 2014) has again provided a timely […]May 1, 2014
6 mins
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If our cultural elites were less tied to the Keatingesque prejudices of the 1990s and less inclined to ridicule those who disagree with them, foes of imperial honours might at least acknowledge their debt to the unique traditions of the English-speaking peoplesMay 1, 2014
8 mins
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Gross errors of fact, ideologically tinted misrepresentations of the past, the mis-identification of historical figures -- welcome to the tosh being fed to schoolchildren by the educational establishment. If Johnny can't grasp how the past shapes the present and future, blame his textbooksMay 2, 2014
21 mins
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We have a good idea from international practice of what works in education and what does not, and more money is not the answer. The teacher as instructor of a content-based program, whole-class teaching, and direct instruction -- the traditional approach, in other words -- is a big part of any viable reformMay 6, 2014
11 mins
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Classical values will guide the federal government’s approach as we […]
May 1, 2014
24 mins
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Progress is a funny thing. Some 60 years ago, the ABC radio soap opera 'Blue Hills' tackled the same issues of racial identity that landed Andrew Bolt in so much trouble. Somehow, in our so-called age of tolerance, it has become so much easier to apply the gagMay 19, 2014
6 mins
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The Prime Minister has declared his support for a proposal […]
May 1, 2014
27 mins
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From his mother's pro-Nazi employer, who paid for a first-rate education, to escaping the odium visited upon Sir John Kerr after the Whitlam dismissal, the future governor-general's life and career was blessed by fate and happenstance at almost every turnMay 28, 2014
16 mins
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One hears that many people are reading the memoirs of […]
May 1, 2014
18 mins
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As the the conservative philosopher put it, his "unacceptable" views prompted character assassination, three lawsuits, two interrogations, one expulsion, the loss of a university career, contemptuous reviews, Tory suspicion, and the hatred of decent liberals everywhere. And, he swears, it was all worth itMay 30, 2014
26 mins
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Here's the logic: Auschwitz is an outcome of Nazism, Nazism a form of fascism, fascism a variety of fundamentalism, fundamentalism an expression of absolutism, absolutism is a by-product of certainty and certainty the result of intolerance. Equate “intolerance” with Auschwitz? Yes, they doMay 11, 2014
20 mins
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Recurring economic crises are nothing but the consequences of attempts […]
May 1, 2014
17 mins
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Despite the rise of politicians' "staffers" and the influence of media advisors, the power of the mandarin has in subtle but important ways been enhanced. Secretaries can no longer aspire simply to be policy confidants to the minister. They must manage, not just administerMay 15, 2014
23 mins
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A visit to the remarkable autumn exhibition at the Canberra […]
May 1, 2014
13 mins
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Tolstoy: Art is communion At the turn of the twentieth […]
May 1, 2014
19 mins
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While writers and painters are engaged in distinct creativities, they […]
May 1, 2014
21 mins
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Who reads Captain Marryat today? Certainly, with his rousing adventure […]
May 1, 2014
7 mins
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It would at first glance be difficult to find three […]
May 1, 2014
14 mins
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The Poultry Play Young actress lying on the stage with […]
May 1, 2014
11 mins
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In 1966, Arthur Augustus Calwell, leader of the federal Labor […]
May 1, 2014
18 mins
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Australian outback and outer urban lore includes many examples of […]
May 1, 2014
3 mins
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Robert Murray Making Sense of History by Geoffrey Partington Xlibris, […]
May 1, 2014
3 mins
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The Making of Australia: A Concise History by Robert Murray […]May 7, 2014
6 mins
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In 1976, it was a good time in Madrid. Franco […]
May 1, 2014
25 mins
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Aurora Australis, an Elegy Remembering Christopher Koch Plumes of […]
May 1, 2014
1 mins
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Jolokia The ghost India’s cruellest chili pepper four hundred […]
May 1, 2014
4 mins
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God’s Bounty Rig the gratings, Mr Christian. We are […]
May 1, 2014
2 mins
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Jullian Brothers, Tightrope Walkers. 1880s At fourteen years of […]
May 1, 2014
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Now You Shall Know Maria Callas sings the aria “Voi […]
May 1, 2014
4 mins
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The Light Fades That time of day when the light […]
May 1, 2014
4 mins
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San Antonio The house seemed woven, like a shirt, […]
May 1, 2014
2 mins
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Cow Motif A full udder thwacking (when the cow […]
May 1, 2014
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