Tag: Australia

Free Download The Private Rental Sector in Australia: Living with Uncertainty
by Alan Morris, Kath Hulse
English | 2021 | ISBN: 9813366710 | 173 Pages | True PDF | 4.66 MB

Free Download The Politics of Identity in Australia By Geoffrey Stokes
1997 | 234 Pages | ISBN: 052158356X | PDF | 15 MB
This superb collection of essays represents a significant rethinking of received ideas on identity, and reveals how issues of identity lie at the heart of Australian political thought, and form the foundation of Australian society and culture. It provides a comprehensive introduction to the political discourse surrounding Australian identity through a consideration of key themes. The book rejects many assumptions underlying contemporary political debates, including the promulgation of a singular national identity in historical fact or as a political goal.

Free Download Lisa Featherstone, "Sexual Violence in Australia, 1970s-1980s: Rape and Child Sexual Abuse "
English | ISBN: 3030733092 | 2021 | 314 pages | PDF | 3 MB
This book explores sexual violence and crime in Australia in the 1970s and 1980s, a period of intense social and legal change. Driven by the sexual revolutions, second wave feminism, and ideas of the rights of the child, there was a new public interest in the sexual assault of women and children. Sexual abuse was studied, surveyed and discussed more than ever before in Australian society. Yet, despite this, there remained substantial inaction, by government, from community and on the part of individuals. This book examines several difficult questions of our recent history: why did Australia not act more firmly to eradicate rape and child sexual abuse? What prevented our culture from looking seriously at trauma? How did we fail to protect victim-survivors? Rich in social and legal history, this study takes readers into the world of victims of sexual crime, and into the wider community that had to deal with sexual violence. At the core of this book is the question that resonates deeply right now: why does sexual violence appear seemingly insurmountable, despite significant change?

Free Download Glenn Kefford, "Political Parties and Campaigning in Australia: Data, Digital and Field "
English | ISBN: 3030682331 | 2021 | 234 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Big data and microtargeting steal the headlines about campaigning. But how important are they really to the way that political parties campaign? This book provides a fine-grained account of the campaign practices of three Australian political parties. It explores how prevalent data-driven campaigning is, introduces an original theoretical framework to understand these practices, and demonstrates that there is a disconnect between what Australian voters think about these issues and the way that parties campaign in the 21st century. Drawing on 161 interviews, participant observation and original survey data, it shows that the reality of contemporary campaigning is often different to what we are led to believe.

Free Download Olga Oleinikova, "New Eastern European Migration to Australia: From Czech Republic, Hungary and Ukraine to Sydney and beyond"
English | ISBN: 3031070941 | 2023 | 162 pages | PDF | 3 MB
This book identifies and examines new forms and paths of Eastern European migration to Australia since the 2000s, and provides updated trends of contemporary migration movements of Ukrainians, Hungarians and Czechs to Australia. With chapters highlighting the diversities and complexities of these new accelerated waves of Eastern European migration to Asia-Pacific, this book offers novel insights to enrich our understanding of East European mobility in the 21st century. The book will appeal to students, scholars and policymakers in the fields of migration, sociology, political science and international relations.

Free Download Let the Bums Burn : Australia’s Deadliest Building Fire and the Salvation Army Tragedies By Geoff Plunkett
2014 | 116 Pages | ISBN: 0987427938 | PDF | 1 MB
In 1966 a fire ripped through Melbourne’s William Booth Memorial Home for destitute and alcoholic men. Although it remains Australia’s deadliest building fire, it is, like the 30 men who died in that fire – forgotten. This shocking narrative describes the inferno’s origin and progression, the slowly festering blaze that developed into an explosive backdraft. It recalls the efforts of the firemen who tried, against impossible odds, to rescue the dying men. They alone do not forget the caged men, the makeshift mortuaries and the anonymous burial of the ‘nobodies’. As if cursed, the Salvation Army were struck with another deadly building fire in Adelaide in 1975. Seven men, trapped in a suspended alley hellfire, were lost when it crashed to the ground. Since the William Booth tragedy 163 people have died in building fires in Australia, the latest in the Quakers Hill Nursing Home in 2011 where 14 died. Thousands have died worldwide and all of these deaths could have been prevented. To this day the main lesson has not been learnt. A lifesaving device, available before the invention of the light bulb, is still absent in many buildings.

Free Download Gabriele Abbondanza, "Italy and Australia: Redefining Bilateral Relations for the Twenty-First Century"
English | ISBN: 9819932157 | 2023 | 299 pages | PDF | 5 MB
This book offers a novel and comprehensive reappraisal of current relations between Italy and Australia. For the first time, it expands the scope of analysis by encompassing and critically reviewing research avenues that have been understudied so far. In order to pursue this objective, it provides innovative analyses on bilateral history, reciprocal migration, socio-cultural ties, international relations and trade, comparative politics, and scientific cooperation.

Free Download Daniel Rothenburg, "Irrigation, Salinity, and Rural Communities in Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin, 1945-2020 "
English | ISBN: 3031184505 | 2023 | 321 pages | PDF | 5 MB
This book explores the issue of salinization in the context of contemporary conflicts about irrigation, water, and the environment in Australia, considering the Murray-Darling Basin in particular. It provides an environmental and social history charting the transformation of rural communities in the basin through the salinization of soils and water. Focusing on the Goulburn-Murray Irrigation district in the southwest of the Murray-Darling basin – the largest irrigation district in Australia – it explores the history of state-directed, large-scale engineering in the district, where the environment has been altered dramatically to facilitate white agricultural settlement inland. Changes to the landscape led to extensive salinization, however – a significant environmental threat in Australia. This book traces the impact of these changes on rural communities, taking a ‘bottom-up’ approach, highlighting the connections between environmental, social, and political change. It provides animportant reflection on the importance of environmental history for facing the challenges posed by anthropogenic climate change.

Free Download Jesse Adams Stein, "Industrial Craft in Australia: Oral Histories of Creativity and Survival "
English | ISBN: 3030872424 | 2021 | 268 pages | PDF | 6 MB
This book is the first of its kind to investigate the ongoing significance of industrial craft in deindustrialising places such as Australia. Providing an alternative to the nostalgic trope of the redundant factory ‘craftsman’, this book introduces the intriguing and little-known trade of engineering patternmaking, where objects are brought to life through the handmade ‘originals’ required for mass production.

Free Download Cecily Dynes, "Gem Best Baby Names For Australia And New Zealand"
English | 2005 | ASIN: B00ALM5OBW | EPUB | pages: 190 | 0.2 mb
A collection of over 1,200 names from all over the globe compiled especially for Australian and New Zealand readers.Includes advice on choosing a name and a handy calendar reference with names for every day of the year.From Aaron and Abbey to Zaidee and Zac, this comprehensive list will help you make the right decision and ensure you find the best name for your baby.