Old Age in Australia: A History

Old Age in Australia: A History. By Pat Jalland (Melbourne: Melbourne University Publishing, 2015), pp.vii + 296, AU$79.99(cloth), AU$59.99 (pb), AU$49.99 (eb).     

Sex Crimes in the Fifties

Sex Crimes in the Fifties. By Lisa Featherstone and Amanda Kaladelfos (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2016), pp.xii + 243, AU$59.99 (pb).     

Settling the Office: The Australian Prime Ministership from Federation to Reconstruction

Settling the Office: The Australian Prime Ministership from Federation to Reconstruction. By Paul Strangio, Paul ‘t Hart and James Walter (Melbourne: Melbourne University Publishing, 2016), pp. vi + 312. Thirty‐two illustrations. AU$49.99 (cloth).     

No End of a Lesson: Australia's Unified National System of Higher Education

No End of a Lesson: Australia's Unified National System of Higher Education . By Stuart Macintyre, André Brett, Gwilym Croucher (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2017), pp.xii + 332. AU$49.99 (pb).     

Review Articles

EQUALITY AND AUTHORITY: A Study of Class, Status and Power in Australia. By S. Encel, Melbourne, Cheshire, 1970 AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY: A Sociological Introduction. Edited by A. F. Davies and S. Encel, Second Edition. Melbourne, Cheshire, 1970 KRIEG DER ILLUSIONEN: Die deutsche Politik von 1911 bis 1914. By Fritz Fischer. Düsseldorf, Droste verlag     

The Art of Time Travel: Historians and their Craft

The Art of Time Travel: Historians and their Craft. By Tom Griffiths (Melbourne: Black Inc., 2016), pp. xviii + 326. AU$34.99 (pb).     

Arthur Fadden: A Political Silhouette

Arthur Fadden: A Political Silhouette. By Tracey M. Arklay (North Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2014), pp. xiii + 240, AU$39.95 (pb).     

Battleground: Why the Liberal Party Shirtfronted Tony Abbott

Battleground: Why the Liberal Party Shirtfronted Tony Abbott. By Wayne Errington and Peter van Onselen (Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 2015), pp.277. AU$29.99 (pb).     

Australian Religious Thought

Australian Religious Thought. By Wayne Hudson (Melbourne: Monash University Publishing, 2016), pp. xxiv + 248. AU$39.95 (pb).     

The Good Country: The Djadja Wurrung,the Settlers and the Protectors

The Good Country: The Djadja Wurrung, the Settlers and the Protectors . By Bain Attwood (Melbourne: Monash University Publishing, 2017), pp.xiv + 225. AU$29.95 (pb).     

The War with Germany

The War with Germany . By Robert Stevenson (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2015), pp.xvi + 303, AU$59.95 (cloth).     

Winning the Peace: Australia's Campaign to Change the Asia‐Pacific

Winning the Peace: Australia's Campaign to Change the Asia‐Pacific. By Andrew Carr (Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 2015), pp.viii + 336, AU$59.99 (pb).     

The Turnbull Gamble

The Turnbull Gamble. By Wayne Errington and Peter van Onselen (Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 2016), pp.vii + 200. AU$29.99 (pb).     

The War with the Ottoman Empire: The Centenary History of Australia and the Great War Volume 2

The War with the Ottoman Empire: The Centenary History of Australia and the Great War Volume 2. By Jeffrey Grey (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2015), pp. x + 238. 16 Maps. AU$59.95 (cloth).     

The War at Home

The War at Home. By John Connor, Peter Stanley and Peter Yule (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2015), pp. xii+284, AU$59.95 (cloth).     

The War with the Ottoman Empire: The Centenary History of Australia and the Great War,Volume 2

The War with the Ottoman Empire: The Centenary History of Australia and the Great War, Volume 2. By Jeffrey Grey (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2015), pp.x + 238. 16 Maps. AU$59.95 (cloth).     

Memory and Migration in the Shadow of War: Australia's Greek Immigrants after World War II and the Greek Civil War

Memory and Migration in the Shadow of War: Australia's Greek Immigrants after World War II and the Greek Civil War. By Joy Damousi (Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 2015), pp.274. AU$145.00 (cloth).     

The Conscientious Communist. Ernie Lane and the Rise of Australian Socialism

The Conscientious Communist. Ernie Lane and the Rise of Australian Socialism. By Jeff Rickertt (North Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2016), pp.xii + 322, black and white illustrations. AU$39.95 (pb).     

Melbourne (1835–1927): The Birth of a Music City

Music heritage in cities has become a significant area of interest in the twenty-first century because it is linked to profitable music tourism and a growing cultural economy. Melbourne, the Victorian state capital, is used as a case study; in March 2013, the city was unofficially crowned Australia’s music capital because it, at the time, had the most music venues and a vibrant music economy. However, this paper argues that this identification is somewhat ahistorical for two reasons. Firstly, it leaves out the colonial and gold rush prehistory of Melbourne’s music culture. Secondly, it omits the critical recognition of Melbourne’s (and Australia’s) first international music superstar exports, such as opera diva Dame Nellie Melba (nee Helen Porter Mitchell), who was named after her home town of Melbourne, and pianist prodigy and composer Percy (Aldridge) Grainger. Drawing on a textual analysis of government policies, economic reports, and the work of historians, musicologists and journalists, this paper synergises the history of Melbourne’s music culture from its colonial beginnings in 1835, until 1927, when the city was no longer Australia’s political capital. It identifies four early stages of Melbourne’s musical development, which laid the foundations for iconic music venues, Australia’s first opera company, music entrepreneurs, and the initial nurturing of the nation’s first music superstars in Melba and Grainger.     

Book Notes

CHALLENGES FACING ADVANCED EDUCATION: Report of the 1970 conference of the Federation of Staff Associations of Australian Colleges of Advanced Education. Edited by D. J. Golding, P. J. Killingsworth, A. L. Moore and I. Wynd. Melbourne THE ENGLISH POOR LAW 1780–1930. By Michael E. Rose ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MELBOURNE 1870–1970: A History. Melbourne, The Royal Children's Hospital, 1970 MEN WHO GOVERN: A biographical profile of federal political executives. By David T. Stanley, Dean E. Mann and Jameson W. Doig FROM ANARCHISM TO REFORMISM: A study of the political activities of Paul Brousse within the First International and the French Socialist movement, 1870–1890. By David Stafford ARCADY IN AUSTRALIA: The evocation of Australia in nineteenth-century English literature. By Coral Lansbury STATE AND STATECRAFT IN OLD JAVA: A study of the later Mataram Period, sixteenth to nineteenth century. By Soemarsaid Moertono THE ORIGINS OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. By Jacqueline Gurner