A Doctor’s Dream is about a microscopic mite, a huge health issue and the fraught nature of ongoing injustices towards Aboriginal people in Australia. It is a very Australian story. Both white and Aboriginal people are tired of the same intractable problems and tired of announcements of quick fixes that never work. In this book Dr Buddhi Lokuge and Tanya Burke offer a way … [Read more...] about Review: A Doctor’s Dream
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Violence and the Intimate Frontier
In my continuing series of posts about the Australian Historical Association today I write up some notes I made at two plenary panels. These notes are not a comprehensive overview of the panels; rather they are a handful of the thoughts presented which particularly resonated with me. Conflict in history is the theme of the Australian Historical Association conference which … [Read more...] about Violence and the Intimate Frontier
Te Papa: the national museum of New Zealand
‘Overwhelming’, is the word that sums up my experience of New Zealand’s national museum, Te Papa. It is all that it promises to be but I could not possibly comprehend everything that was exhibited in one visit. This museum reminded me that New Zealand is quite a different country to Australia both culturally and physically. The indigenous people make a significant … [Read more...] about Te Papa: the national museum of New Zealand
