Sydney University Press: Recent submissions
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Contemporary Australian Literature: preliminary materials
Published 2015-12-01Australia has been seen as a land of both punishment and refuge. Australian literature has explored these controlling alternatives, and vividly rendered the landscape on which they transpire. Twentieth-century writers left ...Open AccessBook -
Reading Aboriginal Women's Life Stories: Introduction
Published 2015-11-01A wave of life stories and autobiographical narratives by Aboriginal women began in the late 1970s and gained momentum a decade later with the publication of Sally Morgan’s My Place (1987), which became a bestseller. While ...Open AccessBook -
Animal bones in Australian archaeology: a field guide to common native and introduced species
Published 2015-12-01Zooarchaeology has emerged as a powerful way of reconstructing the lives of past societies. Through the analysis of animal bones found on a site, zooarchaeologists can uncover important information on the economy, trade, ...Open AccessBook -
Beyond Thalidomide: Birth defects explained
Published 2007-01-01How do birth defects happen? What goes wrong in the embryo? These perennial questions were brought into sharp focus in the wake of the thalidomide catastrophe (1958–1962). How did thalidomide mutilate the embryo? Despite ...Open AccessBook -
A decade of Australian general practice activity 2005–06 to 2014–15
Published 2015-11-04This report is the 39th book in the General practice series from the Bettering the Evaluation of Care and Health (BEACH) program. It includes summary results from the most recent 10 years of the program, from 2005–06 to ...Open AccessBook