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Garry Wotherspoon, Gay Sydney: a history
Garry Wotherspoon, Gay Sydney: a history (NewSouth Books, 2015) ISBN 9781742234830 RRP: $29.99 Garry Wotherspoon’s excellent new history of Sydney’s gay life is very much more than a mere updating of his ground-breaking 1991 history City of the Plain. Much of City…
Pauline Curby, Randwick
Pauline Curby, Randwick (Randwick, NSW: Randwick City Council, 2009). 1–404. ill. (some col.), ports., col. maps, facsims. ; 30 cm. Published to mark the occasion of 150 years of local government in the City of Randwick. ISBN: 9780908510085. RRP: $69.95 …
Jillian Brown, The University of Sydney: Postcards 1899–1955 and Photographs
Jillian Brown, The University of Sydney: Postcards 1899–1955 and Photographs (Sydney, NSW: Jillian Brown), 1–141. ISBN 978 0 646 92881 4. Jillian Brown, The University of Sydney: Postcards 1899–1955 and Photographs (Sydney, NSW: Jillian Brown), 1–141. ISBN 978 0 646 92881…
Tony Allan, Typewriter: The History, the Machines, the Writers
Tony Allan, Typewriter: The History, the Machines, the Writers (New York: Shelter Harbor Press, 2015), 1–96. ISBN 978 1 62795 034 3. RRP: $16.99 Tony Allan, Typewriter: The History, the Machines, the Writers (New York: Shelter Harbor Press, 2015), 1–96.…
Jacqui Newling, Eat Your History: Stories and Recipes from Australian Kitchen
Author Jacqui Newling with her new book, Eat Your HIstory: A Shared Table, at Vaucluse House, Sydney. Photograph by Jenny McInerney. Jacqui Newling, Eat Your History: Stories and Recipes from Australian Kitchen (Kensington, New South Wales: Sydney Living Museums and Newsouth…
Hilary Bell, The Marvellous Funambulist of Middle Harbour and Other Sydney Firsts
Hilary Bell, The Marvellous Funambulist of Middle Harbour and Other Sydney Firsts, illustrated by Matthew Martin (Kensington, New South Wales: New South, December 2015). ISBN: 978 1 74223 440 3 RRP $24.99 Hilary Bell, The Marvellous Funambulist of Middle Harbour and…
Carol Baxter, Black Widow: The True Story of Australia’s First Female Serial Killer
Carol Baxter, Black Widow: The True Story of Australia’s First Female Serial Killer (Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 2015), 1–366. ISBN 978 1 74331 501 9. RRP $29.99 Carol Baxter, Black Widow: The True Story of Australia’s First Female Serial…
Adventures in Stationery
James Ward: Adventures in Stationery, Profile Books, 2015. ISBN 978-1846686-160. RRP $19.99 pp1-280 Review by Neil Radford James Ward: Adventures in Stationery, Profile Books, 2015. ISBN 978-1846686-160. RRP $19.99 pp1-280 James Ward is obsessively enthusiastic about stationery. His favourite place on the…
Lucy Frost, Abandoned Women: Scottish Convicts Exiled Beyond the Seas
Lucy Frost, Abandoned Women: Scottish Convicts Exiled Beyond the Seas, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2015, ISBN 978-1-76029-026-9, RRP $22.99, pp 1-231 Review by Dr Catie Gilchrist Lucy Frost, Abandoned Women: Scottish Convicts Exiled Beyond the Seas, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2015, ISBN…
Book Review: Fractured Families
Fractured Families: Life on the margins in colonial New South Wales By Tanya Evans, Paperback, Apr 2015, UNSW Press, ISBN 9781742232577, 336pp Review by Dr Catie Gilchrist Fractured Families: Life on the Margins in Colonial New South Wales, by Tanya Evans. Published…