Journal of Australian Colonial History: Book Reviews
Vol. 11, 2009
Babette Smith, Australia's Birthstain: The Startling Legacy of the Convict Era, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, 2008. Reviewed by Hamish Maxwell-Stewart.
Brian Walsh, Voices from Tocal: Convict Life on a Rural Estate, CB Alexander Foundation, Paterson, 2008. Reviewed by Babette Smith.
Hamish Maxwell-Stewart, Closing Hell's Gates: The Death of a Convict Station, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2008. Reviewed by Brian Walsh.
Guide 4 to New South Wales State Archives relating to Convicts and Convict Administration, State Records Authority of NSW, Kingswood, 2006. Reviewed by Paula Jane Byrne.
Andrea Scott Inglis, Summer in the Hills: The Nineteenth-Century Mountain Resort in Australia, Australian Scholarly Publishing, North Melbourne, 2007. Reviewed by Meg Vivers.
Raelene Frances, Selling Sex: A Hidden History of Prostitution, University of New South Wales Press, Sydney, 2007. Reviewed by John Scott.
Keir Reeves and David Nichols (eds), Deeper Leads: New Approaches to Victorian Goldfields History, Ballarat Heritage Services, Ballarat, 2007. Reviewed by Geoff Quaife.
A. R. Buck, The Making of Australian Property Law, The Federation Press, Annandale, 2006. Reviewed by John Page.
Ravi de Costa, A Higher Authority: Indigenous Transnationalism and Australia, University of New South Wales Press, Sydney, 2006. Reviewed by Vicki Grieves.
Dawn Peel, Year of Hope: 1857 in the Colac District, Dawn Peel, Colac, 2006, and Anna's Journey: A British Lady in West Africa and Colonial Australia, Dawn Peel, Colac, 2008. Reviewed by Meg Vivers.