Journal of Australian Colonial History
Book Reviews
Vol. 9, 2007
Penny van Toorn, Writing Never Arrives Naked: Early Aboriginal Cultures of Writing in Australia, Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra, 2006. Reviewed by Alan Atkinson
Donald Jackson Kerr, Amassing Treasures for All Times: Sir George Grey, Colonial Bookman and Collector, Oak Knoll Press/Otago University Press, Delaware/Dunedin, 2006. Reviewed by Hilary Carey
Sophie Couchman, John Fitzgerald and Paul Macgregor (eds), After the Rush: Regulation, Participation and Chinese Communities in Australia 1860-1940, A Special Edition of Otherland, Volume 9, Melbourne, 2004. Reviewed by Janis Wilton
David Taylor, The States of a Nation: The Politics and Surveys of the Australian State Borders, New South Wales Department of Lands, Bathurst, 2006. Reviewed by John Atchison
Sean O'Toole, The History of Australian Corrections, University of New South Wales Press, Sydney, 2006. Reviewed by Andrew Piper
Kirsten McKenzie, Scandal in the Colonies: Sydney & Cape Town, 1820-1850, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, 2004. Reviewed by Paula Jane Byrne
Claire Smith, Country, Kin and Culture: Survival of an Australian Aboriginal Community, Wakefield Press, Kent Town, 2004. Reviewed by Lorina Barker
Evan McHugh, 1606: An Epic Adventure, University of New South Wales Press, Sydney, 2006. Reviewed by Lindsey Shaw
Lyall Ford, A Photographic Record of Colonial Queensland: The Work of John Henry Mills, Professional Photographer 1851-1919, Taipan Press, Freshwater, 2004. Reviewed by Erin Ihde
Hilary Golder, Politics, Patronage and Public Works: The Administration of New South Wales, Volume One, 1842-1900, University of New South Wales Press, Sydney, 2005. Reviewed by Paula Jane Byrne