Journal•ISSN: 1031-461X
Australian Historical Studies
Routledge
About: Australian Historical Studies is an academic journal published by Routledge. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Colonialism & Politics. It has an ISSN identifier of 1031-461X. Over the lifetime, 1404 publications have been published receiving 10784 citations. The journal is also known as: Australian Historical Studies Online.
Topics: Colonialism, Politics, Indigenous, Empire, History
Papers published on a yearly basis
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TL;DR: The authors explored the conceptual problems and contextual assumptions found in the treatment of Britishness in Australian history, especially as it has affected the understanding of Australia's relations with the world, and the implications of this for tensions between the community of culture and the community interest in Australia.
Abstract: This article explores the conceptual problems and contextual assumptions found in the treatment of Britishness in Australian history, especially as it has affected the understanding of Australia's relations with the world. It examines firstly the problem of the teleology of nationalism and its uses in Australian history, secondly the notion of Britishness in Australian identity, thirdly the Australian view of Britain and the Empire/Commonwealth in the twentieth century and lastly the implications of this for tensions between the community of culture and the community of interest in Australia.
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TL;DR: The authors examines the genealogy of the term terra nullius, which remains elusive even as it is now clear that the term is absent from the eighteenth and early nineteenth-century historical record.
Abstract: This article examines the genealogy of the term terra nullius, which remains elusive even as it is now clear that the term is absent from the eighteenth‐ and early nineteenth‐century historical rec...
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