Recent Publications
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Making Books: Contemporary Australian Publishing editors David Carter and Anne Galligan (University of Queensland Press) with essays by David Dunstan, Annette Chaitman, Louise Poland and Nick Walker.
Is the Australian publishing industry flourishing or floundering? What is the future of the book? Have new technologies and interest groups revolutionized the industry? These and other questions are addressed in this compendium of Publishing Studies essays.
The Path to Professionalism: Physiotherapy in Australia to the 1960s Philip Bentley with David Dunstan Australian Physiotherapy Association, Melbourne 2006.
Culinary Distinction editors Emma Constantino and Sian Supski. This special edition of the Journal of Australian Studies ( No. 87, 2006) contains David Dunstan's essay 'With Sam Benwell and the House of Lords Journeying to Wine in Victoria'
The Victorian Premiers 1856-2006Editors Paul Strangio and Brian Costar (the Federation Press) with Essays by Dr David Dunstan, Dr Vicki Peel and Professor John Rickard of Ncas
There have been 44 Premiers in Victoria's History. Dr Paul Strangio (formerly a lecturer with NCAS) and Professor Brian Costar have brought together a team of scholars to write about all of them. Highlights include John Rickard on George Turner, David Dunstan on Sir Henry Bolte and Vicki Peel on Lindsay Thompson.
From Traveller to Traitor: The Life of Wilfred Burchett, Tom Heenan ( Mup, Academic Monograph Series, 2006)
The first scholarly biography of the controversial foreign correspondent, Wilfred Burchett. Tom Heenan explores the truth behind Burchett's reports from his travels on the other side of the ideological divide. Using ASIO files from the 1950s to 1970s and other archival material, Heenan exposes the insubstantial nature of the allegations of treachery made against Burchett.
Frank Hardy: Politics Literature Life, Jenny Hocking (Lothian Books, Melbourne, 2005)
This is the definitive biography of one of Australia's most celebrated and controversial writers. A member of the communist party from an early age, Frank Hardy's first secretly published novel Power Without Glory was the subject of an infamous criminal libel case. Hardy continued to challenge political and social issues with his writing until shortly before his death in 1994. Jenny Hocking includes material from interviews with surviving Hardy family members and never-before-published archival documents that shed new light on one of the most important Australian writers of the twentieth century. Shortlisted in the NSW Premiers History Awards 2006.
Encyclopedia of Melbourne, eds: Andrew Brown-May, Shurlee Swain, Graeme Davison, Tony Dingle, David Dunstan, John Lack (2005)
This A-Z reference work covers the city's history from pre-European settlement up to the present day. David Dunstan was both an editor and contributor to the Encyclopedia. Other NCAS staff, graduates, students and associates also contributed to the volume. http://www.emelbourne.net.au/
The Great Labor Schism: A Retrospective, eds: Brian Costar, Peter Love, Paul Strangio (Scribe Publications, Melbourne, 2005)
A collection of papers from the conference, '50 Years On: The Great Labor Split', which marked the fiftieth anniversary of the split in the Australian Labor Party. The split was a period of high drama and shaped Australian politics for a generation.
Ruxton: A Biography, Anne Blair (Allen & Unwin, Melbourne, 2004)
The first official biography of Bruce Ruxton, the man who has been the public face of the RSL for over 30 years. Dr Anne Blair tells the story of an astute, decisive, kind, outspoken and controversial man in all his complexity.
Carlton: A History, Ed. Peter Yule (Mup, 2004)
Some years in the making, Carlton: A History includes contributions from David Dunstan on the Royal Exhibition Building, Museum of Victoria, and local government.