Andrew Hassam
Biographic Data
| ID | 1533326 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew Hassam |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew |
| FAMILY NAME | Hassam |
| SIGNATURE | HASSAM A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Monash University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Portable iron structures and uncertain colonial spaces at the Sydenham Crystal Palace
Iron houses were spatially ambivalent: they combined the portability of a tent with the durability of a more traditional house. The Great Exhibition of 1851 provided a focus for portable iron houses, and for portable iron structures generally. In June 1854 the Great Exhibition building opened as the Sydenham Crystal Palace on the top of Sydenham Hill, to the south-east of London. Despite its mid-Victorian intention to educate the general public, …
Books
John Fitzgerald reviews the book 'Australia's Asia: From Yellow Peril to Asian Century', edited by David Walker and Agnieszka Sobocinska, published by UWA Publishing, Perth, 2012
Indian Jute in Australian Collections
Indian jute sacking played an essential role in Australian life for over 150 years, yet its contribution to Australian development and its Indian origins have been barely recognised in Australian public collections. What has Australian history gained by this erasing of jute from public memory? Wool, sugar and hop sacks are displayed in public collections as evidence of an Australian national story, but their national dimension depends on the cult…
Hostels and Communal Feeding Are not the British Way of Life”
The early 1950s witnessed growing unrest among British migrants housed in Australian migrant hostels. In 1952, British migrants organized marches to protest about communal feeding, withheld payment for accommodation and fought with police trying to evict them. They also exploited the letters pages of newspapers to mobilize local public sympathy, especially through letters by British women voicing their frustration at not being able to cook for th…
The ‘Bring out a Briton’ Campaign of 1957 and British Migration to Australia in the 1950s
In 1957, the Australian Government launched a new assisted migration scheme aimed at bolstering the proportion of British migrants entering Australia. The ‘Bring out a Briton’ campaign was directed at the Australian public rather than, as in previous migration campaigns, the potential migrants and the Government called on community groups to address public anxiety about the high proportion of non‐British European migrants entering Australia. The …
Books
This book makes me wonder why Australian \nhistorians have so readily agreed to \na history that starts at 1788. Perhaps the \nFirst Fleet's entertaining publishing enterprises \nhave been too seductive. Whereas \nhistorians may doubt that it is possible \nto write history without archival word \nmiddens, archaeologists doubt that one \ncan write without material discoveries. \nSources and methodological expertise \nhave created a major chasm bet…
From Heroes to Whingers
Shifts in attitudes towards British migrants from the late 1940s to the late 1970s chart the development of a non-British Australia. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, British migrants were accorded a special prestige based on a belief that Australia and Britain had fought to defend shared imperial British values. Although British migrants protested at hostel conditions, public sympathy remained on the side of the migrants. The rise of the Whinge…
George Barrington’s Voyage to Botany Bay
Readers of this book might be forgiven for assuming it was written by George Barrington, the celebrated ‘genteel’ pickpocket who was transported to New South Wales in 1791. Barrington, who had been forced to flee from his native Dublin in 1773 to escape arrest, maintained himself in London as a gentleman of fashion by stealing from the pockets of the rich, gaining notoriety in the 1780s through several well-publicised court appearances. His caree…
Double visions and the desire for recognition on foreign shores
(1997). Double visions and the desire for recognition on foreign shores. Journal of Australian Studies: Vol. 21, Fatal shores, pp. 89-98
Farewell to old England, and now for a new life and a new journal’
Jonathan
The ‘Bring out a Briton’ Campaign of 1957 and British Migration to Australia in the 1950s
In 1957, the Australian Government launched a new assisted migration scheme aimed at bolstering the proportion of British migrants entering Australia. The ‘Bring out a Briton’ campaign was directed at the Australian public rather than, as in previous migration campaigns, the potential migrants and the Government called on community groups to address public anxiety about the high proportion of non‐British European migrants entering Australia. The …
George Barrington’s Voyage to Botany Bay
Readers of this book might be forgiven for assuming it was written by George Barrington, the celebrated ‘genteel’ pickpocket who was transported to New South Wales in 1791. Barrington, who had been forced to flee from his native Dublin in 1773 to escape arrest, maintained himself in London as a gentleman of fashion by stealing from the pockets of the rich, gaining notoriety in the 1780s through several well-publicised court appearances. His caree…
Jonathan
Farewell to old England, and now for a new life and a new journal’
Double visions and the desire for recognition on foreign shores
(1997). Double visions and the desire for recognition on foreign shores. Journal of Australian Studies: Vol. 21, Fatal shores, pp. 89-98
George Barrington’s Voyage to Botany Bay
Readers of this book might be forgiven for assuming it was written by George Barrington, the celebrated ‘genteel’ pickpocket who was transported to New South Wales in 1791. Barrington, who had been forced to flee from his native Dublin in 1773 to escape arrest, maintained himself in London as a gentleman of fashion by stealing from the pockets of the rich, gaining notoriety in the 1780s through several well-publicised court appearances. His caree…
From Heroes to Whingers
Shifts in attitudes towards British migrants from the late 1940s to the late 1970s chart the development of a non-British Australia. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, British migrants were accorded a special prestige based on a belief that Australia and Britain had fought to defend shared imperial British values. Although British migrants protested at hostel conditions, public sympathy remained on the side of the migrants. The rise of the Whinge…
The ‘Bring out a Briton’ Campaign of 1957 and British Migration to Australia in the 1950s
In 1957, the Australian Government launched a new assisted migration scheme aimed at bolstering the proportion of British migrants entering Australia. The ‘Bring out a Briton’ campaign was directed at the Australian public rather than, as in previous migration campaigns, the potential migrants and the Government called on community groups to address public anxiety about the high proportion of non‐British European migrants entering Australia. The …
Books
This book makes me wonder why Australian \nhistorians have so readily agreed to \na history that starts at 1788. Perhaps the \nFirst Fleet's entertaining publishing enterprises \nhave been too seductive. Whereas \nhistorians may doubt that it is possible \nto write history without archival word \nmiddens, archaeologists doubt that one \ncan write without material discoveries. \nSources and methodological expertise \nhave created a major chasm bet…
Hostels and Communal Feeding Are not the British Way of Life”
The early 1950s witnessed growing unrest among British migrants housed in Australian migrant hostels. In 1952, British migrants organized marches to protest about communal feeding, withheld payment for accommodation and fought with police trying to evict them. They also exploited the letters pages of newspapers to mobilize local public sympathy, especially through letters by British women voicing their frustration at not being able to cook for th…
Indian Jute in Australian Collections
Indian jute sacking played an essential role in Australian life for over 150 years, yet its contribution to Australian development and its Indian origins have been barely recognised in Australian public collections. What has Australian history gained by this erasing of jute from public memory? Wool, sugar and hop sacks are displayed in public collections as evidence of an Australian national story, but their national dimension depends on the cult…
Books
John Fitzgerald reviews the book 'Australia's Asia: From Yellow Peril to Asian Century', edited by David Walker and Agnieszka Sobocinska, published by UWA Publishing, Perth, 2012
Portable iron structures and uncertain colonial spaces at the Sydenham Crystal Palace
Iron houses were spatially ambivalent: they combined the portability of a tent with the durability of a more traditional house. The Great Exhibition of 1851 provided a focus for portable iron houses, and for portable iron structures generally. In June 1854 the Great Exhibition building opened as the Sydenham Crystal Palace on the top of Sydenham Hill, to the south-east of London. Despite its mid-Victorian intention to educate the general public, …
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