Tony Birch
Biographic Data
| ID | 3693199 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tony Birch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tony |
| FAMILY NAME | Birch |
| SIGNATURE | BIRCH T |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Melbourne |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1957 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Genealogies of Enslavement and Convictism
This roundtable places academics and family historians together in research and dialogue to co-produce and publish shared knowledge about the past. Focusing on Britain’s penal transportation of enslaved, or formerly enslaved, peoples in the past and the aftermaths of these histories now, we highlight negotiations of history, experiences, and identities in writing about the British empire and its legacies
Sin
Climate Change, Mining and Traditional Indigenous Knowledge in Australia
Australia, in common with nations globally, faces an immediate and future environmental and economic challenge as an outcome of climate change. Indigenous communities in Australia, some who live a precarious economic and social existence, are particularly vulnerable to climate change. Impacts are already being experienced through dramatic weather events such as floods and bushfires. Other, more gradual changes, such as rising sea levels in the no…
A Songline for Minoru
Poetry
Testimony
Testim ony
Meetings with Simon
These children have been born in an abyss’
This article is concerned with the role of photography as an agent of ‘social truth’, with a particular interest in the way that the technology was used by slum reformers in Melbourne from the 1930s into the postwar era. The article focuses its attention on the streets and people of the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy and two ‘crusaders’, F.O. Barnett (founder of the Methodist Babies Home) and Father Gerard Tucker (of the Brotherhood of St. Lau…
History is never bloodless‘Getting it wrong after one hundred years of federation
During the Centenary of Federation celebrations in 2001 some historians and a raft of political and social commentators have failed yet again to come to terms with either this country's colonial past or the place of Aboriginal people in contemporary Australia. It is clear that we remain in many ways a young nation, and one that is yet to grow up. Notes 1 This quote is from John Birmingham's ‘unauthorised biography of Sydney’ Leviathan (Sydney: Vi…
A Mabo Blood Test? 1
A Mabo Blood Test
Half caste’
Map and Photo Reading
Climate Change, Mining and Traditional Indigenous Knowledge in Australia
Australia, in common with nations globally, faces an immediate and future environmental and economic challenge as an outcome of climate change. Indigenous communities in Australia, some who live a precarious economic and social existence, are particularly vulnerable to climate change. Impacts are already being experienced through dramatic weather events such as floods and bushfires. Other, more gradual changes, such as rising sea levels in the no…
These children have been born in an abyss’
This article is concerned with the role of photography as an agent of ‘social truth’, with a particular interest in the way that the technology was used by slum reformers in Melbourne from the 1930s into the postwar era. The article focuses its attention on the streets and people of the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy and two ‘crusaders’, F.O. Barnett (founder of the Methodist Babies Home) and Father Gerard Tucker (of the Brotherhood of St. Lau…
History is never bloodless‘Getting it wrong after one hundred years of federation
During the Centenary of Federation celebrations in 2001 some historians and a raft of political and social commentators have failed yet again to come to terms with either this country's colonial past or the place of Aboriginal people in contemporary Australia. It is clear that we remain in many ways a young nation, and one that is yet to grow up. Notes 1 This quote is from John Birmingham's ‘unauthorised biography of Sydney’ Leviathan (Sydney: Vi…
A Mabo Blood Test
Map and Photo Reading
Map and Photo Reading
Half caste’
A Mabo Blood Test? 1
A Mabo Blood Test
History is never bloodless‘Getting it wrong after one hundred years of federation
During the Centenary of Federation celebrations in 2001 some historians and a raft of political and social commentators have failed yet again to come to terms with either this country's colonial past or the place of Aboriginal people in contemporary Australia. It is clear that we remain in many ways a young nation, and one that is yet to grow up. Notes 1 This quote is from John Birmingham's ‘unauthorised biography of Sydney’ Leviathan (Sydney: Vi…
Meetings with Simon
These children have been born in an abyss’
This article is concerned with the role of photography as an agent of ‘social truth’, with a particular interest in the way that the technology was used by slum reformers in Melbourne from the 1930s into the postwar era. The article focuses its attention on the streets and people of the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy and two ‘crusaders’, F.O. Barnett (founder of the Methodist Babies Home) and Father Gerard Tucker (of the Brotherhood of St. Lau…
Testimony
Testim ony
A Songline for Minoru
Poetry
Climate Change, Mining and Traditional Indigenous Knowledge in Australia
Australia, in common with nations globally, faces an immediate and future environmental and economic challenge as an outcome of climate change. Indigenous communities in Australia, some who live a precarious economic and social existence, are particularly vulnerable to climate change. Impacts are already being experienced through dramatic weather events such as floods and bushfires. Other, more gradual changes, such as rising sea levels in the no…
Sin
Genealogies of Enslavement and Convictism
This roundtable places academics and family historians together in research and dialogue to co-produce and publish shared knowledge about the past. Focusing on Britain’s penal transportation of enslaved, or formerly enslaved, peoples in the past and the aftermaths of these histories now, we highlight negotiations of history, experiences, and identities in writing about the British empire and its legacies
History (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Media studies (5 works) · History (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works)