Padraic Gibson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3840774 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Padraic Gibson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Padraic |
| FAMILY NAME | Gibson |
| SIGNATURE | GIBSON P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Technology Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1609-5369 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Truth-Telling and Social Change
Ray Peckham (1929–2025)
Communists and the 1933 Campaign That Ended Frontier Massacres in Australia
In August and September 1933, agitation by the Communist Party of Australia (CPA) led trade unions and unemployed workers' organisations to join a national campaign for Aboriginal rights for the first time in history. Police in the Northern Territory were publicly planning a "punitive expedition" to kill Yolngu people, in response to the spearing death of an officer. Public mobilisation stopped the expedition, effectively ending the practice of f…
Black, White and Exempt
Black, White and Exempt: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Lives under Exemption." Australian Historical Studies, 53(2), pp. 355–356
S. Gapps, The Sydney Wars
Imperialism, Anzac nationalism and the Aboriginal experience of warfare
Aboriginal protest played a key role in undermining the celebratory settler-nationalism of the bicentennial in 1988. In the lead up to another major nationalist mobilisation, the centenary of the Gallipoli invasion on ANZAC Day 2015, extensive official efforts are being made to incorporate Aboriginal experiences into the day, through celebration of the role of Aboriginal people who served in Australia's armed forces. This article provides a criti…
An Anthropological and Literary Study of Two Australian Aboriginal Women's Life Histories
This book provides important analysis of the crucial role of Aboriginal women's storytelling in the process of decolonisation in Australia. Westphalen has carefully studied the autobiographical work of two Aboriginal women, Alice Nannup and Ruby Lanford Ginibi. These works are explored in close detail, drawing on the insights of other works by scholars and storytellers, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous. Westphalen sketches a broader context for…
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Imperialism, Anzac nationalism and the Aboriginal experience of warfare
Aboriginal protest played a key role in undermining the celebratory settler-nationalism of the bicentennial in 1988. In the lead up to another major nationalist mobilisation, the centenary of the Gallipoli invasion on ANZAC Day 2015, extensive official efforts are being made to incorporate Aboriginal experiences into the day, through celebration of the role of Aboriginal people who served in Australia's armed forces. This article provides a criti…
An Anthropological and Literary Study of Two Australian Aboriginal Women's Life Histories
This book provides important analysis of the crucial role of Aboriginal women's storytelling in the process of decolonisation in Australia. Westphalen has carefully studied the autobiographical work of two Aboriginal women, Alice Nannup and Ruby Lanford Ginibi. These works are explored in close detail, drawing on the insights of other works by scholars and storytellers, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous. Westphalen sketches a broader context for…
S. Gapps, The Sydney Wars
Black, White and Exempt
Black, White and Exempt: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Lives under Exemption." Australian Historical Studies, 53(2), pp. 355–356
Communists and the 1933 Campaign That Ended Frontier Massacres in Australia
In August and September 1933, agitation by the Communist Party of Australia (CPA) led trade unions and unemployed workers' organisations to join a national campaign for Aboriginal rights for the first time in history. Police in the Northern Territory were publicly planning a "punitive expedition" to kill Yolngu people, in response to the spearing death of an officer. Public mobilisation stopped the expedition, effectively ending the practice of f…
Ray Peckham (1929–2025)
Truth-Telling and Social Change
Political science (5 works) · Australian History and Society (4 works) · History (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Project commissioning (3 works) · Publishing (3 works) · Frontier (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (2 works)