Julia Horne
Biographic Data
| ID | 3840928 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Julia Horne |
| GIVEN NAMES | Julia |
| FAMILY NAME | Horne |
| SIGNATURE | HORNE J |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7941-9562 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The power to give independent advice: The legacy of the first Universities Commission
This article examines the foundation of Australia's first tertiary education commission, the Universities Commission (1943-59), and explores how the power of advice for government policy on higher education was based on the way the Commission was constituted as an independent body. The article was written in the context of the establishment of the Australian Tertiary Education Commission in 2026, and on the basis that the history and politics of …
A meritocratic reckoning
Oh, for an arts degree
Mass Education and University Reform in Late Twentieth Century Australia
This article examines the 1988 Dawkins reforms to Australian higher education and the creation of a unified national system. The article is based on two propositions. The first is that as historians we should examine educational reforms in a changing society not only for what they propose, but with a look backwards to understand their place within a longer history of educational reform. The second – with a side-glance to the British higher educat…
A History of Australian Schooling
Looking from the inside out: Rethinking university history
When Geoffrey Sherington and I set out on our project on the Australian Public University, which culminated in Sydney: The Making of a Public University (2012), we wanted to move away from the emphasis of conventional institutional history on chancellors, vice-chancellors and governing councils in order to explore the university as a social institution. Using the theoretical and methodological approach of social history, we studied how students, …
The Cambridge History of Australia
The Cambridge History of Australia offers a comprehensive view of Australian history from its pre-European origins to the present day. Over two volumes, this major work of reference tells the nation's social, political and cultural story. Volume 1 examines Australia's indigenous and colonial history through to the Federation of the colonies in 1901. Volume 2 opens with the birth of the twentieth century, tracing developments in the nation through…
Book Life: The Life and Times of David Scott Mitchell
Sydney: The Making of a Public University , by Juha Home and Geoffrey Sherington, The Miegunyah Press, Carlton, Victoria, 2012, 356 pp., (hardback), ISBN9780522861211. University Unlimited: The Monash Story , by Graeme Davison and Kate Murphy, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2012, 385 pp., $36.00 (paperback), ISBN 9781742378664
Books
There is no more imposing figure in the history of Australian anthropology than W.E.H. ('Bill') Stanner (1905-1981). While some of his contemporaries produced more ethnography, none matched his skill and eloquence in describing the life-worlds of Aboriginal people. While others of his age were just as closely involved in arguing for the defensibility of Aboriginal society, none did so with such convincing passion. With these two legacies in mind,…
Extending the educational franchise: The social contract of Australia’s public universities, 1850–1890
This article introduces the notion of the “educational franchise” of Australia’s public universities established in the mid‐nineteenth century. In his recently published study of the public university and social access in the United States, John Aubrey Douglass suggests that from the mid‐nineteenth century a social contract was formed between American public universities and their social and political constituencies: institutions open to all who …
Cosmopolitanism: Its Pasts and Practices
Historians are returning to cosmopolitanism as a significant historical theme. This introductory essay briefly surveys some of the latest trends that mark this new interest, including its interdisciplinary influences and its focus on both cultural and political forms of cosmopolitanism
Books
Books
Gold: Forgotten Histories and Lost Objects of Australia. Edited by Iain McCalman, Alexander Cook and Andrew Reeves. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Pp. xiv + 344. $49.95 cloth. Colonial Consorts: The Wives of Victoria's Governors 1839–1900. By Marguerite Hancock. Melbourne: The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne University Press, 2001. Pp. xxii + 324. $59.95 cloth. Rosa! Rosa! A Life of Rosa Praed, Novelist and Spiritualist. By Patricia Clar…
Is an Experimental History Possible? The UTS Review. Cultural Studies and New Writing, vol. 2
Crimes and Trials: Australian Cultural History, No. 12
Cosmopolitanism: Its Pasts and Practices
Historians are returning to cosmopolitanism as a significant historical theme. This introductory essay briefly surveys some of the latest trends that mark this new interest, including its interdisciplinary influences and its focus on both cultural and political forms of cosmopolitanism
Extending the educational franchise: The social contract of Australia’s public universities, 1850–1890
This article introduces the notion of the “educational franchise” of Australia’s public universities established in the mid‐nineteenth century. In his recently published study of the public university and social access in the United States, John Aubrey Douglass suggests that from the mid‐nineteenth century a social contract was formed between American public universities and their social and political constituencies: institutions open to all who …
Is an Experimental History Possible? The UTS Review. Cultural Studies and New Writing, vol. 2
Crimes and Trials: Australian Cultural History, No. 12
Books
Gold: Forgotten Histories and Lost Objects of Australia. Edited by Iain McCalman, Alexander Cook and Andrew Reeves. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Pp. xiv + 344. $49.95 cloth. Colonial Consorts: The Wives of Victoria's Governors 1839–1900. By Marguerite Hancock. Melbourne: The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne University Press, 2001. Pp. xxii + 324. $59.95 cloth. Rosa! Rosa! A Life of Rosa Praed, Novelist and Spiritualist. By Patricia Clar…
Books
Books
There is no more imposing figure in the history of Australian anthropology than W.E.H. ('Bill') Stanner (1905-1981). While some of his contemporaries produced more ethnography, none matched his skill and eloquence in describing the life-worlds of Aboriginal people. While others of his age were just as closely involved in arguing for the defensibility of Aboriginal society, none did so with such convincing passion. With these two legacies in mind,…
Extending the educational franchise: The social contract of Australia’s public universities, 1850–1890
This article introduces the notion of the “educational franchise” of Australia’s public universities established in the mid‐nineteenth century. In his recently published study of the public university and social access in the United States, John Aubrey Douglass suggests that from the mid‐nineteenth century a social contract was formed between American public universities and their social and political constituencies: institutions open to all who …
Cosmopolitanism: Its Pasts and Practices
Historians are returning to cosmopolitanism as a significant historical theme. This introductory essay briefly surveys some of the latest trends that mark this new interest, including its interdisciplinary influences and its focus on both cultural and political forms of cosmopolitanism
The Cambridge History of Australia
The Cambridge History of Australia offers a comprehensive view of Australian history from its pre-European origins to the present day. Over two volumes, this major work of reference tells the nation's social, political and cultural story. Volume 1 examines Australia's indigenous and colonial history through to the Federation of the colonies in 1901. Volume 2 opens with the birth of the twentieth century, tracing developments in the nation through…
Book Life: The Life and Times of David Scott Mitchell
Sydney: The Making of a Public University , by Juha Home and Geoffrey Sherington, The Miegunyah Press, Carlton, Victoria, 2012, 356 pp., (hardback), ISBN9780522861211. University Unlimited: The Monash Story , by Graeme Davison and Kate Murphy, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2012, 385 pp., $36.00 (paperback), ISBN 9781742378664
Looking from the inside out: Rethinking university history
When Geoffrey Sherington and I set out on our project on the Australian Public University, which culminated in Sydney: The Making of a Public University (2012), we wanted to move away from the emphasis of conventional institutional history on chancellors, vice-chancellors and governing councils in order to explore the university as a social institution. Using the theoretical and methodological approach of social history, we studied how students, …
A History of Australian Schooling
Mass Education and University Reform in Late Twentieth Century Australia
This article examines the 1988 Dawkins reforms to Australian higher education and the creation of a unified national system. The article is based on two propositions. The first is that as historians we should examine educational reforms in a changing society not only for what they propose, but with a look backwards to understand their place within a longer history of educational reform. The second – with a side-glance to the British higher educat…
Oh, for an arts degree
A meritocratic reckoning
The power to give independent advice: The legacy of the first Universities Commission
This article examines the foundation of Australia's first tertiary education commission, the Universities Commission (1943-59), and explores how the power of advice for government policy on higher education was based on the way the Commission was constituted as an independent body. The article was written in the context of the establishment of the Australian Tertiary Education Commission in 2026, and on the basis that the history and politics of …
Sociology (11 works) · History (9 works) · Australian History and Society (7 works) · History (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Art (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Media studies (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works)