Carolyn Collins
Biographic Data
| ID | 3841059 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carolyn Collins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carolyn |
| FAMILY NAME | Collins |
| SIGNATURE | COLLINS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Adelaide |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2268-3546 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The power of suggestion
Keeping Time
In 1949, desperate to recruit and hold on to workers, General Motors-Holden (GMH) introduced a 'gold watch scheme' to reward employees who gave 'faithful' service over twenty-five years. The scheme became entrenched in the company's culture, creating an elite social tier within the factory sphere. Gold watches, recognising the worker's elevation in status, were presented at lavish dinners until hard times in the 1980s forced the company to abolis…
Exhibiting Holden
Holden is arguably the most important vehicle brand in Australian transport history. As a result, it is intimately tied to the cultural, social and economic history of the nation. This paper discusses the tension that emerges, and the issues faced when trying to bring Holden, and all it represents, into the museum space and tell its complex story to a diverse and changing public audience. The task has been magnified, facilitated and made more urg…
People Power
The Australian Assistance Plan (AAP), Gough Whitlam’s controversial programme of social welfare reform in the 1970s, was promoted as a national experiment in “people power.” But the outpouring of often highly critical evaluations during and immediately after its brief existence failed to take into account the experiences of the programme’s grassroots workers. This article focuses on the oral history component of a wider history of the AAP, and on…
The Australian Assistance Plan and the Canadian Connection
This article explores the origins of one such program, the Australian Assistance Plan (AAP), and its connections, similarities and differences to the Canada Assistance Plan. Drawing on extensive archival and oral history sources, it offers a comparative analysis of both national programs, then outlines how international social planning and community development ideas, especially from Canada, infused the AAP and its predecessor, the Geelong Experi…
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The Australian Assistance Plan and the Canadian Connection
This article explores the origins of one such program, the Australian Assistance Plan (AAP), and its connections, similarities and differences to the Canada Assistance Plan. Drawing on extensive archival and oral history sources, it offers a comparative analysis of both national programs, then outlines how international social planning and community development ideas, especially from Canada, infused the AAP and its predecessor, the Geelong Experi…
People Power
The Australian Assistance Plan (AAP), Gough Whitlam’s controversial programme of social welfare reform in the 1970s, was promoted as a national experiment in “people power.” But the outpouring of often highly critical evaluations during and immediately after its brief existence failed to take into account the experiences of the programme’s grassroots workers. This article focuses on the oral history component of a wider history of the AAP, and on…
Keeping Time
In 1949, desperate to recruit and hold on to workers, General Motors-Holden (GMH) introduced a 'gold watch scheme' to reward employees who gave 'faithful' service over twenty-five years. The scheme became entrenched in the company's culture, creating an elite social tier within the factory sphere. Gold watches, recognising the worker's elevation in status, were presented at lavish dinners until hard times in the 1980s forced the company to abolis…
Exhibiting Holden
Holden is arguably the most important vehicle brand in Australian transport history. As a result, it is intimately tied to the cultural, social and economic history of the nation. This paper discusses the tension that emerges, and the issues faced when trying to bring Holden, and all it represents, into the museum space and tell its complex story to a diverse and changing public audience. The task has been magnified, facilitated and made more urg…
The power of suggestion
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