B Wilkie
Biographic Data
| ID | 56904 |
|---|---|
| NAME | B Wilkie |
| GIVEN NAMES | B |
| FAMILY NAME | Wilkie |
| SIGNATURE | WILKIE B |
| AFFILIATIONS | La Trobe University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7251-1254 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Small worlds
The study of corporate elites is crucial for understanding power in society.This article uses prosopography to examine the gender, race, class and social composition of Australia's top interlocked directors between 1910 and 2018.Applying institutional theory, it analyses the way the consolidation of managerial capitalism influenced the board appointment procedures of large Australian companies.Institutional isomorphisms have increased both the do…
Aboriginal Use of Fire as a Weapon in Colonial Victoria
The use of fire as an offensive and defensive weapon on the colonial frontier in Australia has received little scholarly attention. This article aims to build on insights from current historiography about the customary use of fire by Aboriginal peoples within the borders of Victoria, Australia. Specifically, our aim is to highlight the historically significant role Aboriginal peoples’ use of fire played in resisting the colonists in Victoria duri…
Aboriginal fire-management practices in colonial Victoria
Through a close reading of particular episodes and a focus on the minutiae of action and context, this article adds to the literature on the customary use of fire by Aboriginal people in south-eastern Australia by highlighting the historically significant role Aboriginal people played in toiling alongside colonists and fighting fires during the colonial period. By scrutinising the written colonial records it is possible to reveal some of the meas…
Volcanism in Aboriginal Australian oral traditions
Family Networks and the Australian Pastoral Industry
Benjamin Wilkie, Family Networks and the Australian Pastoral Industry: A Case Study of the Port Phillip District and Victoria in the Late Nineteenth Century, Agricultural History, Vol. 91, No. 1 (Winter 2017), pp. 78-95
Lairds of Suburbia
Drawing on decennial population statistics from 1881 to 1933, this article evaluates the settlement patterns of Scottish migrants in Australian cities. It considers the urban nature of Scottish settlement, and argues that settlement patterns were associated with employment opportunities for working-class Scots, along with various housing, lifestyle, and religious preferences, often grounded in pre-migration experiences of city living. Furthermore…
Exhibition Reviews
We Are the Dead Men: Albert Tuckers War Kendrah Morgan, curator Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, Victoria, 15 March 7 September 2014. Entry: free with general museum admission
Clubbing Together
Aboriginal Use of Fire as a Weapon in Colonial Victoria
The use of fire as an offensive and defensive weapon on the colonial frontier in Australia has received little scholarly attention. This article aims to build on insights from current historiography about the customary use of fire by Aboriginal peoples within the borders of Victoria, Australia. Specifically, our aim is to highlight the historically significant role Aboriginal peoples’ use of fire played in resisting the colonists in Victoria duri…
Aboriginal fire-management practices in colonial Victoria
Through a close reading of particular episodes and a focus on the minutiae of action and context, this article adds to the literature on the customary use of fire by Aboriginal people in south-eastern Australia by highlighting the historically significant role Aboriginal people played in toiling alongside colonists and fighting fires during the colonial period. By scrutinising the written colonial records it is possible to reveal some of the meas…
Exhibition Reviews
We Are the Dead Men: Albert Tuckers War Kendrah Morgan, curator Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, Victoria, 15 March 7 September 2014. Entry: free with general museum admission
Clubbing Together
Lairds of Suburbia
Drawing on decennial population statistics from 1881 to 1933, this article evaluates the settlement patterns of Scottish migrants in Australian cities. It considers the urban nature of Scottish settlement, and argues that settlement patterns were associated with employment opportunities for working-class Scots, along with various housing, lifestyle, and religious preferences, often grounded in pre-migration experiences of city living. Furthermore…
Family Networks and the Australian Pastoral Industry
Benjamin Wilkie, Family Networks and the Australian Pastoral Industry: A Case Study of the Port Phillip District and Victoria in the Late Nineteenth Century, Agricultural History, Vol. 91, No. 1 (Winter 2017), pp. 78-95
Volcanism in Aboriginal Australian oral traditions
Aboriginal Use of Fire as a Weapon in Colonial Victoria
The use of fire as an offensive and defensive weapon on the colonial frontier in Australia has received little scholarly attention. This article aims to build on insights from current historiography about the customary use of fire by Aboriginal peoples within the borders of Victoria, Australia. Specifically, our aim is to highlight the historically significant role Aboriginal peoples’ use of fire played in resisting the colonists in Victoria duri…
Aboriginal fire-management practices in colonial Victoria
Through a close reading of particular episodes and a focus on the minutiae of action and context, this article adds to the literature on the customary use of fire by Aboriginal people in south-eastern Australia by highlighting the historically significant role Aboriginal people played in toiling alongside colonists and fighting fires during the colonial period. By scrutinising the written colonial records it is possible to reveal some of the meas…
Small worlds
The study of corporate elites is crucial for understanding power in society.This article uses prosopography to examine the gender, race, class and social composition of Australia's top interlocked directors between 1910 and 2018.Applying institutional theory, it analyses the way the consolidation of managerial capitalism influenced the board appointment procedures of large Australian companies.Institutional isomorphisms have increased both the do…
Sociology (5 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · History (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Australian History and Society (2 works)