Sara Wills
Biographic Data
| ID | 6600752 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sara Wills |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sara |
| FAMILY NAME | Wills |
| SIGNATURE | WILLS S |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Melbourne |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2436-9393 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Beauty Contest for British Bulldogs? Negotiating (Trans)national identities in Suburban Melbourne
Notwithstanding the absence of bulldogs, Britfest with its re-creation and representation of Britishness provides an entry point for investigating the complex meanings within the transitional narratives of migrancy, ethnicity and 'belonging' among British migrants in modern Australia. The identification and promotion of Britishness at this event reflects recent trends in the re-imagining of that Britishness, which has also become the focus of pop…
History('s) Re-turns
A review of Klaus Neumann's Refuge Australia: Australia's Humanitarian Record (UNSW Press, Sydney, 2004
Film and Radio Reviews
Passengers of Memory: Constructions of British Immigrants in Post-Imperial Australia
Based on broad research investigating British immigrants in post-Second World War Australia, this article examines various impacts of the passing of imperialism on this group, tracing how they have been “passengers” both of national memory in Australia and more recently of their own narratives. Arguing also that British migrants have been subject on occasion to postimperial forgetting, it is emphasised here that British migrants display heterogen…
When good neighbours become good friends: The Australian embrace of its millionth migrant
This paper is a post-print of an article Published in Australian Historical Studies vol.36(124)2004 pp.332-354. The definitive version is available at: http://www.mup.unimelb.edu.au/ahs/back_issues_2004.html
Un‐stitching the lips of a migrant nation
Outlining some of the features of migrant belonging brought into relief by debate over refugees and asylum seekers in 2001, this article challenges Australian historians to produce histories based as much on the fact of migrancy as the myth of nation. Such histories, it is argued, provide scope for the remembrance of loss, disinheritance and the lack of a sense of belonging, which might in turn encourage us to react with empathy to those seeking …
From queen of agriculture to miss showgirl: Embodying rurality in twentieth‐century Australia
The judging of the inaugural Victorian Miss Showgirl competition was held onThursday 19 September 1957 in Centenary Hall at the Melbourne Showgrounds.Crowds gathered to see almost a hundred entrants parade the narrow stage toexhibit their 'personality, dress sense and grooming'. This state-wide competitionwas organised by the Victorian Royal Agricultural Society as a new 'highlight ofthe show', and was promoted by its co-sponsor, the Sun-News-Pic…
When good neighbours become good friends: The Australian embrace of its millionth migrant
This paper is a post-print of an article Published in Australian Historical Studies vol.36(124)2004 pp.332-354. The definitive version is available at: http://www.mup.unimelb.edu.au/ahs/back_issues_2004.html
Un‐stitching the lips of a migrant nation
Outlining some of the features of migrant belonging brought into relief by debate over refugees and asylum seekers in 2001, this article challenges Australian historians to produce histories based as much on the fact of migrancy as the myth of nation. Such histories, it is argued, provide scope for the remembrance of loss, disinheritance and the lack of a sense of belonging, which might in turn encourage us to react with empathy to those seeking …
Beauty Contest for British Bulldogs? Negotiating (Trans)national identities in Suburban Melbourne
Notwithstanding the absence of bulldogs, Britfest with its re-creation and representation of Britishness provides an entry point for investigating the complex meanings within the transitional narratives of migrancy, ethnicity and 'belonging' among British migrants in modern Australia. The identification and promotion of Britishness at this event reflects recent trends in the re-imagining of that Britishness, which has also become the focus of pop…
From queen of agriculture to miss showgirl: Embodying rurality in twentieth‐century Australia
The judging of the inaugural Victorian Miss Showgirl competition was held onThursday 19 September 1957 in Centenary Hall at the Melbourne Showgrounds.Crowds gathered to see almost a hundred entrants parade the narrow stage toexhibit their 'personality, dress sense and grooming'. This state-wide competitionwas organised by the Victorian Royal Agricultural Society as a new 'highlight ofthe show', and was promoted by its co-sponsor, the Sun-News-Pic…
From queen of agriculture to miss showgirl: Embodying rurality in twentieth‐century Australia
The judging of the inaugural Victorian Miss Showgirl competition was held onThursday 19 September 1957 in Centenary Hall at the Melbourne Showgrounds.Crowds gathered to see almost a hundred entrants parade the narrow stage toexhibit their 'personality, dress sense and grooming'. This state-wide competitionwas organised by the Victorian Royal Agricultural Society as a new 'highlight ofthe show', and was promoted by its co-sponsor, the Sun-News-Pic…
Un‐stitching the lips of a migrant nation
Outlining some of the features of migrant belonging brought into relief by debate over refugees and asylum seekers in 2001, this article challenges Australian historians to produce histories based as much on the fact of migrancy as the myth of nation. Such histories, it is argued, provide scope for the remembrance of loss, disinheritance and the lack of a sense of belonging, which might in turn encourage us to react with empathy to those seeking …
When good neighbours become good friends: The Australian embrace of its millionth migrant
This paper is a post-print of an article Published in Australian Historical Studies vol.36(124)2004 pp.332-354. The definitive version is available at: http://www.mup.unimelb.edu.au/ahs/back_issues_2004.html
Passengers of Memory: Constructions of British Immigrants in Post-Imperial Australia
Based on broad research investigating British immigrants in post-Second World War Australia, this article examines various impacts of the passing of imperialism on this group, tracing how they have been “passengers” both of national memory in Australia and more recently of their own narratives. Arguing also that British migrants have been subject on occasion to postimperial forgetting, it is emphasised here that British migrants display heterogen…
Film and Radio Reviews
Beauty Contest for British Bulldogs? Negotiating (Trans)national identities in Suburban Melbourne
Notwithstanding the absence of bulldogs, Britfest with its re-creation and representation of Britishness provides an entry point for investigating the complex meanings within the transitional narratives of migrancy, ethnicity and 'belonging' among British migrants in modern Australia. The identification and promotion of Britishness at this event reflects recent trends in the re-imagining of that Britishness, which has also become the focus of pop…
History('s) Re-turns
A review of Klaus Neumann's Refuge Australia: Australia's Humanitarian Record (UNSW Press, Sydney, 2004
Sociology (6 works) · Australian History and Society (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Media studies (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · History (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Art (3 works)