Bill Gammage
Biographic Data
| ID | 688477 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bill Gammage |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bill |
| FAMILY NAME | Gammage |
| SIGNATURE | GAMMAGE B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Australian National University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
James Patrick Sinclair, 1928–2017
In March 2017 Jim Sinclair's Middle Kingdom: A Colonial History of the Highlands of Papua New Guinea was published.1 It is the biggest single-author book ever published about anywhere in the Pacifi
Books
Gavamani: The Magisterial Service of British New Guinea . By James Sinclair
Gavamani: the Magisterial Service of British New Guinea. By James Sinclair. Adelaide, Crawford House Publishing, 2009. viii+488 pp., illus., maps, bibliog., index. ISBN 978-1-8633-3324-5 (pbk). A$4
The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia
Contents..Illustrations..Thanks..Sources..Abbreviations..Definitions..Foreword by Henry Reynolds..Australia in 1788..Introduction: The Australian estate..1. Curious landscapes..2. Canvas of a continent..Why was Aboriginal land management possible?..3. The nature of Australia..4. Heaven on earth..5. Country..How was land managed?..6. The closest ally..7. Associations..8. Templates..9. A capital tour..10. Farms without fences..Invasion..11. Becomin…
Fire in 1788: The Closest Ally
This article is a transcript of the first Eric Rolls Memorial Lecture, lightly edited and annotated in response to referee's comments. This biennial lecture series to commemorate Eric's work is spo
Aboriginal Dreaming paths and trading routes: The colonisation of the Australian economic landscape - By Dale Kerwin
Galahs
When Europeans arrived in Australia, galahs were typically inland birds, quite \nsparsely distributed. Now they range from coast to coast, and are common. Why \ndid this change occur? Why didn’t it occur earlier? Galahs feed on the ground. \nThey found Australia’s dominant inland grasses too tall to get at the seed, so \nrelied on an agency to shorten them: Aboriginal grain cropping before contact, \nintroduced stock after it
Plain facts: Tasmania under aboriginal management
Almost all researchers now accept that Australia's Aborigines were managing their country with the broad-scale use of fire when Europeans arrived. In respect to Tasmania, this article goes further, arguing that fire was not merely broad-scale, but applied variably and precisely, to make, then connect, a complex range of useful ecosystems. The article also argues that Aboriginal land management must be seen in cultural as well as ecological terms
The Anzac cemetery
How did the Anzac battlefield of 1915 become what we see today? Why were Anzac's scattered graves declared one cemetery? This article looks at how the 1923 Lausanne peace treaty, still in force, made the Anzac area a single war cemetery—a significant difference from all other Commonwealth war cemeteries. It shows that the difference stemmed from a sense of the nation‐making importance of Anzac to Australia and New Zealand. It argues that this sen…
Sorcery in New Guinea, 1938 and 1988∗
John Black's ‘Anatomy of a hanging: Malignant homicidal sorcery in the upper Markham valley, New Guinea. An exploratory enquiry’
Police and power in the pre‐war Papua New Guinea highlands
In public life Europeans are occupation oriented, which has meant that colonial officials then and European researchers since have tended to think of indigenous servants in terms of their occupations — of a catechist as a Christian missionary, for example, or a man in a police uniform as a policeman. Papua New Guineans are clan or village oriented. In taking European jobs, how far did they change worlds? This article argues that indigenous police…
Beyond the Barrier: Class Formation in a Pastoral Society, Bathurst 1818-1848
Open and closed historiographies
(1991). Open and closed historiographies. Australian Historical Studies: Vol. 24, No. 97, pp. 443-446
Historical reconsiderations VIII: Who gained, and who was meant to gain, from land selection in New South Wales
Narrandera Shire
Australians to 1788
Early boundaries of New South Wales
(1981). Early boundaries of New South Wales. Historical Studies: Vol. 19, No. 77, pp. 524-531
Australians and the great war∗
The Rabaul strike, 1929
The Broken Years. Australian Soldiers in The Great War
Before the First World War most Australians shared the emotions and traditions of the British Empire. Proud of their British heritage, anxious to raise the Imperial status of Australia, they were eager to fight and, if need be, to die in defence of their race and country. But the horror and tragedy of the conflict brought fundamental changes in outlook. Many of the pre-war enthusiasms persisted, but the days of unquestioning allegiance to Empire …
Plain facts: Tasmania under aboriginal management
Almost all researchers now accept that Australia's Aborigines were managing their country with the broad-scale use of fire when Europeans arrived. In respect to Tasmania, this article goes further, arguing that fire was not merely broad-scale, but applied variably and precisely, to make, then connect, a complex range of useful ecosystems. The article also argues that Aboriginal land management must be seen in cultural as well as ecological terms
Early boundaries of New South Wales
(1981). Early boundaries of New South Wales. Historical Studies: Vol. 19, No. 77, pp. 524-531
The Rabaul strike, 1929
Historical reconsiderations VIII: Who gained, and who was meant to gain, from land selection in New South Wales
Fire in 1788: The Closest Ally
This article is a transcript of the first Eric Rolls Memorial Lecture, lightly edited and annotated in response to referee's comments. This biennial lecture series to commemorate Eric's work is spo
The Anzac cemetery
How did the Anzac battlefield of 1915 become what we see today? Why were Anzac's scattered graves declared one cemetery? This article looks at how the 1923 Lausanne peace treaty, still in force, made the Anzac area a single war cemetery—a significant difference from all other Commonwealth war cemeteries. It shows that the difference stemmed from a sense of the nation‐making importance of Anzac to Australia and New Zealand. It argues that this sen…
Police and power in the pre‐war Papua New Guinea highlands
In public life Europeans are occupation oriented, which has meant that colonial officials then and European researchers since have tended to think of indigenous servants in terms of their occupations — of a catechist as a Christian missionary, for example, or a man in a police uniform as a policeman. Papua New Guineans are clan or village oriented. In taking European jobs, how far did they change worlds? This article argues that indigenous police…
The Broken Years. Australian Soldiers in The Great War
Before the First World War most Australians shared the emotions and traditions of the British Empire. Proud of their British heritage, anxious to raise the Imperial status of Australia, they were eager to fight and, if need be, to die in defence of their race and country. But the horror and tragedy of the conflict brought fundamental changes in outlook. Many of the pre-war enthusiasms persisted, but the days of unquestioning allegiance to Empire …
The Rabaul strike, 1929
Australians and the great war∗
Early boundaries of New South Wales
(1981). Early boundaries of New South Wales. Historical Studies: Vol. 19, No. 77, pp. 524-531
Narrandera Shire
Australians to 1788
Historical reconsiderations VIII: Who gained, and who was meant to gain, from land selection in New South Wales
Open and closed historiographies
(1991). Open and closed historiographies. Australian Historical Studies: Vol. 24, No. 97, pp. 443-446
Beyond the Barrier: Class Formation in a Pastoral Society, Bathurst 1818-1848
Police and power in the pre‐war Papua New Guinea highlands
In public life Europeans are occupation oriented, which has meant that colonial officials then and European researchers since have tended to think of indigenous servants in terms of their occupations — of a catechist as a Christian missionary, for example, or a man in a police uniform as a policeman. Papua New Guineans are clan or village oriented. In taking European jobs, how far did they change worlds? This article argues that indigenous police…
John Black's ‘Anatomy of a hanging: Malignant homicidal sorcery in the upper Markham valley, New Guinea. An exploratory enquiry’
Sorcery in New Guinea, 1938 and 1988∗
The Anzac cemetery
How did the Anzac battlefield of 1915 become what we see today? Why were Anzac's scattered graves declared one cemetery? This article looks at how the 1923 Lausanne peace treaty, still in force, made the Anzac area a single war cemetery—a significant difference from all other Commonwealth war cemeteries. It shows that the difference stemmed from a sense of the nation‐making importance of Anzac to Australia and New Zealand. It argues that this sen…
Plain facts: Tasmania under aboriginal management
Almost all researchers now accept that Australia's Aborigines were managing their country with the broad-scale use of fire when Europeans arrived. In respect to Tasmania, this article goes further, arguing that fire was not merely broad-scale, but applied variably and precisely, to make, then connect, a complex range of useful ecosystems. The article also argues that Aboriginal land management must be seen in cultural as well as ecological terms
Galahs
When Europeans arrived in Australia, galahs were typically inland birds, quite \nsparsely distributed. Now they range from coast to coast, and are common. Why \ndid this change occur? Why didn’t it occur earlier? Galahs feed on the ground. \nThey found Australia’s dominant inland grasses too tall to get at the seed, so \nrelied on an agency to shorten them: Aboriginal grain cropping before contact, \nintroduced stock after it
The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia
Contents..Illustrations..Thanks..Sources..Abbreviations..Definitions..Foreword by Henry Reynolds..Australia in 1788..Introduction: The Australian estate..1. Curious landscapes..2. Canvas of a continent..Why was Aboriginal land management possible?..3. The nature of Australia..4. Heaven on earth..5. Country..How was land managed?..6. The closest ally..7. Associations..8. Templates..9. A capital tour..10. Farms without fences..Invasion..11. Becomin…
Fire in 1788: The Closest Ally
This article is a transcript of the first Eric Rolls Memorial Lecture, lightly edited and annotated in response to referee's comments. This biennial lecture series to commemorate Eric's work is spo
Aboriginal Dreaming paths and trading routes: The colonisation of the Australian economic landscape - By Dale Kerwin
Books
Gavamani: The Magisterial Service of British New Guinea . By James Sinclair
Gavamani: the Magisterial Service of British New Guinea. By James Sinclair. Adelaide, Crawford House Publishing, 2009. viii+488 pp., illus., maps, bibliog., index. ISBN 978-1-8633-3324-5 (pbk). A$4
James Patrick Sinclair, 1928–2017
In March 2017 Jim Sinclair's Middle Kingdom: A Colonial History of the Highlands of Papua New Guinea was published.1 It is the biggest single-author book ever published about anywhere in the Pacifi
History (18 works) · Archaeology (8 works) · Australian History and Society (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Genealogy (7 works) · Geography (7 works) · History (7 works) · Ethnology (6 works) · New guinea (6 works) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (6 works)