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'Chu Chin Chow', a Musical Tale of the East
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July 2004 Volume XIV Number 10

NORMAN McCANN SUMMER SCHOLARS FOR 2004

 

This issue of the National Library of Australia News features three articles by the 2004 Norman McCann Summer Scholars: Sarah Olive, Rachel Sanderson and Meredith Lake

EATING YOUR HEART OUT: THE EMOTIVE ASPECTS OF MENUS
  Sarah Olive investigates menu collecting and what this tells us about social history and the ritual of shared meals
THE BATTLE FOR THE DAINTREE
 

Rachel Sanderson examines the controversy that erupted in 1983 over the construction of a 33-kilometre road through one of the last extensive lowland tropical rainforests in Australia

CONTEXTUALISING CHURCH INVOLVEMENT IN ‘THE FIRST ABORIGINAL RACE RIOT'
 

Meredith Lake suggests that overseas anti-racism activism influenced church participation in Australian racial politics in the 1970s

THIS PICTURE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF: PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR

Helen Ennis discusses the role of amateur photography and album-making in preserving our memories of war

WILL 'THE FREAK' FOLLOW CHU CHIN CHOW ONTO THE MUSICAL STAGES OF AUSTRALIA?

John Thomson explores Australian musicals that have been produced overseas, and discovers some that have never been seen in Australia
 
The Kenneth Myer Lecture 2004: Modernism’s Legacy and Future
 
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