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Throughout the book, Minchinton identifies and dispels harmful depictions of sex workers and madams that featured in newspaper articles nearly always written by men. The Women of Little Lon: Sex Workers in Nineteenth-Century Melbourne: By Barbara Minchinton. Considering current debates about repealing laws that regulate sex work, Barbara Minchinton's I The Women of Little Lon i is a particularly timely account that shines the spotlight on some of the very women who have worked in the highly scrutinised industry. [Extracted from the article]

Whitlam was officially Kerr's adviser under Australia's system of responsible government but Kerr invited Charteris to usurp that role. Kelly and Bramston are very likely right that Kerr did not need any advice from Charteris on such matters to contemplate using them against Whitlam. The Palace Letters and The Truth of the Palace Letters: The Palace Letters: The Queen, the Governor-General, and the Plot to Dismiss Gough Whitlam By Jenny Hocking. [Extracted from the article]

As this bald summary would suggest, it is a book dominated by the powerful presence of Elliot Smith, who overshadows the other members of the trio, Wood Jones and Keith. Elliot Smith was the most vigorous proponent of such a lofty role for anatomy, and his position in London meant that he was in a position to wield his formidable political skills. He was struck, however, by how far the study of anatomy in the United States and the British Empire had diverged, with the United States no longer giving the scope to gross anatomy which had been so basic to British medical education. [Extracted from the article]

Although providing an example of the life experience relevant to some convicts, Miles' experience was not typical for the majority of convict women. Comprehensive administration records from the Van Diemen's Land penal system have enabled the creation of histories and life stories of convicts with a high level of detail and attention to their time within the system, particularly for those convicts who continued to misbehave. Building on her own extensive body of work and specialisation in historical population health, McCalman has reconstructed the lives of about 30,000 convicts. [Extracted from the article]

In I Places of Reconciliation i , Sarah Pinto explores the possibilities and limitations of public art and commemorative naming under a reconciliation framework within a settler-colonial city (Melbourne). Places of Reconciliation: Commemorating Indigenous History in the Heart of Melbourne: By Sarah Pinto. Here Pinto also gives a helpful historical background to the colonisation of Narrm/Melbourne in the lands of the Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin Nation. [Extracted from the article]

The authors intriguingly link kangaroo hunting to "a distinctly Australian experience" (74) demonstrated by the lively spirit of field sports and recreational pursuits originating from British hunting traditions. The book consists of six chapters which offer an expansive look at the history of kangaroo hunting as a compelling case to engage with issues concerning the status of native species during the process of settler expansion. Gelder and Weaver devote much of the chapter to exploring the ways in which shooting a kangaroo lays bare the ideas of boyhood and empire-building in adventure fiction and fantasy literature aimed at young readers. [Extracted from the article]