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From a ‘cold case’ investigation to a profoundly beautiful memoir, there are plenty of new releases on the shelves this month as publishers crank up for 2022.

From a ‘cold case’ investigation to a profoundly beautiful memoir, there are plenty of new releases on the shelves this month as publishers crank up for 2022.

Stuart Macintyre was a major contributor to the history of Australian communism and played an important role in documenting the history of the left and labour movement, writes Jim McIlroy.

Stuart Macintyre was the prime target of the conservatives in the history wars. Our greatest historian of politics and society since the late 19th century, he was assiduous, dedicated and prolific.

Stuart Macintyre has gone. To those whose lives touched his, an Australian history community without him seems hugely empty. For almost half a centu

Stuart Macintyre has gone. To those whose lives touched his, an Australian history community without him seems hugely empty. For almost half a centu

Manning Clark had a long association with the Library and much of his research for A History of Australia was carried out in the Library. In the final volume he wrote, ‘The Petherick Room, the Manuscripts Room, and the Newspaper Room are present in every page of this volume, just as they are always present in my heart’. In 1989 he donated the first instalment of his papers under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme. Further papers were transferred in 1990–91. He bequeathed his rem...

From colonial times, Australians and New Zealanders have used railway construction to alter not only their economies and polities but also their environments. Although the consequences of large infrastructure projects are vast, they are often understood poorly. 2021 NLA Fellow, Dr André Brett uses the development of railway networks to interrogate the strong and enduring linkages between economic growth and environmental change. His research seeks to redefine our understanding of h...

Download 17.68 MB The Communist Party of Australia emerged from within the union movement and was subject to a concerted attempt by the Menzies Government to drive it out of existence. This week for Australian history Trev is joined by former party members 90-year-old Roger Wilson and Professor Stuart Macintyre, author of The Reds: The Communist Party of Australia from Origins to Illegality.