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The Making of the Australian Literary Imagination, by Richard Nile. St Lucia, Qld: University of Queensland Press, 2002. Paperback, $28.00. To someone who teaches the history, theory and practice of [...]

The complacent Australia described in the book 'The Lucky Country' by Donald Horne still typifies Australian attitudes and governments in 2001 just as much as it did in 1964. Australia needs to become its own country, with its own original ideas about government, art and the economy.

The Colin Roderick Lectures: 1994, by Dennis Haskell. Townsville, Qld: Foundation for Australian Literary Studies, James Cook University of North Queensland, Townsville, 1994. Paper, $10.50 posted. For Australian literary criticism [...]

Edited by Ken Stewart. UQP Studies in Australian Literature. St Lucia, Qld: University of Queensland Press, 1996. Paper, $22.95. For Australian literary criticism it is the best of times. It [...]

By Simon During. Oxford Australian Writers. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1996. Paper, $18.95. For Australian literary criticism it is the best of times. It is also the worst of times. [...]

The Colin Roderick Lectures: 1993, by Helen Thomson. Townsville, Qld: Foundation for Australian Literary Studies, James Cook University of North Queensland, Townsville, 1994. Paper, $10.50 posted. For Australian literary criticism [...]

By Michael Giffin. Sydney: Spaniel, 1996. Paper, $30. For Australian literary criticism it is the best of times. It is also the worst of times. On the one hand, we [...]

Edited by John McLaren. Melbourne: Red Hill, 1995. Paper, $25. For Australian literary criticism it is the best of times. It is also the worst of times. On the one [...]

By Peter Pierce. UQP Studies in Australian Literature. St Lucia, Qld: University of Queensland Press, 1995. Paper, $22.95. For Australian literary criticism it is the best of times. It is [...]

Essays presented to Laurie Hergenhan celebrating his contribution to the study of Australian literature and marking his retirement, edited by Irmtraud Petersson and Martin Duwell. St Lucia, Qld: University of [...]

ASIO is set up by the Australian labor government in 1949 and its official function is to investigate matters related to internal security. The released ASIO files of Paddy McGuinnes and Keith Windschuttle are examined.

The Australian Novel 1830-1980: A Thematic Introduction, by John Scheckter. Studies of World Literature in English, 8. New York: Peter Lang, 1998. Hardback, US$51.95. At the 1998 Victorian Premier's Literary [...]

The Christesen Romance, by Judith Armstrong. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1996. Paperback, $29.95. At the 1998 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards the keynote speech was given by visiting English actress Claire [...]

Studies in Australian Literary History, by Brian Kiernan. Sydney Studies in Society and Culture 17. Sydney: Sydney Association for Studies in Society and Culture, University of Sydney, 1997. Paperback, $25.00. [...]

Wildest Dreams: A Selective Memoir, by Michael Wilding. St Lucia, Qld: University of Queensland Press, 1998. Paperback, $18.95. At the 1998 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards the keynote speech was given [...]

In the annals of Australian soccer, Indigenous players are rare. They are hard to find in soccer's past and they do not represent a sizeable grouping in the contemporary game. Given the contribution of Indigenous athletes to other sports, this is to be lamented. Yet, the Indigenous presence in Australian Soccer should not be underestimated. Five Aboriginal Socceroos and eight Matildas is a small but significant number. And there were periods and places in which Aboriginal participation was relatively high. The game's future is inexorably bound with the need to understand this marginal past in order to embrace and nurture Indigenous football talent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Australian soccer has a history much deeper and broader than is allowed in the conventional received story. Even some soccer historians are tempted to claim that the game was introduced here in the 1880s despite the fact that versions of the non-handling and kicking game (either as embodied practice or press advocacies) have been present since the 1850s. Reading newspaper reports against the mainstream narrative grain allows us to see a bustling community of players and advocates of Association football well before the oft-assumed starting point of 1880. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Australia's small press journals have seen many changes lately. The author considers the replacement of Stephanie Holt as editor of 'Meanjin' to be an unfortunate choice. He also discusses briefly the new periodical 'Australian Quarterly Essay,' the retirement of 'Australian Literary Studies' editor Laurie Hergenhan and other magazine news.