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September 1978, no. 4
ONLINE ONLY
Full Contents
Politics
Australians at Risk
by Anne Deveson
by
Sara Dowse
Australian Legendary Tales
by K. Langloh Parker
by
M.J.E. King Boyes
Letter Collections
Audrey Tennyson's Vice-Regal Days
edited by Alexandra Hasluck
by
Clement Semmler
Literary Studies
Apartheid in Shakespeare and other reflections
by Sibnarayan Ray
by
Clement Semmler
Education
Changes, Issues and Prospects in Australian Education
edited by S. D’Urso and R.A. Smith
by
D.M. Bennett
Science and Technology
Chemistry in the Market Place
by Ben Selinger
by
Max Marginson
Reviews
Booknotes – September 1978
by
Australian Book Review
Bookends
Bookends | September 1978
by
John McLaren
Reference
The Australian Encyclopedia: Third Edition
by Grolier Society of Australia
by
John McLaren
Short Stories
Shalom: Australian Jewish Stories
edited by Nancy Keesing
by
Muriel Mathers
Politics
Don Chipp
by Tim Hewat and David Wilson
by
Mungo MacCallum
Fiction
Bitter Bread
by Ronald Mckie
by
Helen Daniel
China
Chinese Shadows
by Simon Leys
by
Colin Mackerras
Politics
Capitalism, Socialism or Barbarism? The Australian Predicament: Essays on contemporary political economy
by E.L. Wheelwright
by
Leonie Sandercock
Memoir
Strive to be Fair
by Don Whitington
by
Mungo MacCallum
Biography
Tales Untold
by Bonnie McCallum
by
Reg Neale
War
Citizen to Soldier
by J.N.I. Dawes and L.L. Robson
by
R.A. Swan
Nature Writing
Recollections of a Birdwatcher
by By Brig. Hugh. R. Officer
by
Jack Jones
Media Handbook
by Iola Matthews
by
Elery Hamilton-Smith
'Elota's Story: The life and times of a Solomon Islands big man
by R.M. Keesing
by
Olaf Ruhen
Envisaged Worlds
edited by P. Collins
by
Moira McAuliffe
Gold on Four Feet
by Ronald Anderson
by
Hugh Dove
Karobran
by Monica Clare
by
M.J.E. King Boyes
The Kids’ Own Book of Stories & Things to Do
by
&
Alive and Aware
by Eleanor Stodart
by
Ian Mullens
Fiction
Play Little Victims
by Kenneth Cook
by
John McLaren
Australian History
The Advancement of Local Government in New South Wales 1906 to the Present
by F.A. Larcombe
by
Ian Wynd
Travel
Going Overseas
by by Unice & Brian Carroll
by
David Martin
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