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Travis Cutler

Travis Cutler reviews ‘Indigenous Australia and Alcohol Policy: Meeting difference with indifference’ by Maggie Brady and ‘From Hunting to Drinking: The devastating effects of alcohol on an Australian Aboriginal community’ by David McKnight

October 2004, no. 265 01 October 2004
In 2002, during the scandal and scrambling caused by Keith Windschuttle’s The Fabrication of Aboriginal History, an unassuming paperback made its way onto the shelf without much fanfare. No radio specials, opinion pieces or public debates followed its publication. Instead, David McKnight and his book From Hunting to Drinking: The Devastating Effects of Alcohol 011 an Australian Aboriginal Commun ... (read more)

Travis Cutler reviews ‘Balanda: My year in Arnhem land’ by Mary Ellen Jordan

August 2005, no. 273 01 August 2005
The first time Mary Ellen Jordan’s name appeared in ABR (June 2001), it was followed by a brief, heated exchange. Bruce Pascoe responded to her ‘Letter from Maningrida’ mixing accusations of betrayal with a series of familiar analogies, in a stern warning that this kind of fearless journalism was not wanted. Melissa Mackey moved to Jordan’s defence. She had read courage, not fearless journ ... (read more)

Travis Cutler reviews 'Australian Historical Studies: Histories of Sexuality, Vol. 36, No. 126' edited by Joy Damousi, and 'Australian Journal of Politics and History, Vol. 51, No. 2' edited by Andrew G. Bonnell and Ian Ward

April 2006, no. 280 01 April 2006
A thematic offering on sexuality from Australian Historical Studies (AHS) and an assortment of political history from the Australian Journal of Politics & History (AJPH). The first promises a diverse collection of articles that ‘not only speak productively to each other but also provocatively continue the project of putting historically framed sexual questions, and sexually framed historical ... (read more)