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Meredith Lake

A Bridge Between: Spanish Benedictine missionary women in Australia by Katharine Massam

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April 2021, no. 430
Meredith Lake reviews 'A Bridge Between: Spanish Benedictine missionary women in Australia' by Katharine Massam

What kinds of stories are possible now about a mission community at the height of the assimilation era? How might scholars narrate the lives of religious women who ran an institution for Indigenous children?

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The Bible in Australia: A cultural history by Meredith Lake

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May 2018, no. 401
Alan Atkinson reviews 'The Bible in Australia: A cultural history' by Meredith Lake

The Bible in Australia is an unpretentious title for a remarkable book, and yet it is accurate enough. The Bible has been an ever-present aspect of life in Australia for 230 years, but no one has ever thought through its profound importance before. By starting her argument in a place both strange and obvious, Meredith ...

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