Kate Darian-Smith

Kate Darian-Smith is an Australian historian, currently serving as Executive Dean and Pro-Vice Chancellor, College of Arts, Law and Education at the University of Tasmania. Among her work, she has co-edited Stirring Australian Speeches (2004), and Child’s Play: Dorothy Howard and the Folklore of Australian Children (2005).

Kate Darian-Smith Reviews ‘Core of My Heart, My Country: Women’s sense of place and the land in Australia and Canada, 1828-1950’ by Maggie MacKellar

November 2004, no. 266 • 01 November 2004

In 1830, Georgiana Molloy stepped ashore at the remote settlement of Augusta, accompanying her husband to a new life in Western Australia. Maggie MacKellar tells us thaThree weeks later, in the month of May, when in England spring bursts from every hedgerow, Georgiana lay on a plank of wood in her tent, with an umbrella held over her to keep off the drips that leaked in through the canvas. Outside ... (read more)

Kate Darian-Smith reviews ‘Tattoo: Bodies, art and exchange in the Pacific and the West’ edited by Nicholas Thomas, Anna Cole and Bronwen Douglas

August 2005, no. 273 • 01 August 2005

Only a few decades ago, in the developed countries of the West, tattoos were a relatively uncommon sight, and were generally associated with marginalised groups: soldiers, sailors, gangs and criminals. Since the 1980s, tattoos have become a mainstream form of bodily adornment for the young and socially edgy. This tattooing renaissance has both driven and been influenced by an increased interest in ... (read more)