The Wakefield Companion to South Australian History: Second Edition
Wakefield Press, $70 pb, 812 pp
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Murdoch, Unaipon and OAFs
The Wakefield Companion to South Australian History announced itself in 2001 as ‘a landmark publication, the first such work of reference for any Australian state or territory’. This new edition, which adds entries, updates others, and lands with a thump at almost 200 pages more than the previous volume, is especially timely in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, which magnified awareness of the differences between the histories and cultures of the Australian states.
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The Wakefield Companion to South Australian History: Second Edition
edited by Wilfrid Prest
Wakefield Press, $70 pb, 812 pp
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Comment (1)
Native Title doesn't get a guernsey, let alone particuar cases, and the Aboriginal references are of those that have Adelaide exposure. The part on Harold Thomas (the designer of the Aboriginal flag) is thin and lacks any understanding of the period,
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