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how the Irish influenced Australian English

  • Written by: Howard Manns, Lecturer in Linguistics, Monash University
how the Irish influenced Australian EnglishThe Warrnambool potato harvest of 1881.State Library of Victoria

Australian English decidedly finds its origins in British English. But when it comes to chasing down Irish influence, there are – to paraphrase Donald Rumsfield – some knowun knowuns, some unknowun knowuns, and a bucket load of furphies.

Larrikins, sheilas and Aboriginal...

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How picture boards were used as propaganda in the Vandemonian War

  • Written by: Kristyn Harman, Senior Lecturer in History, University of Tasmania
How picture boards were used as propaganda in the Vandemonian WarDetail from a reconstruction of a Tasmanian picture board by Simon Barnard (2015).Kristyn Harman and Nicholas Brodie, Author provided

As Hobart’s Old Government House was being demolished in the late 1850s, workers made a remarkable discovery. Lifting the floor, they found an old pine board covered with four rows of pictures. Six scenes...

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Affordable housing policy failure still being fuelled by flawed analysis

  • Written by: Nicole Gurran, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney

Australia has a housing affordability problem. There’s no doubt about that. Unfortunately, one of the reasons the problem has become so entrenched is that the policy conversation appears increasingly confused. It’s time to debunk some policy clichés that keep re-emerging.

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