Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 [Review Essay] Australian Women War Reporters : Boer War to Vietnam
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'This well-researched volume documents the experiences of the more than thirty Australasian women who worked as war reporters for the Australian and overseas press between 1900 and 1975. It focuses on the challenges they faced as females working in the undeniably masculine realm of war correspondence. Some of these, such as restricted access to combat zones, were physical. However, the main challenge they faced was attitudinal, particularly the prevailing view that women were unsuited to war reporting and should confine their efforts to the ‘softer side’ of war news given their assumed inherent affinity with the domestic sphere. The theme is introduced with a comment from Sydney journalist Iris Dexter who in 1941, in response to an invitation to write a war-related column, exclaimed, ‘I suppose they want what is rather loosely known as the woman’s angle … and there’s nothing I hate more than the woman’s angle on anything’ (1).'  (Introduction)

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    y separately published work icon Australian Historical Studies vol. 47 no. 3 2016 12010899 2016 periodical issue

    'One of our ambitions as editors for Australian Historical Studieshas been to explore and highlight Australia in the world, including its myriad transnational and international connections. Accordingly, this issue showcases a Forum on ‘Big Data and Australian History’, which reveals the ways that digital data is radically reshaping historical research, and serves to locate Australian history within its networked transnational and global developments. The dynamic convergence of the digital humanities, the transnational turn and the new imperialism have come together in various ways in this Forum. We are deeply grateful to Hamish Maxwell-Stewart who, as the Forum’s commissioned guest editor, has introduced and brought together important articles that examine how big data has enabled new historical practices and interpretations of Australian history in relation to empire, slavery, labour, the convict system, war, population, health, and the law. Editorial Assistant Annalisa Giudici has also provided superb editorial support, including the organisation of many graphs and tables.' (Introduction)

    2016
    pg. 494-495
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