Karen Fox Dissects the Australian Honours System single work   review  
Issue Details: First known date: 2022... 2022 Karen Fox Dissects the Australian Honours System
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'Karen Fox begins her fine study of Australia’s honours system with an account of Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s controversial decision in March 2014 to return damehoods and knighthoods to the Order of Australia and the even more contentious selection of Prince Philip in January 2015 as one of the new knights. Fox argues that these events revived what she describes as ‘an important and ongoing debate in Australia’s national life’ (2) on how the honours system should express the nation.' (Introduction)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon History Australia vol. 19 no. 4 2022 25602044 2022 periodical issue 'On 15 February 1952 time stopped in Australia. As the body of the late George VI was conveyed from Westminster to Windsor, Australians observed a ‘Nation-wide Pause for [the] King’s Death’. ‘A blanket of silence’, the Melbourne Argus reported, ‘fell on Sydney’s 1¾ million people at noon’; ‘Brisbane became a “dead city” for two minutes’. Across the country, ‘Cities, towns, and villages … paid the tribute of silence to the late King’. When the noise returned, it included the voices of 5000 at Carlton’s Royal Exhibition Building belting out George’s favourite hymn ‘Abide with Me’, and innumerable speeches honouring the much-loved and respected monarch. Radio stations everywhere (including every Melbourne radio station) announced the cancellation of regular programming so they could rebroadcast the BBC’s coverage of the King’s funeral service.' (Benjamin Mountford, Ellen Warne, Kate Fullagar and Jessica Lake : Editorial introduction) 2022 pg. 811-812
VIEW PUBLICATION DETAILS FOR ALL VERSIONS ()
Last amended 4 Jan 2023 12:35:06
811-812 Karen Fox Dissects the Australian Honours Systemsmall AustLit logo History Australia
Review of:
Newspapers:
    Powered by Trove
    X