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1 [Review] I Wonder’: The Life and Work of Ken Inglis Clive Moore , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Journal of Politics and History , March 2021 vol. 67 no. 1 2021; (p. 178-181)

— Review of I Wonder : The Life and Work of Ken Inglis 2020 anthology biography essay

'Ken Inglis (1929–2017) was one of Australia's best known and most innovative historians. In part based on a colloquium held in Melbourne in 2015, this tribute to him is an exceptional book. It fulfills its task of attempting to explain his life and work, but it does much more in telling us about Australian life between the 1930s and 2000s, particularly about the humanities and social sciences in leading universities between the late 1940s and today. There are twenty two chapters and useful biographical materials, as well as a seventeen-page bibliography of Inglis’ written work, including his journalism. The authors are as good a group as could be assembled and together elucidate his life and set it into context. Inglis was a very Australian historian, although influenced by British and American history and methods. The chapters bring this out nicely as they explore Inglis, whom Bill Gammage fittingly describes in his Introduction as a laconic Australian.'  (Introduction)

1 [Review] Unrequited Love: Diary of an Accidental Activist Clive Moore , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Journal of Politics and History , March vol. 66 no. 1 2020; (p. 164-166)

— Review of Unrequited Love : Diary of an Accidental Activist Dennis Altman , 2019 single work autobiography

'In 1997 Dennis Altman published an autobiography, Defying Gravity: A Political Life, and many of his books, such as The End of the Homosexual? in 2013, are part memoir. This is his second attempt at dedicated autobiographical writing, based on diary entries written between 2016 and 2019. The book revolves around contemporary events but skips back and forth over Altman's long involvement and unrequited love affair with the US, and since the 1970s his presence within gay and LGBTI liberation and then HIV‐AIDS activism. Rather improbably, it works and tells us about his political philosophy, his life and loves, his activism, and the people he has met during a busy life. One of Australia's leading intellectuals, he has trod the world stage for close to half a century. Altman is good at assessing individuals, hilariously funny on occasions, and has had more meals with famous people, attended more conferences and given more interviews than most individuals could ever dream about.' (Introduction)

1 [Review] Before I Forget : An Early Memoir Clive Moore , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Journal of Politics and History , September vol. 65 no. 3 2019; (p. 511-512)

— Review of Before I Forget : An Early Memoir Geoffrey Blainey , 2019 single work autobiography

'There is a fascination for any historian in understanding what motivates their colleagues; why they chose a particular topic, and how they organise their research. Blainey is as big as they get: there is a remarkable list of his monograph publications at the beginning of this book, more than forty titles. He has dominated Australian history for decades with his steadfastly narrative, succinct style, and hardly a mention of theory. He also pioneered light referencing: usually his books have no footnotes, merely annotated notes at the back that mention the main sources. He does occasionally use footnotes very sparingly, which is not the way most academic historians operate. His style, perfected over seventy years, relates to his beginnings as a freelance historian of mining and industry.' (Introduction)

1 [Review Essay] Northern Dreams: The Politics of Northern Development in Australia Clive Moore , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Journal of Politics and History , March vol. 65 no. 1 2019; (p. 139-141)

'I have often wondered what would have happened if the British had settled Australia from the north, rather than taking the advice of Cook and Banks and settling first at Botany Bay? While modern Australia was established on the backs of sheep herds, suited to the south, and the southern climate was closer to that of a European summer, the real exploitable wealth for the future was in minerals and agricultural potential, both greatest in the tropical north. Lyndon Megarrity’s book examines the politics of attempts to develop the north, the many failures, and the short‐sighted lack of political will on all sides.' (Introduction)

1 1 A Historian for All Seasons : Essays for Geoffrey Bolton. Edited by Stuart Macintyre, Lenore Layman, and Jenny Gregory Clive Moore , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Journal of Politics & History , March vol. 64 no. 1 2018; (p. 151-152)

'Geoffrey Bolton was one of Australia’s greatest historians and writing books about the lives of historians can be a tricky business. I have a colleague who likes to try to rank the top historians in Australia. We have argued over where Bolton would fit in the list. I have always said that he ranks in the first five. He was productive over several decades and covered diverse topics from the British Empire to the Perth street in which he grew up. He did not have a niche and was also peripatetic, working in many places, a true historian for all seasons. How then would one design a book to commemorate his life without creating an exaggerated eulogy to a great historian? ' (Introduction)

1 Vale Geoffrey Curgenven Bolton AO, FRHS, FASSA, FAHA, 1931-2015 Clive Moore , 2015 single work obituary (for Geoffrey Bolton )
— Appears in: Australian Journal of Politics and History , December vol. 64 no. 1 2015; (p. 675)
1 Australian South Sea Islanders’ Narratives of Belonging Clive Moore , 2015 single work criticism
— Appears in: Narrative and Identity Construction in the Pacific Islands 2015; (p. 155–176)
'This chapter examines how the narrative of ASSI identity has developed, as an Australian ethnic group, as Pacific Islanders who have reconnected with their islands of origin aver the last fifty years, and as part of a larger diaspora of indigenous peoples dislodged from their homes as part of labour migration related to nineteenth capitalism and forced labour migration. ASSI by-and-large interpret their history through a narrative of kidnapping and slavery which is at odds with Pacific historians who for the last fifty years have stressed Islander agency and voluntary participation in labour migration, albeit with an early phase of illegal and often violent recruitment. The specific points addressed in this chapter relate to origins, the difference of opinion with academic historians, semantic differences in the use of words, identity as both Australian and Pacific peoples, and contemporary political agendas.' (Publication summary)
1 Crossing the Border into Fiction Clive Moore , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: History Australia , vol. 9 no. 3 2012;

— Review of The Mountain Drusilla Modjeska , 2012 single work novel
1 1 y separately published work icon Andrew Goldie in New Guinea 1875 - 1879 : Memoir of a Natural History Collector no. 6 18 December Steve Mullins (editor), Martin Bellamy (editor), Clive Moore (editor), 2012 8580334 2012 periodical issue
1 Freedom Ride : A Freedom Rider Remembers - Clive Moore Clive Moore , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Journal of Politics and History , vol. 51 no. 1 2005; (p. 133-134)

— Review of Freedom Ride : A Freedom Rider Remembers Ann Curthoys , 2002 single work autobiography
1 [Review] My Island Home : A Torres Strait Memoir Clive Moore , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , June no. 24 2004;

— Review of My Island Home : A Torres Strait Memoir John Singe , 2003 single work autobiography
1 Writing for Fun : Interview with Peter Corris, Author of the Cliff Hardy Detective Novels Clive Moore (interviewer), 2000 single work interview
— Appears in: Clues: A Journal of Detection , Fall-Winter vol. 21 no. 2 2000; (p. 57-66)
1 y separately published work icon Journal of Australian Studies JAS no. 56 Clive Moore (editor), Kay Saunders (editor), 1998 Z601867 1998 periodical issue
1 Untitled Clive Moore , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , no. 54-55 1997; (p. 225-226)

— Review of Snake Cradle Roberta Sykes , 1997 single work autobiography
1 y separately published work icon The Forgotten people : A History of the Australian South Sea Islander Community Clive Moore (editor), ABC Books , 1979 Z1575293 1979 single work
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