deep history |
Was the transition to agriculture the “worst mistake in human history”? by Robbo Bennetts
18 June 2021
The “Agricultural Revolution” — that is the transition of much of humanity from a foraging economy to an agricultural economy — is sometimes described as the greatest revolution in human history. So what did it mean, in real-life terms, for those who made the transition? |
colonial history |
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The myth of terra nullius: examined in the spirit of nullius in verba. by Robbo Bennetts The doctrine of terra nullius and the doctrine of discovery were both myths, but only one of them was the foundational myth of British claims to sovereignty over Australia.
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The Black Resistance, chapter 3: “Tasmania” (1977) by Robbo Bennetts
first published as a chapter in Fergus Robinson and Barry York (eds), The Black Resistance, Widescope, Melbourne, 1977
"The Black Resistance is a powerful contribution to the movement for a new Australian history - a history centred on the first Australians. It presents massive evidence of a splendid tradition of heroic resistance by the Aboriginal people and establishes that violent struggle against foreign invasion was an on-going and continent wide response." |
History Establishment is on terra infirma by Robbo Bennetts Do we need to rethink terra nullius? |
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Worksheet from Footprints workbook about frontier conflict in north-eastern Victoria in the 1830s. |
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Worksheet from Footprints workbook about frontier conflict in the East Kimberley in the early twentieth century.
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the protest movement |
Photogallery: The second Waterdale Road demonstration, 16 September 1970 Images from the second of three Waterdale Road demonstrations against the Vietnam War in October 1970. |
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Photogallery: proudly untraditional La Trobe University shamelessly uses images of students protesting against the university's role in supporting the Vietnam War to promote itself as somehow "untraditional". |
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Respected historian and author of Student Revolt (amongst many other titles) interviews key participants in the Waterdale Road demonstrations. |
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from Robbo Bennetts' ASIO file |
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Michael Leunig responds to a rough sketch sent to him by Robbo Bennetts. |
labour history |
The fall and rise of the Westgate Bridge by Robbo Bennetts One disaster was one too many. |