South Australia, 1919-1939 : essays from the Professional Historians' Association (SA) / edited by Caroline Adams and Brian Dickey
- Bib ID:
- 8663068
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
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- Adelaide, SA : Professional Historians' Association (South Australia) Inc, 2022
- ©2022
- xix, 386 : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour), portraits ; 26 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9780992333232 (paperback)
- Summary:
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This collection of essays by members of the Professional Historians Association (SA) opens up new perspectives on a little-researched period of the history of SA. It studies the flu and polio outbreaks, examines significant examples of the built heritage, the rise of the aviation industry, the work of individual artists exhibiting their creations, the lively literary scene, the attempt to erase Germans from the map, women in pubs, the contribution of the churches, and much more. The essays are wide-ranging, entertaining and accessible, supported by many contemporary images, some in colour -- Back cover.
- Full contents:
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- Introduction / Brian Dickey
- South Australia's built heritage, 1919-1939 / Susan Marsden
- The influenza pandemic in South Australia in 1919 / Caroline Adams
- Gawler's Roll of Honor / Anne Richards
- Gawler's war memorials / Anne Richards
- Establishing the archives: Preserving South Australia's history / Simon Froude
- Erasing Germans from the map: The 1918 geographical name changes / HMP Stock
- Corner shops, churches and pubs: Coping with everday life in the 1920s and 1930s / Pauline Payne
- Edward in Adelaide, 1920 / Roger André
- Life and work on a country property: The Campbells of Anlaby 1918-1940 / Janet Scarfe
- Holding the fort: Christian churches in South Australia, 1919-1939 / Judith Raftery
- Women's work: The life and time of the Trinity Church Signature Cloth / Brian Dickey
- No place for a woman: Adelaide's hotels between the world wars / Patricia Sumerling
- Chris A Smith, architect / Alison McDougall
- Greek islander migration to South Australia 1919-1939: Emigration, settlement and community building / Yianni Cartledge
- Port Pirie's modern Greek community / Yianni Cartledge
- Making all things new: Literary Adelaide in the 1930s / Philip Butterss
- Around the galleries: Independent art exhibitions in Adelaide, 1919-1939 / Ralph Body
- Magic in Adelaide: Harold Watson and the Australian Society of Magicians / Brigit Heilmann
- The early agricultural implements museum, Wayville Showground / Bridget Jolly
- Taking flight: South Australia's early aviation industry / Peter Donovan
- Town planning and the Garden City idea: Shaping and designing South Australia's physical landscape / Christine Garnaut
- The South Australian Government Department of Chemistry: 1915-1939 / Bridget Jolly
- Premier Butler and the curious case of the quinquennial parliament 1933-1938 / Jenny Tilby Stock
- How effective was the League of Nations? What the papers said / Geoff Speirs
- 'Get the prisoners, Sister': The care of polio victims during the 1937-1938 epidemic / Margaret Boult.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Essays
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- Publication date:
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