Category: history
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Vannavar Bush ‘As we may think’ (1945)
In this famous article by Dr Vannavar Bush, published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1945, he outlines his vision for the 'Memex Machine', which is often seen as the intellectual precursor to hypertext and the world wide web. "The perfection of these specific instruments should be the first objective of our scientists as they emerge…
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BBC Creative Archive
One of the most exciting developments in the past year or so has been the release of part/s of the BBC archive/s online under what is know as a Creative Archive licence. Bascally what this means, is that anyone can download a digitised film or television production and re-use it under certain conditions. What a…
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Keith Winschuttle Accuses Simon Schama of Fabricating History
In a highly controversial move, Keith Winshuttle, the well-know Australian historian; recently elected to the board of the ABC, has accused Simon Schama of fabricating history. Read more >> Technorati : ABC, australia, history, keith, schama, simon, windschuttle Del.icio.us : ABC, australia, history, keith, schama, simon, windschuttle
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An online history…
It is a tad unnerving stumbling upon something that you wrote 10 years ago, perhaps in haste, which has become part of your permanent online record. Here is something I wrote 10 years ago in response to a position paper about the future of Law Journals. Was I wrong? (Perhaps the only thing that history…
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Glabalisation and the Everyday City
This is an interview that I did in February 2002. It is about Fitzroy, the suburb in Melbourne where I live.
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Online Projects from the National Archives of Australia
Uncommon Lives: Biographies of famous and not so famous Australians uncommonlives.naa.gov.au Documenting a Democracy: Our nation's 110 key constititional documents foundingdocs.gov.au Australia's Prime Ministers: Portal to records on our 25 Prime Ministers primeministers.naa.gov.au Our History: Celebrating the National Archives' first 60 years ourhistory.naa.gov.au Vrroom: Virtual reading room for teachers and students. vrroom.naa.gov.au