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Monetary integration and purchasing power parity between Singapore and Britain during the 19th century

open access: yesAsia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the development of purchasing power parity between Singapore and Britain during the 19th century. Using new monthly data from 1831 to 1872, it finds that real exchange rates became more stable after the late 1850s. This convergence was supported by growing connections in international bullion markets, which reduced exchange
Atsushi Kobayashi
wiley   +1 more source

The McKinleys of Punch: Politics and the Press in Melbourne, 1870s to 1920s

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
This article re‐examines the Melbourne Punch (1855–1925; known simply as Punch from 1900) as a political weapon in the cut‐and‐thrust of Victorian, local, and national politics, in the hands of its longest‐serving, but least‐known proprietor, Alexander McKinley (1848–1927).
Richard Scully
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“It Is Vital That We Should Not Keep It to Ourselves”: The Rats of Tobruk Association and the Siege of Tobruk in Australian National Memory

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
The siege of Tobruk is one of the most well‐known Australian actions of the Second World War, enjoying special attention on Anzac Day. Its elevation within Australian national memory is by no means accidental. Rather, it is the result of decades of lobbying by the Rats of Tobruk Association (ROTA), which positioned veterans of the siege as the ...
Nicole Townsend
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Lady Anne Kerr: From the Rise of International Conference Interpreting to the Whitlam Dismissal

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
Before Anne Robson (née Taggart) became the second Lady Kerr upon marrying governor‐general John Kerr in 1975, she had an international career of some 30 years working as a French to English interpreter and consultant at over 30 national and international conferences and became the first Australian elected to the International Association of Conference
Alexis Bergantz
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When First Nations Don't Count: H.V. Evatt and the Erasure of Palestinian Rights

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
As Minister for External Affairs in the Chifley Government, Herbert Vere Evatt played a pivotal role at the United Nations in securing the partition of Palestine and recognition of the State of Israel. These endeavours were represented by Evatt and in subsequent commentary as exemplifying Evatt's commitment to justice.
Jeff Rickertt
wiley   +1 more source

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