VHJ DECEMBER 25 DIGITAL. VICTORIAN HISTORICAL JOURNAL ISSUE 304 VOLUME 96, NUMBER 2

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CONTENTS:

Introduction by Judith Smart and Richard Broome

UNDERSTANDING VICTORIA

Discussions at Government House

Part 4: ‘A Wage Earners’ Welfare State’: From the Eight-hour Day to Harvester

Background and Introduction by Professor the Hon. Margaret Gardner AC, Governor of Victoria

Introduction by Maxine McKew

The Wage Earner’s Welfare State: An Early Chapter in the History of Human Rights by Marilyn Lake

Winning Back Time: A Century of Reducing Time at Work, from the 1850s to the 1950s by Sean Scalmer

How Did Victorian Workers Assert their Fundamental Humanity and Reframe Understandings of Industrial and Economic Rights? by Liam Byrne

THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VICTORIAN HERITAGE REGISTER

Introduction by Charles Sowerwine

The Victorian Heritage Register: The Founding Years by Graeme Davison

What Makes a Register Historic? The Victorian Heritage Register in 2025 by Marina Jansen

The Victorian Heritage Register: A Personal View by Ray Tonkin

Social Value in the Age of Fabric-first Heritage: Some Reflections on 21st-Century Cultural Heritage Challenges and Debates by Andrew J. May

LECTURES

Melbourne from the Air by Graeme Davison

A Contemporary Perspective on Colonial Land Theft: Battlefields, Bar Tables, Bribery and Ballots by Kate Auty

Rapprochement with China by Marilyn Lake

ARTICLES

Locating Malcolm: A Breastplate, Boundaries, and a Problematic Colonial Archive by Jack T. Norris and Rachel Standfield

A Survey of Conscience: Published Accounts of the Impact of Colonisation on Aboriginal People during the Settlement of the Port Phillip District, 1840–1900 by Frances M. Thiele

Gender and Little Italy: Richmond, Victoria, and Boston’s North End by Robert Pascoe and Chris McConville

When Your Homeland Becomes the Enemy: A German Seeks Sanctuary in Melbourne, 1939 by John Schauble

HISTORICAL NOTES

Church on a Postcard—Church of England, Dromana by Hong Wagg

North by West: The Mount Macedon Road 1835–1849 by Peter Parsons

REVIEWS

Dhoombak Goobgoowana: A History of Indigenous Australia and the University of Melbourne, Volume 1: Truth. Edited by Ross L. Jones, James Waghorne and Marcia Langton, reviewed by Richard Broome

Battle of the Banks: How Ad men, Barristers and Bankers Ended Ben Chifley’s Boldest Plan. By Bob Crawshaw, reviewed by Geoffrey Robinson

Finding Menzies: A New Generation’s Inspiration for Foreign Affairs, Social Policy and Political Thought. By Damien Freeman, reviewed by Geoffrey Robinson

The Young Menzies: Success, Failure, Resilience 1894–1942. Edited by
Zachary Gorman, reviewed by Ben Wilkie

The Menzies Ascendency: Fortune, Stability, Progress 1954–1961. Edited by Zachary Gorman, reviewed by Ben Wilkie

Once Upon an Island: The Early Days of Phillip Island. Collated by Anne Oswin, Eleanor McKay and Sarah Hudson, reviewed by David Nichols

Letters to a Critic: Alan McCulloch’s World of Art. By Rodney James, reviewed by Anthony White

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