Australians seem to be forever rediscovering an urgent need to \u27unlock\u27 the vast potential of the north. They\u27ve been doing it for over a hundred and fifty years, and throughout that time their efforts have been accompanied by a great deal of hyperbole. It still is. On the other hand, extravagant proposals for northern development have always inspired countervailing arguments, pointing out their economic and environmental impracticality. Yet today\u27s advocacy of massive northern developments takes place in a virtual historical vacuum. This article makes a plea for the vacuum to be filled. • Russell McGregor, Adjunct Professor of History, James Cook University and author of the forthcoming, Environment, Race and Nationhood in Au...
[Extract] With the view of learning from the past to help secure a brighter future for the north, th...
Scholars have explored the history of attitudes toward northern Australia primarily in the context o...
The challenge of northern regions is becoming clearer every day. They have less to do with physical ...
Australians seem to be forever rediscovering an urgent need to 'unlock' the vast potential of the no...
For seventy years after federation, Australians fretted over the "empty north" of their continent. T...
[Extract] In 1909, Australian Australians to: poet Mabel Forrest urged her fellow Arm the empty Nort...
[Extract] Northern Australia's strategic and economic potential has captured the imagination of many...
[Extract] There is much discussion and debate within the Australian community, government, the media...
[Extract] Ignoring history can lead to a futile repetition of past mistakes. In the new wave of enth...
[Extract] Develop the north had been a cry of Australian nationalists since the prefederation era. I...
Northern Australia is rediscovered by each new generation of Australian politicians. Dams, mines, la...
The People the North Committee, founded in Townsville in 1962, was true to its name. It wanted to tr...
[Extract] Recently, Australia's north has featured front-and-centre in national debates about the co...
Bowman, who has been unavoidably called away on family business. The north is Australia’s last front...
Within Australia almost since colonisation, there have been debates about whether water supply would...
[Extract] With the view of learning from the past to help secure a brighter future for the north, th...
Scholars have explored the history of attitudes toward northern Australia primarily in the context o...
The challenge of northern regions is becoming clearer every day. They have less to do with physical ...
Australians seem to be forever rediscovering an urgent need to 'unlock' the vast potential of the no...
For seventy years after federation, Australians fretted over the "empty north" of their continent. T...
[Extract] In 1909, Australian Australians to: poet Mabel Forrest urged her fellow Arm the empty Nort...
[Extract] Northern Australia's strategic and economic potential has captured the imagination of many...
[Extract] There is much discussion and debate within the Australian community, government, the media...
[Extract] Ignoring history can lead to a futile repetition of past mistakes. In the new wave of enth...
[Extract] Develop the north had been a cry of Australian nationalists since the prefederation era. I...
Northern Australia is rediscovered by each new generation of Australian politicians. Dams, mines, la...
The People the North Committee, founded in Townsville in 1962, was true to its name. It wanted to tr...
[Extract] Recently, Australia's north has featured front-and-centre in national debates about the co...
Bowman, who has been unavoidably called away on family business. The north is Australia’s last front...
Within Australia almost since colonisation, there have been debates about whether water supply would...
[Extract] With the view of learning from the past to help secure a brighter future for the north, th...
Scholars have explored the history of attitudes toward northern Australia primarily in the context o...
The challenge of northern regions is becoming clearer every day. They have less to do with physical ...
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