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Increasingly researchers are documenting these processes and are considering the complexities of repatriation and dissemination, and their role in supporting creative innovation and in sustaining performance traditions. As such, while we consider the contexts in which archival materials influence and may be used to innovate endangered song traditions, we might likewise consider ways in which the process of returning materials influences and innovates fieldwork and research. This paper will outline the materials and processes of repatriation involved in the Australian Research Council project 'Strategies for Preserving and Sustaining Endangered Song and Dance in the modern world: the Mowanjum and Fitzroy River Valley communities of WA'. The paper will present perspectives from both cultural heritage stakeholders and researchers on the role of repatriation of archival materials in: fostering partnerships between researchers and communities; in supporting the capacity of local organizations; in supporting intergenerational engagement around dance-song knowledge; and, in better understanding the intersections and tensions between traditional systems of knowledge management and dissemination, local community archives, and national archives. 2014-11-11T00:00:00Z The sanction war- easier to start than to finish Babones, Salvatore http://hdl.handle.net/2123/12236 2014-11-10T14:52:30Z 2014-11-08T00:00:00Z Title: The sanction war- easier to start than to finish Authors: Babones, Salvatore 2014-11-08T00:00:00Z 2015: The year of Korean reunification? Babones, Salvatore http://hdl.handle.net/2123/12140 2014-10-24T02:49:23Z 2014-10-17T00:00:00Z Title: 2015: The year of Korean reunification? Authors: Babones, Salvatore 2014-10-17T00:00:00Z China's third plenum endorses the "decisive" role of the market — unfortunately for China Babones, Salvatore http://hdl.handle.net/2123/12122 2014-10-20T14:52:50Z 2013-11-27T00:00:00Z Title: China's third plenum endorses the "decisive" role of the market — unfortunately for China Authors: Babones, Salvatore 2013-11-27T00:00:00Z Korean reunification-closer than anyone thinks? Babones, Salvatore http://hdl.handle.net/2123/12119 2014-10-20T14:52:48Z 2014-10-15T00:00:00Z Title: Korean reunification-closer than anyone thinks? Authors: Babones, Salvatore 2014-10-15T00:00:00Z The Term Structure of Interest Rates in a simple Stochastic Growth model: Evidence from Australian data Kim, David http://hdl.handle.net/2123/12107 2014-10-17T15:52:55Z 2014-10-17T00:00:00Z Title: The Term Structure of Interest Rates in a simple Stochastic Growth model: Evidence from Australian data Authors: Kim, David Abstract: This paper presents a theoretical relationship between the yield curve and future economic growth in a simple stochastic growth model. The derived relationship implies that, in a simple competitive production economy, the slope of the yield curve predicts future output growth. This predictive content of the yield curve is tested using Australian data by employing a vector autoregression (VAR) method. As a way to examine the conventional view that the predictive content of the yield curve is mainly due to the liquidity effect of monetary policy operating on short term interest rates, Granger causality test is performed. The short rate is found to fail to Granger cause either the spread or the long rate. This finding does not support the conventional view that the predictive content of the yield curve is primarily due to the conduct of monetary policy. 2014-10-17T00:00:00Z No more tar sands, no offshore drilling, no hydraulic fracturing and definitely no more coal Babones, Salvatore http://hdl.handle.net/2123/12106 2014-10-16T14:54:15Z 2014-10-15T00:00:00Z Title: No more tar sands, no offshore drilling, no hydraulic fracturing and definitely no more coal Authors: Babones, Salvatore 2014-10-15T00:00:00Z Care-for-child-refugees Babones, Salvatore http://hdl.handle.net/2123/12105 2014-10-16T14:54:15Z 2014-10-08T00:00:00Z Title: Care-for-child-refugees Authors: Babones, Salvatore 2014-10-08T00:00:00Z Stop-torturing-and-stop-assassinating Babones, Salvatore http://hdl.handle.net/2123/12104 2014-10-16T14:54:15Z 2014-10-02T00:00:00Z Title: Stop-torturing-and-stop-assassinating Authors: Babones, Salvatore 2014-10-02T00:00:00Z Let people vote Babones, Salvatore http://hdl.handle.net/2123/12103 2014-10-16T14:54:15Z 2014-09-24T00:00:00Z Title: Let people vote Authors: Babones, Salvatore 2014-09-24T00:00:00Z Federalize abortion Babones, Salvatore http://hdl.handle.net/2123/12102 2014-10-16T14:54:15Z 2014-06-17T00:00:00Z Title: Federalize abortion Authors: Babones, Salvatore 2014-06-17T00:00:00Z An end to the prison state Babones, Salvatore http://hdl.handle.net/2123/12101 2014-10-16T14:54:15Z 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Title: An end to the prison state Authors: Babones, Salvatore 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z 10-10-10 Babones, Salvatore http://hdl.handle.net/2123/12100 2014-10-16T14:54:15Z 2014-04-29T00:00:00Z Title: 10-10-10 Authors: Babones, Salvatore 2014-04-29T00:00:00Z A living minimum wage Babones, Salvatore http://hdl.handle.net/2123/12099 2014-10-16T14:54:15Z 2014-04-22T00:00:00Z Title: A living minimum wage Authors: Babones, Salvatore 2014-04-22T00:00:00Z Workplace democracy Babones, Salvatore http://hdl.handle.net/2123/12098 2014-10-16T14:54:15Z 2014-04-15T00:00:00Z Title: Workplace democracy Authors: Babones, Salvatore 2014-04-15T00:00:00Z Make the bankers squeal Babones, Salvatore http://hdl.handle.net/2123/12097 2014-10-16T14:54:16Z 2014-04-08T00:00:00Z Title: Make the bankers squeal Authors: Babones, Salvatore 2014-04-08T00:00:00Z Flat tax for social security Babones, Salvatore http://hdl.handle.net/2123/12096 2014-10-16T14:54:16Z 2014-04-01T00:00:00Z Title: Flat tax for social security Authors: Babones, Salvatore 2014-04-01T00:00:00Z Higher taxes on higher incomes Babones, Salvatore http://hdl.handle.net/2123/12095 2014-10-16T14:54:16Z 2014-03-25T00:00:00Z Title: Higher taxes on higher incomes Authors: Babones, Salvatore 2014-03-25T00:00:00Z Medicare for all Babones, Salvatore http://hdl.handle.net/2123/12094 2014-10-16T14:54:16Z 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z Title: Medicare for all Authors: Babones, Salvatore 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z Rededication to public education Babones, Salvatore http://hdl.handle.net/2123/12093 2014-10-16T22:11:53Z 2014-03-11T00:00:00Z Title: Rededication to public education Authors: Babones, Salvatore 2014-03-11T00:00:00Z Jobs, again Babones, Salvatore http://hdl.handle.net/2123/12089 2014-10-16T14:54:14Z 2014-03-04T00:00:00Z Title: Jobs, again Authors: Babones, Salvatore 2014-03-04T00:00:00Z Jobs Babones, Salvatore http://hdl.handle.net/2123/12088 2014-10-16T14:54:14Z 2014-02-25T00:00:00Z Title: Jobs Authors: Babones, Salvatore 2014-02-25T00:00:00Z Analysing Finance and Production in the Contemporary Capitalist Era Chester, Lynne Newman, Susan http://hdl.handle.net/2123/11859 2014-09-15T15:52:46Z 2014-09-15T00:00:00Z Title: Analysing Finance and Production in the Contemporary Capitalist Era Authors: Chester, Lynne; Newman, Susan Abstract: There has been a dramatic restructuring of the global economy as the dictates of neoliberalism have reconfigured the contemporary capitalist system of accumulation which has involved a seismic shift from industrial to finance capital. There have been a number of important contributions to theorising this shift and about the empirical relationships between the 'financial' and the 'real' at the levels of the nation-state and the firm. To a far lesser extent, the impact of financialisation upon production - at the level of industrial sectors, commodities, firms or global production networks - has been the subject of empirical research. Consequently, articulation of the abstract relations between finance and industrial capital, and the concrete forms that this takes in contemporary capitalist accumulation, are under-theorised. This paper posits an approach to bridge the gap between the abstract and concrete by presenting an analytical framework for empirical research to elucidate the different ways in which financialisation has restructured production and the ways in which finance and production in the contemporary era work together in reinforcement and/or contradiction. 2014-09-15T00:00:00Z Bearing Responsibility:Reconceiving RU486 and the regulation of women's reproductive decisions Ryan, Rosemary http://hdl.handle.net/2123/11474 2014-07-07T16:52:46Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Title: Bearing Responsibility:Reconceiving RU486 and the regulation of women's reproductive decisions Authors: Ryan, Rosemary Abstract: This thesis explores the status of abortion in Australia and analyses the representations of women that are produced and relied upon in public discourse on this issue. Drawing predominantly on the field of corporeal feminist theory I examine the historical and political-legal context of abortion in Australia over time, and in particular debates concerning the medical abortion drug RU486. I argue that the debate has been informed by dualistic understandings of women as irrational, maternal vessels requiring paternalistic regulation in the interests of the reproduction of the nation. This thesis questions the assumption that oppostion to abortion is primarily motivated by concern for the foetus, and explores and elaborates the gendered and politico-cultural constructions of sexuality, the nation and women's 'natural' role that inform the debate. Finally, I demonstrate that constructs of morality, rationality, sexuality and the nation have: been informed and limited by dualistic imaginaries of women and in response I argue for the feminist potential of an alternative embodied ethical framework. 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Queensland's Bible in State Schools Referendum 1910: A Case Study of Democracy Perkins, Yvonne Joan http://hdl.handle.net/2123/10596 2014-06-11T16:52:46Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Title: Queensland's Bible in State Schools Referendum 1910: A Case Study of Democracy Authors: Perkins, Yvonne Joan Abstract: In 1910 Queenslanders voted in a state referendum for the reintroduction of religious instruction by clergy in state schools and the reading of passages from the Bible by classroom teachers. These activities had not been allowed in Queensland schools since 1875. Similar public debates about religious education in schools were also taking place in South Australia and Victoria. This thesis closely examines the campaign conducted at the grass roots from 1906 by the Protestant organisation, the Bible in State Schools League. It was another campaign which demonstrated the political skills of Anglican clergyman, David Garland. This thesis reveals a democracy where people outside parliament played an important role in political decision-making. It shows that women were significant political actors in the campaign and demonstrates that religious belief informed the political actions of many Queenslanders at the time. Premier for much of this period, William Kidston, led a fractious group of labour politicians. The religiously diverse Labour Party attempted in vain to remain neutral on religious matters while the public debate raged. The vociferous parliamentary debates revealed the tension when one plank of the party platform, secular education, was pitted against the Labour's stated commitment to referendums as a tool of democracy. Significant policy areas such as education and health remained under the control of the states after Federation. Examination of the conduct of the 'Bible in State Schools' campaign demonstrates that a close examination of state politics in the period after Federation is essential in order to understand Australia's political culture and concerns in the early twentieth century. 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z A prototype database schema developed in Heurist enabling performance events and bibliographical entities to be interrogated in an integrated software environment, created as part of the ARC DECRA-funded project Religious Nonconformity and Performance in Britain (c. 1620-1680) Searle, Alison Johnson, Ian http://hdl.handle.net/2123/10530 2014-05-22T17:04:29Z 2014-05-22T00:00:00Z Title: A prototype database schema developed in Heurist enabling performance events and bibliographical entities to be interrogated in an integrated software environment, created as part of the ARC DECRA-funded project Religious Nonconformity and Performance in Britain (c. 1620-1680) Authors: Searle, Alison; Johnson, Ian Abstract: This prototype database schema was co-created by Alison Searle and Ian Johnson utilising the open-source software, Heurist (HeuristScholar.org) between June 2012 and March 2014 to model a unique network of relationships within the data collected for the ARC DECRA-funded project Religious Nonconformity and Performance in Britain (c. 1620-1680). It is based upon and exemplifies the model of entities (including agents, bibliographical and performative works, artefacts, events, groups and persons) and relationships that are central to the project's interrogation of religious nonconformity and dramatic performance in seventeenth-century Britain. Description: The collection includes: 1. A list of simple field types for each record type with internal codes and occurrences; 2. A list of simple field types, pointer fields and relationship marker fields for each record type with internal codes and occurrences; 3. Structure of the database schema in table format; 4. Database schema definitions exchange file including a list of each record and constraints on its values; 5. aaDH Presentation Slides Searle and Johnson PDF of slides from the conference presentation given by Alison Searle and Ian Johnson entitled, 'Creating a Database of Religious Nonconformity and Performance in Britain c. 1620-1680', Digital Humanities Australasia, 'Expanding Horizons', University of Western Australia, 17-21 March 2014. These explain the structure of the database schema and include an entity relationship diagram setting out the thinking that underlies the prototype database schema developed in Heurist. 2014-05-22T00:00:00Z Corruption in Evidence: Policing Starting- Price Betting in 1930s NSW Bretag, Hilary http://hdl.handle.net/2123/10259 2014-04-01T15:53:18Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z Title: Corruption in Evidence: Policing Starting- Price Betting in 1930s NSW Authors: Bretag, Hilary Abstract: This thesis analyses two Royal Commissions into the policing of SP bookmaking that the NSW government issued in 1936 and 1937. These Commissions provide a window into the social history of betting and policing, as well as the relationship between two groups whose activities placed them so directly in each other's paths. The Royal Commissions also reflect the politics of betting and policing contemporaneous to them. The inquiries are symptomatic of deeper-rooted public concerns about off-course betting, and represent a poorly articulated, but publically supported disapproval of police tactics. I find that these Commissions are suggestive of lower-level police complicity in off-course betting and that senior police were at least tacitly complicit in their activities. Moreover, I explore why it was that in face of such overwhelming evidence the Inquiry's Commissioner was reluctant to find conclusively that the evidence demonstrated police corruption. 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z Achieving Justice and Seeking Truth: The Evolution of International Criminal Tribunals Radojev, Kitty Anya Rosemary http://hdl.handle.net/2123/10258 2014-04-01T15:53:19Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z Title: Achieving Justice and Seeking Truth: The Evolution of International Criminal Tribunals Authors: Radojev, Kitty Anya Rosemary Abstract: This thesis examines the way in which international criminal tribunals have changed and evolved over time, using the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia as specific examples. By examining two central societal responses to collective violence – justice and truth – this thesis engages with ideas regarding post-conflict resolution in the hope of creating a positive peace. The following chapters will analyse the IMT and ICTY to determine the manner in which developing ideas regarding state sovereignty and international intervention have impacted the way in which societies deal with mass atrocity. Furthermore, this thesis seeks to expound the correlation between law and history in the joint pursuit of retribution and historicization. 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z The Megalomania of the National Deal: Edvard Beneš and the origins of the postwar expulsion of the Sudeten Germans, 1918-1945. Wright, Timothy Robert http://hdl.handle.net/2123/10257 2014-04-01T15:53:17Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z Title: The Megalomania of the National Deal: Edvard Beneš and the origins of the postwar expulsion of the Sudeten Germans, 1918-1945. Authors: Wright, Timothy Robert Abstract: The expulsion of the German populations of Central and Eastern Europe after the Second World War was among the largest and most brutal forced migrations in human history. It is also one of the least understood. By focusing on the exile of one group, the Sudeten Germans of Czechoslovakia, this thesis seeks to discover why the postwar eviction took place. It traces the origins of the purge from the foundation of Czechoslovakia in 1918, and argues that the Republic's long-serving president, Edvard Beneš, played a crucial role in the development and implementation of the plan. Through a detailed analysis of interwar minority rights, population transfers and the notion of German collective guilt, this thesis takes the position that the motivations behind postwar expulsions were shaped by the bitter experiences of the interwar period and that they were not, therefore, carried out as an impulsive act of retribution in the hour of victory. 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z The Smallest Institute of All: Sociology, Class and the Politics of Knowledge in post-war Britain Dubler, Roslyn http://hdl.handle.net/2123/10254 2014-04-01T15:53:13Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z Title: The Smallest Institute of All: Sociology, Class and the Politics of Knowledge in post-war Britain Authors: Dubler, Roslyn Abstract: Between 1957 and 1962, the Institute of Community Studies (ICS) published a series of bestselling sociological studies of the working class that rendered the Institute a "sociological phenomenon". In an increasingly egalitarian cultural climate, the Institute formulated a vision of class as culture that facilitated the legitimate distinction between classes. As a result, their theories came to occupy a key place in political and sociological discussions of class. This thesis examines the nature and uses of ICS ideologies in order to reveal the deeply politicised nature of expertise in post-war Britain. 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z Maintaining the 'Australian Way of Life': President Johnson's 1966 visit and its implications for national culture. Farrugia, Jessica http://hdl.handle.net/2123/10253 2014-04-01T15:53:07Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z Title: Maintaining the 'Australian Way of Life': President Johnson's 1966 visit and its implications for national culture. Authors: Farrugia, Jessica Abstract: President Lyndon Johnson's visit to Australia in October 1966 was the apogee of the Australian-American political alliance and coincided with the peak of Australian public support for the American war in Vietnam. It was also during this period that Americanisation in Australia intensified. This thesis utilises the Johnson visit as a lens onto Australia's Cold War political relationships and cultural loyalties. I argue that Australians' enthusiastic embrace of the president did not reflect either political or cultural subservience, and that Australian political and civic culture at this time remained essentially 'British'. 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z Crafting Fame: Praise and Exclusion in Fifteenth Century Florence Green, Jeremy http://hdl.handle.net/2123/10252 2014-04-01T15:53:10Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z Title: Crafting Fame: Praise and Exclusion in Fifteenth Century Florence Authors: Green, Jeremy Abstract: This thesis examines the way that celebrated craftsmen from renaissance Florence were remembered selectively by fifteenth and sixteenth century chroniclers and biographers. With an emphasis on Filippo Brunelleschi, this study briefly explores Florence's world of workshops, artisan contests, and patrons, before analysing comparative accounts of Brunelleschi's social life and architectural accomplishments. The enquiry engages with historiographical scholarship concerning selfhood and individualism, and is developed through the related genres of biography, comedy, and apocryphal tale. It closes by arguing that when some men were praised others were excluded, and that fame and eminence were reinforced through humour and ridicule. 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z The International Criminal Court: Mapping the Politics of Myth Construction on the "Road to Rome" McCoy, Henry James http://hdl.handle.net/2123/10251 2014-04-01T15:53:15Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z Title: The International Criminal Court: Mapping the Politics of Myth Construction on the "Road to Rome" Authors: McCoy, Henry James Abstract: This thesis investigates the reasons why it took seventy-four years for the International Criminal Court to be officially established in Rome in 1998 after the idea for the Court was first mooted in 1924. It is argued that the processes of myth-construction were pivotal in contributing to the Court's enduring identity crisis throughout this period. Based on evidence pertinent to this inquiry, the thesis challenges the conventional histories that frame the Court's evolution within a teleological development of international criminal law. The jurists, Dr Hugh H.L. Bellot (1860–1928) and Sir Hersch Lauterpacht (1897–1960) are key sources in supporting the ultimate hypothesis proposed here – that is, the recent perceptions of the Court's genesis within the late nineteenth century Red Cross movement originated from the 1998 Rome Conference. This strategic myth was orchestrated with the chief purpose of unifying the interests of national delegates and international Civil Society by suppressing any future political doubt of the Court's humanitarian function. 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z A New Faith? Rights Agitation, National Aspirations and Self-Determination in the Soviet Periphery, 1965-1985 Stormont, Nathan Alexander http://hdl.handle.net/2123/10250 2014-04-01T15:53:16Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z Title: A New Faith? Rights Agitation, National Aspirations and Self-Determination in the Soviet Periphery, 1965-1985 Authors: Stormont, Nathan Alexander Abstract: This thesis investigates the intersection of human rights-talk, national aspirations and their respective origins on the peripheries of the Soviet Empire, 1965-1985. In particular, it challenges the so-called 'Helsinki Effect', that a Western discourse of liberalism and human rights was responsible for the demise of the Soviet Empire. Instead, I argue that distinct and organic conceptualisations of human rights existed under developed socialism. These alternative discourses were conceptually divorced from international human rights norms, instead grounded in socialist legality, historical experience, or in regional ideology. With specific reference to the national concerns and political demands of Ukrainians, Poles and Soviet Jews, I trace the ideological and historical lineages of home-grown understandings of the right of self-determination, contextualising dissident thought in these nationalities' own experiences of identity, independence and subjugation. 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z A Free Choice to Trust: An Essay on the Necessary Requirement for Freedom of Choice in Interpersonal Trust Coffman, Nicholas http://hdl.handle.net/2123/10248 2014-04-01T15:53:32Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z Title: A Free Choice to Trust: An Essay on the Necessary Requirement for Freedom of Choice in Interpersonal Trust Authors: Coffman, Nicholas Abstract: In everyday life we are constantly confronted with situations that we think require us to trust. Getting on the bus, depositing a check, or simply buying food from a local street vendor all seem to call upon us to trust to some degree. The suggestion that we regularly trust in these instances is fairly noncontroversial among writers on trust. Some philosophers such as Onora O'Neill have suggested that in such routine circumstances we may often find we have no choice but to trust. Others, such as Philip Pettit, have suggested we "may have no option but to make [trust] manifest." But is it right to characterise this as trust? The central purpose of this paper will be to answer this question of whether the nature of trust allows for trusting because we have no other option. 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z On the Compatibility of Presentism and our most fundamental Physics. Dempsey, Patrick http://hdl.handle.net/2123/10247 2014-04-01T15:53:31Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z Title: On the Compatibility of Presentism and our most fundamental Physics. Authors: Dempsey, Patrick Abstract: It has been alleged that Presentism is incompatible with our most fundamental physics. More specifically, it is argued that this follows from the fact that Presentism and The Special Theory of Relativity are incompatible. The aim of this thesis is to assess whether the Presentist can refute this argument. I shall argue that whilst it is problematic for the Presentist to dispute the claim that their theory is incompatible with The Special Theory of Relativity, they can successfully refute the argument that their theory is therefore incompatible with our most fundamental theories of physics. My conclusion will be that, as it stands, there is no sound argument to suggest Presentism is incompatible with our most fundamental physics. This thesis provides a case study of the interplay between metaphysical and physical theories. 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z The Australian National History Curriculum: Politics at Play Woodpower, Zeb Joseph http://hdl.handle.net/2123/10246 2014-04-01T15:53:29Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z Title: The Australian National History Curriculum: Politics at Play Authors: Woodpower, Zeb Joseph Abstract: In 2006, Prime Minister John Howard's call for the root and renewal of Australian history initiated an ideologically driven process of developing an Australian national history curriculum which was completed by the Labor Government in 2012. Rather than being focussed on pedagogy, the process was characterised by the use of the curriculum as an ideological tool. 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The coherence theory has a paradoxical status in the literature, since it is considered the chief competitor with the correspondence theory and yet critiques of it are often extremely scathing. This paper is designed to reveal a better grasp and understanding of what the coherence theory's status should be. The first important result is that coherence is a perfectly acceptable extensional description of truth, as it simply predicates something about all the true things. The second even more interesting result is that if coherentists want their theory to achieve an analysis of the meaning of truth then they must be committed to an ontological position, specifically, some form of idealism. The conclusions of this paper therefore are informative about the theoretical space that coherentists have to move in today and also hopefully illuminative of why the coherence theory has been attached to the philosophical doctrines and positions that it has been associated with historically. 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z A 'metamorphosis of perspectives on the past': A Study of the Hyde Park Barracks, 1975-2012. Boukouvalas, Alexandra http://hdl.handle.net/2123/10244 2014-04-01T15:53:28Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z Title: A 'metamorphosis of perspectives on the past': A Study of the Hyde Park Barracks, 1975-2012. Authors: Boukouvalas, Alexandra Abstract: This thesis is an investigation of the site history of the Hyde Park Barracks since 1975 when the decision was made to restore the historical fabric of the building for use as a museum. Paramount to this enquiry is the understanding that historic buildings are always in a process of change, both physically and conceptually. 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Through their work, their use of their 'own time', leisure, and in their pursuit of prohibited activities, the convicts were actively perceiving and reacting to the environment and developed their own understanding of landscapes of the colony and its hinterland. The colony became a place of places that were intimately known and understood, threaded through with action, imagination and cultural designs. The convicts had an internalized consciousness of the spaces and places of the early colony and its hinterland. 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z Selfish, Timid, Tories: Boston in the American Revolutionary War, 1776- 1777. Vine, Benjamin http://hdl.handle.net/2123/10242 2014-04-01T15:53:21Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z Title: Selfish, Timid, Tories: Boston in the American Revolutionary War, 1776- 1777. Authors: Vine, Benjamin Abstract: Historians of the American Revolution have celebrated Boston's role in early resistance to Britain, while neglecting its post-1776 history. 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This thesis argues that leading anti-transportationist, Sir William Molesworth, focussed on the social disorder caused by sodomy to lobby against the policy of convict transportation to New South Wales. It establishes the idea of sodomy as a tool for slander, illustrates how it was applied to the colony and demonstrates how this shattered the fragile boundaries of colonial respectability. 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z The Anchor of Life: Triumphs and crises in the Australian wheat- growing, flour milling and bread industries from 1880- 1939. Chambers, Ronald Bruce http://hdl.handle.net/2123/10239 2014-04-01T15:53:23Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z Title: The Anchor of Life: Triumphs and crises in the Australian wheat- growing, flour milling and bread industries from 1880- 1939. Authors: Chambers, Ronald Bruce Abstract: The scope of this thesis is Australia from the late nineteenth century to 1939, viewed through the lens of three interrelated industries – wheat-growing, flour-milling and bread-baking. Authoritative literature on wheat-growing is abundant, but literature on bread-baking and flour-milling is scant, so this thesis aims to add to the literature by explicating the interconnectedness of these three kindred industries. In the period covered, Australia achieved its sought-after wheat surplus, but as the title suggests, these industries lurched through cycles of triumph and crisis as breakthroughs were achieved only to suffer unforeseen setbacks, culminating in some of the industry coming to near collapse. This thesis argues that Australia's shift from chronic under-production of wheat as an insular socio-economic outpost of Britain, to a sovereign nation-state operating in a global grain and flour market profoundly altered the production, supply, price and quality of flour-based staples to Australian and international customers and consumers. Starting in the last decades of the nineteenth century, this thesis examines three major historical turning points in the process. 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z Perfume Vessels in South-East Italy: A comparative analysis of Perfume Vessels in Greek and Indigenous Italian Burials from the 6th to 4th Centuries B.C. McManis, Amanda http://hdl.handle.net/2123/10182 2014-03-14T17:52:58Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z Title: Perfume Vessels in South-East Italy: A comparative analysis of Perfume Vessels in Greek and Indigenous Italian Burials from the 6th to 4th Centuries B.C. Authors: McManis, Amanda Abstract: To date there has been a broad range of research investigating both perfume use in the Mediterranean and the cultural development of south-east Italy. The use of perfume was clearly an important practice in the broader Mediterranean, however very little is known about its introduction to the indigenous Italians and its subsequent use. There has also been considerable theorising about the nature of the cross-cultural relationship between the Greeks and the indigenous Italians, but there is a need for archaeological studies to substantiate or refute these theories. This thesis therefore aims to make a relevant contribution through a synthesis of these areas of study by producing a preliminary investigation of the use of perfume vessels in south-east Italy. The assimilation of perfume use into indigenous Italian culture was a result of their contact with the Greek settlers in south-east Italy, however the ways in which perfume vessels were incorporated into indigenous Italian use have not been systematically studied. This thesis will examine the use of perfume vessels in indigenous Italian burials in the regions of Peucetia and Messapia and compare this use with that of the burials at the nearby Greek settlement of Metaponto. The material studied will consist of burials from the sixth to fourth centuries B.C., to enable an analysis of perfume use and social change over time. An analysis of the broad distribution of perfume vessels was undertaken, followed by a more detailed examination of the relationships between perfume vessels and specific burial features. An interpretation of the results given by these analyses proposes that the use of perfume vessels by indigenous Italians was closely connected to developments in their settlement centralisation and social structure, and became a well integrated aspect of burial ritual by the end of the fourth century B.C. 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z Early Japanese Urbanism: A Study of the Urbanism of Proto-historic Japan and Continuities from the Yayoi to the Asuka Periods. 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Before this, other different forms of "capital" can be identified, for example in the Asuka and Naniwa areas, associated with the initial formation of the state. The Asuka area in particular was the residence of elites and the location of local crafts, associated with shrine and tombs spread out over a wide area. This may therefore be an example of a low-density dispersed urban environment. The thesis aims to demonstrate that this is the case. 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z What Village Are You From? An Archaeology of Objects and Identity in the Australian Lebanese Community. Abboud, Mariam Vivienne http://hdl.handle.net/2123/10180 2014-03-14T17:52:56Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z Title: What Village Are You From? An Archaeology of Objects and Identity in the Australian Lebanese Community. Authors: Abboud, Mariam Vivienne 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z The Australian state and carbon pricing Dall, Erima http://hdl.handle.net/2123/10177 2014-03-14T17:53:01Z 2013-11-13T00:00:00Z Title: The Australian state and carbon pricing Authors: Dall, Erima 2013-11-13T00:00:00Z Exploring interconnectivity and similarity in the rune-stones of 10th-12th century Sweden Thoeming, Alix http://hdl.handle.net/2123/10176 2014-03-14T17:52:54Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z Title: Exploring interconnectivity and similarity in the rune-stones of 10th-12th century Sweden Authors: Thoeming, Alix Abstract: What began as a study of difference in the 10th-12th century rune-stones of Sweden has become a case study in homogeneity. These 'close-knit' people as described by Olrik in 1930 (:4) were much more interconnected than the current literature generally suggests, and clearly had communication networks running the length and breadth of settled Sweden. A result of the trade and wealth that characterised pre-Medieval Sweden, the rune-stones illustrate just how small and intertwined the world of the Scandinavians actually was. They suggest an interconnectivity that is now only just beginning to be recognised. The initial rapid proliferation of a small, highly integrated tradition that then contracted to the Mälaren Valley may be indicative of a society at a cultural 'crossroads', caught between the traditions of the past and the consequences of trade. 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z The Celtic Question Donnelly, Harriet http://hdl.handle.net/2123/10175 2014-03-14T17:52:51Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z Title: The Celtic Question Authors: Donnelly, Harriet Abstract: The identity of the "Celts" has played an integral role in the understanding of the Iron Age and the more recent socio-political history of Europe. However, the terminology and attitudes which have been in place since the 19th century have created a field of research characterised by assumptions about a 'people' and a culture. Study of the "Celts" has been conducted in three main areas - genetics, linguistics and material culture from the archaeological record. Through the reassessment of these three fields, substantial divergence in the patterns and trends, as well as the highly regional nature of the evidence has been revealed within the vast interconnected trade and communication network that developed in Iron Age Europe. As a result the unitary phenomenon identified under the term "Celts" is actually that network. "Celtic" should be redefined as the label for that trade and communication network, not as a label for a group, culture or people, enabling the establishment of new identities for the regional populations of the European Iron Age. 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z


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A local real estate investor and developer plans a multi-tenant strip shopping center on a Lafayette Boulevard property that formerly housed a magistrate's office.
Mike Degen purchased the 0.75-acre Spotsylvania County property at 2704-2706 Lafayette Blvd. in November for $263,500, according to property records. He said he will likely lease it out for now, but ultimately plans a 6,500-square-foot strip center divided into four units with parking in the front and back. He doesn't yet have county approval for the project.
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Any Hound tried the Pizza at this place?
It is located on the 2nd Floor just across from the pool table, very small and very hidden.
The place does not have any signage, not even a menu. The pizzas are laid out on the counter and heated up after you order.
I had the pepperoni/sausage and the veggie pizza. Both were very, very good thin crusts. I am certainly no pizza expert but would certainly return for this when I am in town. My whole family loved it, too.
They open at 11am and stay open very, very late.
We had tasty pizza there last week after checking into the Cosmopolitan at 10:00 pm. We tried both the pepperoni and four cheese. We loved the crust - thin and very crispy. Our only complaint was that after going strong for 20 hours that day, we would have loved to sit down and eat. There were only 5 bar stools for seating, so we ended up standing at a counter.
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love the pizza here, there are chairs and couches just outside the hallway that we sat at the one night after a night in heels dancing.
I really enjoyed the white pizza and the vegetarian. I did find it greasy though (actually dripping off the white). a few extra dabbing napkins helped a lot.
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"Greasy", I just remember my wife dab the pizza with table napkin to lessen the oil. As for me, I didn't care at all. Still loved it.
Great place, been there several times. Plus they have (1) PBR on tap; and (2) an early-90's vintage Galaga video game machine!
We are originally New Yorkers, so we feel like we've had access to good pizza
This is the best pizza we can remember ever eating. We had them reheat slices that were already made of the white pizza with dots of tomato. The toppings were great but incidental to the crust, which just crackles when you bite into it.
Not so fun eating standing up, but will go back at least once every time we're in Vegas to have this remarkable dinner for about $5.00
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Haha, I think I may have to check this place out in November. I think it's kind of funny that Cosmopolitan would have a little spot like this and not even advertise it. They've got like over 300 reviews on Yelp and will probably not be a secret for very long and may end up being a destination type place. Some people say that it's up there as some of the best thin crust pizza in Vegas.
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For seating, I saw quite a number of people taking their pizza to go and eating in the lounge areas near the pool table.
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Do the middle of The Chandelier and sit at the bar proper, it's where they do all the really fun stuff. Vesper (Cosmopolitan's lobby bar) also rocks. The bartenders there are very knowledgeable, and mix up one mean Ramos Gin Fizz.
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Thanks JK for the advice..will do and will have my party hat on!
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Oh, forgot to mention, the middle of The Chandelier is a little tricky to find... you have to take stairs from the top or bottom of The Chandelier, or floor 1.5 on the elevator next to The Chandelier.
Went to the 'secret' pizza place at the Cosmopolitan hotel...my hip, young nieces knew exactly where it was and the pizza is excellent...had the ricotta slice..place was busy with regulars and loved the Galaga vid game.
Love this hotel and the Chandelier bar is lovely..great drinks and sat surrounded in glass beads.
Happy Hour at Todd English's PUB was pretty good.
Loved City Center and wish it was closer to the Trump resort.
re: Food Tourist
All I know is the 'secret pizza' place was off the chain good and from my recollection, been having Cosmos at the Chandelier bar, so memory wasn't up to my usually Mensa caliber.. ; )
I do remember some char on my pizza but couldn't tell you if it was wood/charcoal or an oven.
All I could think of was I wanted more pizza and how much it would cost me to get that Galaga vid game home..
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The hidden pizzeria is straight-up NY style, so it's a gas brick oven.


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- Written by Brian Bergner Jr.
- June 16th, 2010
In hosting their first meet of the summer, Head Coach Brandon Hancock and his Sedona Swordfish weren't bad, finishing in the top three in both the boys and girls events Saturday, June 12, at the Sedona Splash.
"It was an amazing weekend. We had a lot of new kids in the pool and they gathered the courage necessary to swim well, which I was pleased to see," Hancock said.
For the girls, the Swordfish took second overall with 385 points while the Bullhead City Barracudas took first with 644 points.
Don't read into the Barracudas massive point total too much, because in meets like these, sheer numbers always win and that's exactly what Bullhead City had with nearly 65 swimmers in the pool Saturday.
Standouts for the girls included Olivia Luyckx who took first in three different events Saturday, taking first overall in the 100-yard freestyle swim while taking first overall in the 200-yard freestyle and 50-yard freestyle swims as well.
Kendall Peterson wasn't bad either with two first-place finishes while Laura Clark dominated the 100-yard butterfly and 200-yard individual medley events.
For the boys, Bullhead City took first with 456 points while the Kingman Dolphins were second with 434 points and Sedona wound up third with 270 points.
A familiar name was atop the leader boards Saturday for the boys in Evan Decker who took first place in six different events including a solid 1:10.50 time in the 100-yard breaststroke event, good enough for gold.
Younger brother Tristan Decker was involved Saturday as well, taking home two first-place medals while teammate Benny Guadarrama took home three first-place prizes.
With the Sedona Splash now complete, the Swordfish will turn their attention to the Bullhead City Invitational which is scheduled to begin Saturday, June 19, and run through Sunday, June 20.
The Swordfish will not return home until Saturday, July 24, when they play host to the Sedona Mile event, a general fundraiser for the club at the Sedona Community Pool in West Sedona.
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- bmorecupcake Apr 6, 2009 11:34 PM
I was recently told that I can cold brew coffee using just whole beans with no need to grind. This doesn't sound right to me, and I can't find any information on this method. Just wanted to see if anyone here has heard of anything like this.
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You are wrong sir. Hot water process for cold brew coffee increases the acidity to unbearable levels. The trick to cold brew coffee is to never heat the coffee. Now since the question revolved around whether it's possible use whole beans or not, lets stick to the subject at hand...
I don't know about whole bean,but here is a method of cold brewing coffee
Please note that this method works better with robusta beans then arabica.
Um ... because some of us thinks it produces a better cup of coffee? I personally like cold brew a whole lot better than the traditional method (and cancer be damned).
I've never heard of a cold brew with whole beans, but you don't need to grind your beans that fine to do a cold brew. I usually just give a few good buzz instead of doing the smaller grind necessary for the old percolator.
After receiving a bottle of "Cool Brew" as a gift I tried making my own. Don't get me wrong, Cool Brew made delicious iced coffee but was expensive to purchase and ultimately making my own cold brew was simple.
Not grinding the beans would produce dark water not coffee. What would be released from a tightly sealed bean?
I grind robust beans at a french press setting and soak the grinds in cool water overnight. Strained of the grind in the morning, I wind up with a dark concentrate of coffee that I then dilute with water, cream, vanilla syrup, ice. A weeks worth of iced tea from one 8 cup french press.
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how many beans--same qty that you would normally grind for the regular volume of water? sounds interesting. Is this like 'Toddy'?
I've been double-dripping my coffee. Coarse grind, soak groundswith about 1/3 c heated water, then after 1 minute, pour rest of hot water over, then pour dripped coffee back through grounds. M-M good. nice & rich.
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As for the grind quantity, yes!, same as I would measure out for the completed iced coffees total liquid volume. I am basically making a strong coffee sluree which is then completed with the addition of water, cream, vanilla syrup to make my iced coffee. Then served with ice cubes.
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I used to LOVE Cool Brew, but can't get it now that I've from away from Louisiana (unless I order it online). I've started making my old cold-brewed coffee as well, and I'm pretty happy with it.
I'm an iced coffee addict, especially with the warmer weather coming, so I make a half pitcher at a time. For every cup of ground coffee (currently I'm using French Roast), I add 3 cups of cold water and let it sit for 12 hours. It's pretty good.
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Agree on all counts MyySh! Lots of flexibility with a home cold brew too. I've enjoyed adding the flavored syrups to change it up a bit. Or I add the syrups to the ice cube tray as a variation.
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quite amazing that someone would tell you that, because someone recently told me the same thing. as a cold brewed coffee aficionado, i felt obligated to learn more through experiment :) here are my findings:
using dark roast beans and soaking them for 12 hours at room temperature resulted in a beverage that i found enjoyable. it was amber colored rather than black, but had some of the flavor of coffee, as well as some amount of caffeine judging by its effects on me. i postulate that it contains a lot of the oils from the beans, since in a dark roast these are brought to the surface.
i then dried the beans out in order to grind them and then put them in for another 12 hour soak. my reasoning was that i would be able to tell which components of the coffee are extractable by using the whole bean and which require grinding. the resulting beverage looked just like coffee, but tasted slightly stale. this might be due to the drying process and could possibly be circumvented by grinding the beans wet in a mortar, which would be adequate since a coarse grind is desirable anyway. this beverage also still contained caffeine, but as for the relative amount in each batch, i couldn't say.
so there you have it. i would recommend trying the whole bean brewing, because the result is quite tasty, and quite different from regularly brewed coffee. on the other hand, i would not adopt it as my default method because it does waste a lot of what i like in coffee. more experiments need to be performed, such as the wet grinding mentioned above, as well as using whole beans in hot brewing. also, i would expect different results if not using dark roast.
i hope this helps :)
re: dollardeth
Well done, dollardeth. I think there's a job waiting for you at Cook's Illustrated.
I think this would work with whole beans. I think the key is to look at this more of a long term infusion rather than a "Cold-brew"
The main thing is to make sure the beans soak long enough. 12 hours is simply not enough time for the beans to be in the water. I think using whole beans to aim for a 30-day soak. My recipe would look as follws:
In a one-quart Mason Jar or Nalgene Bottle combine:
1/2 cup of whole coffee beans
1 cinnamon stick
1 whole vanilla bean
Fill jar with water leaving about 2" to allow for agitating the brew.
Refrigerate for 30-days agitating daily.
I idea is that the long brew extracts the entire flavor profile. Some of the oils of the bean will be released using this process. The long soak time also will soften up the beans and the coffee will be easy to strain when the brew is complete.
This is all theory of course. I'll let you know how it turns out.
re: Zerooks
Noticing that Zerooks never posted on CH again. Wonder if it was all the pathogens that grew in the water over that month of soaking? RIP, Z.
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Hahaha!! That was a seriously whacko idea for making cold brew.... (That i would never in a million years drink!)


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A town hall meeting to discuss the future of libraries in the Walla Walla Valley is past due. It's too bad a fine can't be imposed for failing to fully involve the public in this important issue.
Unfortunately, the Walla Walla County Rural Library District is going full speed in its quest to build a 15,000-square-foot central library near or inside the city limits.
And if the RLD succeeds in building its own central library, it could leave people with two libraries that don't have the financial resources to do a great job for taxpayers. One library, which provides all the necessary services, is all local residents need.
The local Library Users Coalition was formed to seek merging library services in the entire county.
The RLD Board of Trustees opposes that concept, which has resulted in the Library Users Coalition taking action to derail the RLD central library plan.
Last week, the Coalition's concerns about a couple of RLD actions were shared by the state Auditor's Office.
After an investigation, the state Auditor's Office agreed with the Coalition's assertions that the RLD Board took illegal actions by making decisions in private.
State investigators found the RLD Board's decision to send letters to Walla Walla city and county officials opposing annexation was made in private. In another matter, the RLD Board was found to not have taken official action in a public meeting before refuting — as a board — claims against it in advertisements appearing in the Union-Bulletin.
These violations of state laws are far from the crime (or misdemeanor) of the century. Still, it is troubling the taxpayer-funded RLD isn't taking care to follow state law regarding open meetings and is keeping its constituents out of the process.
The concerns about RLD Board actions don't end with the investigation by the Auditor's Office.
RLD is blocking the Coalition (and the public) from learning the proposed location of the new rural library. When the RLD turned over public documents requested by the Coalition, the location was redacted as if this information was critical for national security.
It is not. Nor is that information likely to cause the price of the property to go up, as the RLD claims. State law does allow public boards to withhold such information if its release is likely to boost the sale price.
We don't believe it is likely to increase the price in this case. The landowner already knows the RLD is interested in buying the property and the chances of having the information spur a bidding war is slim, particularly in the current real estate market.
If the RLD Board truly believes having a library in or near the city limits is best for taxpayers, it must fully involve its constituents in the process.
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I hate to give this ongoing perspective of the Union Bulletin any more notice than it deserves. The writer is all over the map with recycled points and assumptions.
The State Auditor's recent rulings are not news. The volunteer District Board learned last summer that it had, inadvertently, not followed state regulations by making decisions informally through emails i.e. the sending a letter to the WW City Council and 2.) approval of an ad posted in the Union Bulletin. The content of neither communication is in dispute by the Auditor - rather it is the process followed.
The 'entire community' has been invited and involved at several junctures over the last several years in looking at library services in the greater Walla Walla area. A cooperative library system has not been ruled out by the District or the City of Walla Walla but both entities agreed to pursue separate strategic plans and wait a year or two before pursuing the idea further. As a precedent to that decision, the City pulled out of WALNET, emphasizing as far back as 2010, the lack of interest in cooperative resource sharing, training and collection development.
The District is responsible for serving the unincorporated areas of the Valley and, at this point, its services have grown to the point where attention needs to be paid to an expanded, administrative facility that serves the demographics of the Valley - regardless of whether or not the City pursues joining the District down the road.
The only reason I can think of that the LUC (and the UB) want a potential building site to be made public is so that they can then target the owner with negative publicity - much as has been done with lenders and other property owners who, it is rumored, earlier approached the District Board with land offers.


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Between the Great Dividing range and Bass Strait, from mountains to sea, Gippsland's beauty is ever-changing. Debra Sederlan grew up in its east. "For me, East Gippsland really starts once you drive through Bairnsdale. Geographically it's a large area, through to Orbost and Cape Conran Coastal Park. That's familiar for me."
The inspirational 2012 MasterChef top 10 contestant loves to return to East Gippsland as often as possible. Her parents live there, and though Debra has travelled the world and fallen in love with exotic places, a large piece of her heart is still in regional Victoria. Even the drive from her Melbourne home is thoughtful.
"I take the back way, the Gippsland Plains Country Drive, Route C105, through Heyfield and Maffra, and come out at Stratford. It's a really beautiful drive and there's a great little coffee shop [Cafe 3858] at Heyfield." Debra's recent East Gippsland holiday took in visits to growers and producers, restaurants and wineries, great accommodation and epic landscapes. ''It's an incredible part of the world. It has such a raw, natural feel about it. In the Cape Conran Coastal Park there are environmentally sensitive areas you can camp in. There is tent/cabin-style accommodation known as Wilderness Retreats; they're unobtrusive but they're right there."
Debra is also a huge fan of Metung. ''It's a contemporary little destination. A nice mix of locals and visitors. It's a mini-Sorrento, lots of yachts and boats,'' she says. ''A lot of people come by water [from surrounding areas] to have a meal in Metung and its boardwalk is fantastic for a stroll. There are people fishing or just sitting reading books. So relaxing."
Debra's Metung accommodation was in the chic 5Knots property ''Right on the water; you don't have to drive anywhere''. Further east, a stay at the boutique Orbost Motel was a homecoming of another kind. "When I was 18 I worked there as a waitress. It's not quite the same place anymore – same location but redone so tastefully. It's stylish and a great stay."
A passionate foodie, Debra made it her business to meet local producers. "There are so many husband-and-wife teams doing great things, from pickles to chocolate, to honey to salami,'' she says. ''I love how word has spread and farmers' markets like the one at Metung are doing good work."
Grazing and tasting at key Gippsland hot spots including Warragul's Wild Dog Winery, the Metung Galley, Paynesville's Fisherman's Wharf Cafe, Bruthen's Bullant Brewery, the Nicholson River Winery and Orbost's Two Little Owls Cafe, is the kind of culinary adventure Deb is known for.
"Just fantastic fresh ingredients handled really well," she says of the foodie elements she savoured. But when home in Gippsland, it is the great outdoors that makes her heart truly soars. "At East Cape Conran is a cove, very sheltered, a great place for camping and families. It's quite safe for kids to swim, with little rock pools and there's a boardwalk beside the ocean. A lot of people fish off the rocks and it's just heavenly,'' Debra says.
''West Cape Conran is a complete contrast, just blowing a gale, smashing waves. It's so exposed, with much different weather conditions to the east, but it has these spectacular rocks. The rocks are always warm no matter what time of year. There's lots of surf. The waves are wild. You can walk on the beach for kilometres and not see another soul."
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Debra particularly loved the kitchen in her 5Knots apartment in the holiday town of Metung. "It's so nice. Right on the water. It has a great location right in town, you don't have to drive anywhere, it's well set up and private with a really good kitchen, balcony and barbecue. I think it would be great for a stay of a week. The Orbost Motel, where Debra also holidayed, "was absolutely amazing. There's no unnecessary adornments but it's stylish. There's lots of beautiful corrugated iron, like a luxury tin shed. And everything was spotless, with beautiful white linen and an earthy interior. It had a great garden too. Really tasteful, really comfortable, delightful to stay there. I even had a coffee machine."
Little things, like the Marlo estuary at night, brought back happy memories for Debra. "After dinner we went down to the estuary and all these people were night canoeing. There's phosphorous in the water so it's like there are little jewels in the water when something moves beneath the surface."
She got up for the sunrise each day and made the most of beautiful weather.
"We went to Yeerung River and Gorge at Cape Conran Coastal Park. It's a black river that runs into the ocean. Black because of the tannins from the teatree. So you get lots of incredible mirrored reflections," says Debra
There aremany great walks in the park and Debra has favourites. "The walk to Pearl Point and back, which is a 25-kilometre round trip, is amazing. Tucked behind the dunes is a natural freshwater body protected from the ocean by the sand. It's stunning."
But that's typical of the whole East Gippsland area. "That coastline, you've got bush 20 metres from the ocean. It's unique," she says.
A drive into the Snow River National Park to see Raymond Creek Falls reconnected Debra with the bush.
"I spent a lot of time in the bush and it was a reminder of the diversity of the landscape," she says. "There was a section of beautiful, white-bark snow gums that were like forest ghosts. The drive in was beautiful, all rugged rocks and waterfalls, and even though the falls were dry, it was magnificent."
Debra also spent time cruising from coastal Paynesville, courtesy of Bull's Cruisers. "There are two sides to Paynesville," she says. "It has lots of man-made canals which have opened up the area for accommodation, and there are 1200-plus yachts moored all year around. People come from all over to Paynesville just to go boating and fishing. We were on the ocean side and went to Ocean Grange, an area accessible only by boat. There's a pelican rookery there and huge numbers of water birds everywhere – black swans, eagles, and birds I don't know the name of. Phenomenal."
Food and wine
A highlight of Debra's visit to the East Gippsland region was the Nicholson River Winery. "They've been on the property for 35 years," she says. "They make the wine, bottle it and sell just from cellar door. They have such passion.''
At Metung, Debra visited the Metung Galley restaurant, a ''busy and buzzy'' place, she says. Lunch at the Bullant Brewery was an eye opener. ''I really like the brewery's Bark Shed's Wheat Beer. It has a tropical flavour. Very distinct. I also really love the stout. I thought: cold night, open fire, beautiful pot of stew and that stout, wow."
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Take in stunning views of the vineyard from the outdoor dining deck and match a Wild Dog Pinot Gris with a platter of locally made cheeses.
Bullant Brewery Bruthen is located on the Great Alpine Road in Bruthen only 15 minutes from Bairnsdale in East Gippsland. Neil and Lois Triggs are...
Stop by this popular local eatery and sample everything from the buffalo mozzarella and the beetroot gnocchi to some of Gippsland's freshest seafood.
A small pioneering enterprise in East Gippsland producing wines characterised by fragrant aromas, intense flavours and complexity on the palate.
Parks Victoria Wilderness Retreats at Cape Conran Coastal Park expose you to more natural beauty than you can imagine. Promising a unique camping...
Cape Conran Coastal Park near Marlo in East Gippsland has heathlands, wild ocean beaches and banksia woodlands brimming with nectar-feeding birds. A...
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Hear Dreamtime stories along the Bataluk Cultural Trail, visit the Krowathunkoolong Keeping Place and discover the Indigenous history of The Prom.
Make native animal friends, camp under the stars, build giant sandcastles and create a lifetime of family memories in Gippsland.
Experience the Gippsland performing arts and music scene in Latrobe Valley, or take in Australian art at many quality galleries and studios in Gippsland.
Gippsland possesses striking outdoor terrain, ideal for relaxing and adventurous activities. Take to the water, the mountains, bushland or even the sky.
Tour through Gippsland following one of the famous itineraries - the Great Alpine Road or the Sydney to Melbourne Coastal Drive.
Gippsland is renowned for its countrified produce and gourmet food. Try excellent cheeses in charming food friendly villages or head to a local cellar door.
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