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The Push from the Bush

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The Push from the Bush: A Bulletin of Social History, was a journal devoted to early colonial Australian social history.[1]

It was the first journal in Australia to call itself a journal of social history.[2]

26 editions were printed under the title "The Push from the Bush" between May, 1978, and April 1988.[3] Another four editions were printed between 1989 and 1992 under the title "The Push".[4]

Topics covered included:[1]

  • Settlement, contact and race relations
  • Colonisation
  • Government policy of the period
  • Protectionism
  • Social conditions of the time

The Founding editors were Alan Atkinson and Marian Quartly.[5][2] Others editors included John Knott[6] and Norma Townsend.[7]

The journal was initially created as a way to involve historians in the creation of Australia 1838, the second volume in the ten volume work Australians: a historical library, which was created by the Australian historical profession as a contribution to the Bicentenary of European colonisation. After Australians 1838 was completed in 1984, the journal became independent of the project. [2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "The push from the bush : a bulletin of social history : devoted to the year of Grace 1838". EHive. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Australians 1838 Chapter 1". Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  3. ^ "The Push from the Bush". State Library Victoria.
  4. ^ "The Push : a journal of early Australian social history". State Library Victoria.
  5. ^ "Quartly, Marian". The Encyclopedia of Women & Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  6. ^ "The Push from the Bush - A Bulletin of Social History (No.17, April 1984)". Di and Saul Books.
  7. ^ Atkinson, Alan; Townsend, Norma (1985). "The Push from the Bush: A Bulletin of Social History. Myall Creek, Issue 20". Google Books.