The glow of his campfire framed a simple tableau of pioneer life. Across this ‘untenanted land’, Edwin Brady mused, ‘little companies’, such as his own, sat by their ‘solitary fires’. ‘They smoked pipes and talked, or watched the coals reflectively’. Around them, the ‘shadowy outlines’ of the bush merged into the dark northern night, and [...]
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Posted 01 March 2005
† Tim Sherratt
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articles and book chapters § atomic age
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Also tagged: Alfred Deakin, atomic bomb, atomic tests, Australia Unlimited, Cold War, crossroads, defence, Edwin James Brady, frontiers, progress, progressivism, race, science, secrets, uranium, White Australia
The development and use of the atomic bomb was a turning point in history. It seems so obvious—the world was changed, a new age dawned. But this was not the first turning point, nor the last. History is littered with critical moments, crossroads, watersheds and points of decision. Each brings a new sense of urgency, [...]
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Posted 31 July 2003
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atomic age § history of australian science § theses
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Also tagged: atomic bomb, atomic energy, Australia, David Rivett, Edwin James Brady, Geoffrey Duffield, history of science, HV McKay, Mark Oliphant, Mount Stromlo, progress, science, secrets, spies, weather
forecast: 1 January 1901 The day had been hot, the air hung ‘heavy and dead’; but as evening approached, ‘ominous-looking clouds’ swept over the city, and a thundery change seemed imminent. On this, the last day of the nineteenth century, as Australia prepared to celebrate its birth as a nation, the people of Sydney looked [...]
