The strange career of the Australian conscience

Dean Ashenden traces the collaboration between anthropologists Baldwin Spencer and Frank Gillen, “bearers, shapers and captives of the Australian conscience”

10 Jun 10 | Comments (2)

Windschuttle, again

BOOKS | Keith Windschuttle brings the temperament of a barrister to his latest subject, the stolen generations, writes Dean Ashenden

15 Mar 10 | Comments (4)

Battle over a war

For three decades the Australian War Memorial has been the focus of a struggle between two ways of knowing the past, writes Dean Ashenden

02 Jun 09 | Comments (0)

They say they want a revolution

There’s plenty of scope for the federal government’s “revolution” in schooling but few signs of the ideas and resources it would require, writes Dean Ashenden

19 Feb 09 | Comments (3)

Luhrmann, us, and them

Two films made sixty years apart are a reminder of how hard it is to tell the story of Australia, writes Dean Ashenden

18 Dec 08 | Comments (3)