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The Politics of Truth: The Howard Government, HREOC, and Bringing Them Home 真相的政治：霍华德政府，HREOC，带他们回家

IF 0.6 4区社会学

Australian Journal of Politics and History Pub Date : 2026-03-02 Epub Date: 2025-09-15 DOI: 10.1111/ajph.70013

Anne Maree Payne

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The Curious Diplomat. A Memoir from the Frontlines of Diplomacy. By Lachlan Strahan (Clayton: Monash University Publishing, 2025), pp. xi + 596. $39.99 (PB). 好奇的外交官。《外交前线回忆录》。拉克兰·斯特拉罕著（克莱顿：莫纳什大学出版社，2025年），第xi + 596页。39.99美元(PB)。

IF 0.6 4区社会学

Australian Journal of Politics and History Pub Date : 2026-03-02 Epub Date: 2025-12-04 DOI: 10.1111/ajph.70036

James Cotton

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Australian Newspapers in the Television Age, 1956–2006. By Rod Tiffen (London: Anthem Press, 2025), pp. 160. £80 (HB); £25 (eBook). 9781839994913. 电视时代的澳大利亚报纸，1956-2006。作者Rod Tiffen（伦敦：Anthem出版社，2025），第160页。£80 (HB);£25(电子书)。9781839994913.

IF 0.6 4区社会学

Australian Journal of Politics and History Pub Date : 2026-03-02 Epub Date: 2025-12-15 DOI: 10.1111/ajph.70037

Julianne Schultz

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Religious Liberty and the Rights of White and Aboriginal Subjects in Colonial New South Wales: The Case of John Dunmore Lang 新南威尔士州殖民地白人和土著居民的宗教自由和权利：约翰·邓莫尔·朗的案例

IF 0.6 4区社会学

Australian Journal of Politics and History Pub Date : 2026-03-02 Epub Date: 2025-10-16 DOI: 10.1111/ajph.70016

Sarah Irving-Stonebraker

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An Ordeal of Peoplehood: Indigenous Australians and the Debates over Sovereignty, Treaty, and Voice 《民族的考验：澳大利亚土著居民和关于主权、条约和声音的辩论》

IF 0.6 4区社会学

Australian Journal of Politics and History Pub Date : 2026-03-02 Epub Date: 2025-09-21 DOI: 10.1111/ajph.70015

Murray Goot, Tim Rowse

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Practising Politics in a Disorderly Democracy 在无序的民主中实践政治

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Australian Journal of Politics and History Pub Date : 2026-03-02 Epub Date: 2025-09-23 DOI: 10.1111/ajph.70018

Kerryn Baker

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“It Is Vital That We Should Not Keep It to Ourselves”: The Rats of Tobruk Association and the Siege of Tobruk in Australian National Memory “至关重要的是，我们不应该把它留给自己”：托布鲁克协会的老鼠和澳大利亚民族记忆中的托布鲁克围攻

IF 0.6 4区社会学

Australian Journal of Politics and History Pub Date : 2026-03-02 Epub Date: 2025-09-24 DOI: 10.1111/ajph.70021

Nicole Townsend

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Liberalism as a Way of Political Life: The Case of George Brandis 自由主义作为一种政治生活方式：乔治·布兰迪斯的案例

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Australian Journal of Politics and History Pub Date : 2026-03-02 Epub Date: 2025-09-29 DOI: 10.1111/ajph.70019

Geoffrey Robinson

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The Curious Diplomat. A Memoir from the Frontlines of Diplomacy. By Lachlan Strahan (Clayton: Monash University Publishing, 2025), pp. xi + 596. $39.99 (PB). 好奇的外交官。《外交前线回忆录》。拉克兰·斯特拉罕著（克莱顿：莫纳什大学出版社，2025年），第xi + 596页。39.99美元(PB)。

IF 0.6 4区社会学

Australian Journal of Politics and History Pub Date : 2026-03-02 Epub Date: 2025-12-04 DOI: 10.1111/ajph.70036

James Cotton

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Religious Liberty and the Rights of White and Aboriginal Subjects in Colonial New South Wales: The Case of John Dunmore Lang 新南威尔士州殖民地白人和土著居民的宗教自由和权利：约翰·邓莫尔·朗的案例

IF 0.6 4区社会学

Australian Journal of Politics and History Pub Date : 2026-03-02 Epub Date: 2025-10-16 DOI: 10.1111/ajph.70016

Sarah Irving-Stonebraker

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