批判性档案邂逅与惠特拉姆政府解职史的演变

IF 0.6 4区 社会学 Q1 HISTORY
Jenny Hocking
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戈夫-惠特拉姆坚定地致力于保存历史,并敏锐地注意到文献记录在书写历史中的重要性。对惠特拉姆来说,书面记录--政府活动的同期文献记录--是产生历史知识和 "验证 "历史的核心。正如他在 1975 年公布其政府内阁文件时所说,"这些记录的公布证实了我的信念,即当代文件是书写和理解历史的主要来源"。本文将带我们回顾总督约翰-科尔爵士解散惠特拉姆政府的历史变迁。在此过程中,本文也对档案在书写历史中的作用进行了反思,正如彼得斯所认识到的那样,档案记录的构建是 "一种深刻的政治行为"。对于有争议的、两极分化的事件,尤其如此--解雇事件无疑是其中的典范--档案记录对这些事件起到了变革的作用。在这一历史纠错过程中,澳大利亚国家档案馆所藏科尔文件的启示起到了关键作用。科尔的文件也是我成功向档案馆提起法律诉讼,确保公开科尔与女王之间有关解职的 "宫廷信件 "的核心。本文探讨了研究过程中的一些重要 "档案邂逅"--揭露、阻碍、档案丢失,甚至档案被烧毁。从惠特拉姆安全档案被毁、政府大楼留言簿丢失、拒绝查阅档案,到支持科尔解散惠特拉姆的王室信函在亚拉鲁姆拉焚化炉中 "意外烧毁",这些遭遇揭示了档案、查阅和历史之间的重要关系,而这种关系将继续影响我们对解散惠特拉姆政府的理解。
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Critical Archival Encounters and the Evolving Historiography of the Dismissal of the Whitlam Government

Gough Whitlam was deeply committed to the preservation of history, and keenly attuned to the importance of the documentary record in the writing of it. For Whitlam, the written record — the contemporaneous documentary record of government activity — was central to the production of historical knowledge and the “verification” of history. As he reflected on the release of his government's 1975 Cabinet papers, “the publication of these records confirms my belief in the contemporary document as the primary source for writing and understanding history”. This paper takes us through the shifting historiography of the dismissal of the Whitlam government by Governor-General Sir John Kerr. In doing so, it is a reflection also on the role of archives in the writing of history, recognising as Peters does, that the construction of an archival record is “a deeply political act”. This is particularly so for contested, polarised, episodes — of which the dismissal is surely the exemplar — for which archival records have been transformative. In this process of historical correction, revelations from Kerr's papers in the National Archives of Australia have been pivotal. Kerr's papers were also central to my successful legal action against the Archives securing the release of the “Palace letters” between Kerr and the Queen regarding the dismissal. This paper explores some critical “archival encounters” during that research journey — revelations, obstructions, missing archives, and even burnt archives. From the destruction of Whitlam's security file, missing Government House guestbooks, the denial of access to records, to royal letters of support for Kerr's dismissal of Whitlam “accidentally burnt” in the Yarralumla incinerator, these encounters illuminate the critical relationship between archives, access, and history which continue to shape our understanding of the dismissal of the Whitlam government.

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期刊介绍: The Australian Journal of Politics and History presents papers addressing significant problems of general interest to those working in the fields of history, political studies and international affairs. Articles explore the politics and history of Australia and modern Europe, intellectual history, political history, and the history of political thought. The journal also publishes articles in the fields of international politics, Australian foreign policy, and Australia relations with the countries of the Asia-Pacific region.
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