About Us
Published since 1961, Melbourne Historical Journal is a refereed journal for the publication of Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand postgraduate work in history. It is open to new approaches and aims to present original postgraduate work to a wide and responsive readership.
Melbourne Historical Journal is published annually in November. The journal features themed articles by prominent, established historians, and presents new and exciting research by talented, emerging historians.
The journal is proud to be a collective organisation. History postgraduates at the University of Melbourne have worked together as editors of Melbourne Historical Journal for over forty years. The members of the 2008 editorial collective are Maya Chanthaphavong, Liam Connell, Ken Courtis, Fiona Davis, Claudia Guli, Brett Holman, Alex MacCallum, Crystal McKinnon, Mark Pendleton, Bec Sanders, and Chris Soeterboek.
Contents of 2008 Edition (Vol. 36)
Features: The Historical Significance of the Apology to the Stolen Generations
Duplicity and Deceit: Gary Foley’s Take on Rudd’s Apology to the Stolen Generations
Apologising for Stolen Time
By Chris Healy
The Apology & the Man at the Funeral
By Robert Kenny
Articles
New Perspectives on the Past: YouTube, Web 2.0 and Public History
By Megan Sheehy
‘Lest We Forget’: Creating an Australian National Identity from Memories of War
By Clemence Due
Babeuf and the Gracchi: A Comparison of Means and Ends
By Peter Russell
Exhibition and Book Reviews