English

This term in English Studies, Items 2979, 2980 and 2981 look at the unique literary style of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala in Heat and Dust. Items 2982. 2983, 2984 and 2985 provides some insight into the work of Australian poet Joanne Burns and the following website shows examples of her work as well as several other poets. "URL: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/poetica/features/pod/poets/burns.htm

Item 2986 is study of five of the fictional works by David Malouf and their relevance to Australian history. Item 2987 gives a thorough analysis of Fly Away Peter while item 2988 provides an overview of the story's structure.

Items 2989, 2990 and 2991 provide in-depth analysis of Tim Winton's work specifically in relation to Cloudstreet, while Item 2992 is a review of its theatrical adaptation. Items 2993 is an analysis Al Pacino's film Looking for Richard, while Item 2994 is a review of the film. Items 2995, 2996 and 2997 review Louis Nowra's play titled Cosi and examine the reasons for its success.

Items 2998 and 2999 assess the film adaptation of Raimond Gaita's Romulus, my father. Item 3000 is an interview with Raimond Gaita, which explains the fundamental importance of the landscape in telling the story of his father Romulus, while Item 3001 describes it as a memoir to his father.

Item 3002 looks at Peter Whelan's play The Herbal Bed and discusses the reasons for its success and items 3003, 3004 and 3005 provide reviews of the play as performed at various venues around the world.

Item 3006 is an analysis of Jane Yolen's novel Briar Rose and in Item 3007 Yolen provides an insight into her work. Item 3008 gives a review of Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dead Dog at Night-time and in Item 3009 Haddon gives us some of his thoughts about the process of writing for children.

English extension

Item 3010 discussed the important elements of crime writing, while Items 3011, 3012 and 3013 discuss and analyse the different aspects of Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window.

Item 3014 discusses the current influence and popularity of Jane Austen in Hollywood and modern literature. Items 3015 and 3016 look at Fay Weldon's humour and style within her fiction and non-fiction writings, while Items 3017 and 3018 are reviews of Weldon's Letters to Alice: on first reading Jane Austen.

Items 3019 and 3020 analyse Sylvia Plath's collection of poetry and items 3021, 3022 and 3023 look at her last manuscript as she left it in Ariel: the restored text, while item 3024 studies Daddy, one of the poems in Ariel.

Items 3025 and 3026 study The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and its connection with other stories as well as other authors. Item 3027 examines and compares Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnets from the Portuguese with the works of other Portuguese and Spanish poets.

Ancient history

The following 6 items concentrate on the ancient Mycenaean society in the Bronze Age. Item 3028 covers the religious and burial customs. Item 3029 covers ancient Mycenaean industry and technology. Item 3030 describes the Mycenae excavations of archaeologists Heinrich Schliemann and Sir Arthur Evans. Items 3031, 3032 and 3033 describe the everyday lives of the ancient people of Mycenae in detail.

Items 3034, 3035 and 3036 look at the discovery of the tomb of King Teti in Saqqara Egypt and explore claims of assassination in their examination of the tomb.

The following web sites may be of interest to students of ancient Egypt.

http://xoomer.virgilio.it/francescoraf/hesyra/ssannals.htm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7723477.stm

http://www.ancient-egypt.org/

Legal studies

Item 3037 looks at the practical significance of the new legislation for unfair dismissal in the workplace. Item 3038 examines the main features of the Fair Work Act set to start on 1 July 2009. Item 3039 shows a case study of an investigation by the ACCC of misleading advertising. Item 3040 looks at NSW gaols and prisoners that re-offend, as well as rehabilitation results. Item 3041 looks at Cyber-bullying in the workplace and the liability to employers. Item 3042 compares the courts' attitudes to people trafficked for labour, and women trafficked as sex slaves. It examines case studies of both circumstances. Item 3043 describes a typical day representing homeless people who need legal representation in court. Item 3044 is a speech given by the Federal Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, in Parliament House on April 3, 2009. Item 3045 is the Hot topics booklet no. 68. In this issue we look at: the definition of Indigenous peoples, Indigenous people and International Law, Indigenous people in Sami, Mapuche, the US, Canada and NZ. We also discuss Indigenous people in Australia and include a full text article of the UN Declaration of Indigenous Rights. Item 3046 is Hot topics booklet no. 69. In this issue we look at: the differences between International law and domestic law - Why do states obey international law? - Subjects of International law - How do International law and domestic law interact?

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Exhibitions at the State library of NSW

Vaniman Panorama

The Vaniman Panorama exhibition features enlargements of twelve of the 60-70 panoramas produced by Vaniman during his time in Australia.

Melvin Vaniman (1866-1912) arrived in Sydney in 1903 and spent a year, on and off, photographing the city and harbour. His distinctive panoramas were nearly always taken from high above the ground and if a nearby building or ship's mast were not at hand he erected his own thirty-meter pole to achieve a birds-eye view.

This exhibition is particularly interesting for students of Senior Geography.