Medievalism in Australian Cultural Memory

'Are We Medieval?' The Worker, 2 January 1904

This article from Brisbane publication The Worker rebukes derisive comments published by a London journalist mocking Australia’s legislation concerning workers as a reversion to medieval trade laws. Responding to McKenzie’s quip that…

Tags: Criticism, democracy, economy, guild, industrialisation, labour, legislation, McKenzie, medieval guilds, politics, Professor Thorold Rogers, progress, trade, trade bosses, trade guilds, trade unionism, wages, workers, working conditions

‘A Ro-Me-Owe and Jew-Liet Revival (New Reading)’, The Bulletin, 17 November 1904

‘Hop’ produced this Bulletin cartoon at a time when J. C. Williamson’s theatre company was staging William Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at Her Majesty’s Theatre in Sydney. The popular young American…

Tags: Balcony scene, Bulletin cartoons, economy, Her Majesty’s Theatre, I.O.U., James C. Williamson (1845-1913), Livingston Hopkins aka ‘Hop’ (1846-1927), loan, Miss Tittell Brune (1875-1974), New South Wales, NSW State loans, Romeo and Juliet, satire, Sir Joseph Carruthers (1856-1932), state politics, Sydney Morning Herald, usury, William Shakespeare (c.1564-1616)

No 'Robin Hood' financial transaction tax coming to Australia, says Wayne Swan

This article from the online news site Perth Now reports on Australian Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan’s decision not follow the lead of European nations such as France and introduce a financial transactions tax to deal with economic crisis. Such a…

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'Are We Medieval?' The Worker, 2 January 1904

‘A Ro-Me-Owe and Jew-Liet Revival (New Reading)’, The Bulletin, 17 November 1904

No 'Robin Hood' financial transaction tax coming to Australia, says Wayne Swan