Copyright (c) 2009 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/morgan Recent documents in Michael Organ en-us Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:19:14 PDT 3600 http://works.bepress.com/morgan/38 http://works.bepress.com/morgan/38 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:52:59 PDT Kate McIlwain Journal Articles http://works.bepress.com/morgan/37 http://works.bepress.com/morgan/37 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:52:59 PDT The library's extensive collaboration with the UOW Research and Innovation Division is making possible a 'one-stop shop' for the collection of publications used for both the university's HERDC (research data collection for DEEWR) and ERA (Excellence in Research Australia) processes, as well as for deposit within Research Online, the UOW institutional repository. M. K. Organ Journal Articles http://works.bepress.com/morgan/36 http://works.bepress.com/morgan/36 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:32:47 PDT The writer of this story was born in Illawarra over 76 years ago [c1857], and during his childhood and youth he shared in the experiences and struggles of the pioneer settlers in that rich and beautiful portion of the State. In this story he has attempted to give a detailed account of the manner in which the Crown Lands of Illawarra were disposed of, for the information of all who are interested in matters pertaining to Illawarra, and, more particularly, the large body of farmers now occupying those lands, many of whom are descendants of the pioneers who came from England, Ireland and Scotland, and settled on the Estates of the early grantees from the "thirties" to the "sixties" of last century. To these, and their descendants, this story is respectfully dedicated. B. Lindsay Books http://works.bepress.com/morgan/35 http://works.bepress.com/morgan/35 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:32:46 PDT He was that "rara avis" in Australian historiography, the devoted local historian who has a realisation of the broader implications of regional development. So wrote Sydney University Archivist D.S. Macmillan in an obituary notice published in the October 1960 number of the Union Recorder, commemorating the death of Arthur Cousins on Wednesday, 17 August, at his Cremone residence, aged 94 years. Though having known him for only a brief period at the end of a long life, Macmillan had developed a degree of admiration and respect for this elderly gentleman, who, along with G.E. Hall and others, had worked towards the creation of the Sydney University Archives, where Macmillan was appointed first full-time archivist in 1954. However this was only one of many noteworthy achievements, in a long career during which Cousins was a schoolteacher, local historian, parent, and Honorary Archivist of Sydney University. M. K. Organ Book Chapters http://works.bepress.com/morgan/34 http://works.bepress.com/morgan/34 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:03:49 PDT Since 2006, Research Online, the University of Wollongong's open access institutional repository has utilised Bepress' Digital Commons software to make available published research outputs and digital theses. This article discusses the outcomes of recent academic demand for its use as a publishing tool of university journals and conference proceedings. The Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice is provided as an example. Digital Commons includes the editorial management software, EdiKit, which assists in managing submissions, editorial functions, and peer review. Also considered are changes to scholarly communication patterns arising out of the new open access, electronic only, publication regimes. R. Daly Journal Articles http://works.bepress.com/morgan/33 http://works.bepress.com/morgan/33 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:03:48 PDT This paper comments on W.B. Clarke's role as a scientific journalist in Sydney, 1839-1878. It also argues that Clarke has been misrepresented over time because large sections of his published work - specifically anonymous and signed newspaper articles - have not been considered in analyses of his life and assessments of his place in the history of Australian science. M. K. Organ Journal Articles http://works.bepress.com/morgan/28 http://works.bepress.com/morgan/28 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:52:35 PDT A little known incident in the annals of Australia's industrial history occurred in the small New South Wales coastal mining village of Bulli on the morning of Monday, 17 January 1887, when a group of some 400 or 500 townsfolk, with over 150 women to the fore, confronted and stood down a group of scab labourers sent from Sydney to break a long-running strike. This incident is cited as perhaps the first united feminist action in Australian history. Its background lay in outstanding industrial issues going back to the previous year. M. K. Organ Journal Articles http://works.bepress.com/morgan/27 http://works.bepress.com/morgan/27 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:52:35 PDT In this paper, we outline some of the problems facing research workers in Australian universities, with an emphasis on research assistants, the lowest classification of paid research worker. It is concluded that, while conditions have improved slightly since 1978, research assistants are still among the most marginalised public sector employees, and subjected to employment conditions which should be considered unacceptable in a society which values the benefits accruing from research activities. M. K. Organ Journal Articles http://works.bepress.com/morgan/26 http://works.bepress.com/morgan/26 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:52:33 PDT The New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service (NP&WS), under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 (NSW) ('the Act'), is responsible for the 'care, control. and management' of Aboriginal cultural hentage sites (middens, burial sites, rock art sites, etc.) throughout NSW.2 Section 90 of the Act states that it is an offence to destroy, deface or disturb an Aboriginal site, and that consent to do so must be sought from the Director of the Service. It is questionable not only whether it is appropriate that the Service should wield such power, but also if it is adequately carrying out its statutory duty, when the system under which it operates is leading to the silent, unseen destruction of sites on a daily basis throughout NSW. Whilst the Service, in collaboration with local Aboriginal communities, has achieved much in the preservation an~ protection of significant Aboriginal cultural heritage sites since 1974, it is not above criticism, and areas such as public education programs and identification of sites outside of national parks and reserves have been severely neglected. Part of the problem is the system itself, which, by default, has allocated to the NP&WS the central role of manager, and destroyer, of Aboriginal cultural heritage sites, as opposed to a more regional or community based approach with direct Aboriginal control. Furthermore, the Service, whose primary responsibility is the management of the State's national parks, has limited resources with which to carry out its duty in this area, allocating individual officers vast tracts of the State for which they must bear responsibility for site management. In many cases, ongoing involvement by local Aboriginal communities is limited, voluntary and under-resourced. M. K. Organ Journal Articles http://works.bepress.com/morgan/25 http://works.bepress.com/morgan/25 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:52:32 PDT This paper examines the employment conditions of research assistants in universities in the context of the stated intention of the Australian government to transfonn Australia into the 'clever country'. Research assistants have played an important role in Australia's research efforts. The growing teaching and administrative workloads of academic staff. and the increasing sophistication and complexity of research methodologies. have increased the demands on research assistants and the importance of their contribution. Despite this. there has been little improvement in the employment conditions of research assistants. These conditions include the absence of any job security; lack of career structure and development: and insufficient recognition of qualifications. experience and skills. Research assistants have no common career structure. some being employed under academic staff conditions. others under general staff conditions and some as neither. Union coverage of research assistants is divided between several unions. making effective representation difficult. The rules of the funding agenCies. the Australian Research Council and the National Health and Medical Council are inconsistent with award conditions of research assistants which specify that prior experience must be taken into account when determining initial salary levels. These sub-standard employment conditions act as deterrents to talented researchers undertaking or continuing careers in research. and thus undermine Australia's research effort. The reports of several government inquiries into university research activity are analysed. and are found to be inadequately researched and to provide no solutions to the problems outlined. Suggestions for the provision of a viable career structure for researchers are prOVided. It is concluded that the development of Australia as a 'clever country' depends to a large extent on research workers becoming more actively involved in the promotion of improved conditions of employment. M. K. Organ Journal Articles