Pathfinder: Australian Republicanism and Monarchy

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Australian Republicanism and Monarchy

When researching issues related to Australian republicanism and constitutional monarchy, you will note there is a lot of material published. The aim of this pathfinder is to indicate a number of places to find information on these contentious issues. Whilst using some databases, the preferred term is "republicanism" whereas in others "republic" is sufficient.

2 Using the catalogue

Where are the books on an Australian republic and constitutional monarchy?

Some books and journals will be in other libraries of the University of Sydney. Here is a list of possible subject headings to look for:

republicanism--Australia
monarchy--Australia
Australia. Constitutional Convention (1998)

Note: If you just look up 'republic', you will get a lot of hits irrelevant to Australia.

3 Some current Australian texts and reports (post 1990)

Although the following titles are listed under Monarchy and Republicanism, there are discussions on both topics in many of the titles listed below.This list is by no means exhaustive. See also under Bibliographies: Republicanism in Australia - books, for material pre 1990.

Monarchy

Abbott, T How to win the constitutional war: and give both sides what they want.Adelaide, Australians for Constitutional Monarchy/Wakefield Press, 1997. Fisher Research 321.860994 20

Abbott, T Minimal monarchy: and why it still makes sense for Australia, Kent Town, SA, Wakefield Press, 1995. Fisher Reserve 321.870994 1

Arnold, J et al (eds) Out of empire: the British dominion of Australia, Port Melbourne, Mandarin, 1993. Fisher Undergraduate 320.994 144

Atkinson, A Muddle-headed republic, Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1993. Fisher Undergraduate/Research 321.860994 13

Flint, D Cane toad republic, Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 1999

Grainger, G & Jones, K (ed) Australian constitutional monarchy, Sydney, ACM Pub, 1994. Fisher Research 342.94 100

Headon, D et al (eds) Crown or country: the traditions of Australian republicanism, St. Leonards, NSW, Allen & Unwin, 1994. Fisher Undergraduate/Research 321.860994 10

Shiell, A & Spearitt, P (eds) Australians and the monarchy, Melbourne, Ideas for Australia Program and the National Centre for Australian Studies, Monash University, 1993. Fisher Research 321.870994 1

Waddy, L Republic or monarchy?: some notes for debaters, Sydney, Australians for Constitutional Monarchy, 1998. Fisher Research 321.870994 3

Republicanism

Australia. Constitutional Convention (1998) Report of the Constitutional Convention, Old Parliament House, Canberra, 2-13 February 1998 (Barton, ACT, Dept of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, c 1998), 4 Vols. Law Research 342.940242 9

Australia. Dept of Parliamentary Library. Constitution papers, Canberra, Australian Government Publishing Service, 1996 ( Parliamentary Research Service Subject Collection No.7). Law Research 342.94 107

Australia. Prime Minister. An Australian republic: the way forward?/ speech by the Prime Minister, the Hon PJ Keating, Canberra, Australian Government Publishing Service, 1995. Fisher Reserve 321.860994 15

Australia. Republic Advisory Committee. An Australian republic: the options: Report. Canberra. Australian Government Publishing Service, 1993. Law Research 321.860994 7

Botsman, P Great constitutional swindle (forthcoming)

Evans, H Essays on republicanism: small r republicanism, Canberra, Dept of the Senate, 1994. Law Research 321.860994 12

Fraser, AW Spirit of the laws: republicanism and the unfinished project of modernity, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1990. Law Research 342 45

Galligan, B Federal republic: Australia's constitutional system of government, Melbourne, Cambridge Press, 1995. Fisher Research 320.994 141

Hall, R Abolish the states!: Australia's future and a $30 billion answer to our tax problem, Sydney, Pan Macmillan Australia, 1998. Fisher Research 320.494 22

Headon, D; Warden, J & Gammage, B (ed) Crown or country: the traditions of Australian republicanism, St Leonards, NSW, Allen & Unwin, 1994. Fisher Undergraduate 321.860994 10

Headon, D & Perkins, E (ed) Our first republicans: John Dunmore Lang, Charles Harpur, Daniel Henry Deniehy: selected writings, 1840-1860, Leichhardt, NSW, Federation Press, 1998. Fisher Research 321.860994 22

Hurst, JB Republican manifesto, Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1994. Fisher Undergraduate/Research 321.860994 14

Horne, D et al The coming republic, Sydney, Pan Macmillan, 1992. Fisher Research 321.860994 1

Hudson, W & Carter, D (ed) Republicanism debate, Kensington, NSW, New South Wales University Press, 1993. Law Research 321.860994 4

Keneally, T Our republic, Port Melbourne, Vic, W Heinemann Australia, 1993. Fisher Research 321.860994 3

McKenna, M Captive republic: a history of republicanism in Australia 1788-1996, Melbourne, Cambridge University Press, 1996. Fisher Research 321.860994 17

O'Brien, P People's case: democratic and anti-democratic ideas in Australia's constitutional debate, Perth, Constitutional Press, 1996. Fisher Research 320.994 148

Scates, B New Australia: citizenship, radicalism and the First Republic, Melbourne, Cambridge University Press, 1997. Fisher Undergraduate/Research 994.032 12

Smythe, P (ed) An Australian Republic: participation and citizenship. Kings Cross. NSW, Uniya Publications, 1995. Fisher Research 321.860994 18

Stephenson, MA & Turner C (ed) Australia, republic or monarchy?: legal and constitutional issues. St. Lucia, Qld. University of Queensland Press, 1994. (Originally published as 1994 University of Queensland Law Journal special edition.) Law Undergraduate 342.9403 20

Turnbull M Queen and colonialism,: a republic address, Sydney, Lionel Murphy Foundation, 1991. Law Research 994.05092 1

Turnbull, M Reluctant republic, Port Melbourne, William Heinemann Australia, 1993. Fisher Reserve 321.860994 9

Uhr, J (ed) Australian republic: the case for yes, Leichhardt, NSW, Federation Press, 1999. Law Undergraduate 321.860994 26

Vizard, S Two weeks in Lilliput: bear-baiting and backbiting at the Constitutional Convention, Ringwood, Vic, Penguin Books, 1998. Law Research 342.940242 10

Walsh K (ed) Poets, presidents, people and parliament: republicanism and other issues, Canberra, Dept of the Senate, 1996. Law Research 320.994 149

Winterton, G Monarchy to republic: Australian republican government, Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1994. (Reprint with new introduction, originally published in 1986.) Fisher Undergraduate 321.86 4A

Winterton, G (ed) We the people: Australian republican government. St. Leonards. NSW, Allen and Unwin, 1994. Fisher Reserve 321.860994 11

4 Bibliographies

Evans, H. Essays on republicanism: small r. republicanism, Canberra, Dept of the Senate, 1994. Law Research 321.860994 12
Mathie,L. Republican Australia: a bibliography, Canberra. Lionel Murphy Library, Attorney-General's Dept.1993. Law Reference 016.3218609 1
Republicanism in Australia - articles and speeches (References only):
http:/www.republic.org.au/info/speeches/speeches.htm
Winterton, G. Monarchy to republic: Australian republican government, Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1994, pp192-202.

5 Conference/seminar proceedings

Many of the speeches given on our topics are given at conferences or seminars. Some of these are available by examining the Web resources under Online Services. In particular note:

Samuel Griffith Society homepages at http://www.samuelgriffith.org.au where the papers from annual conferences of the society are available.

6 Journal indexes

From the Law Library Databases website http://www.library.usyd.edu.au:1080/libraries/law/databases.html we have the following journal indexes available:

AGIS (Attorney-General's Information Service). This indexes Australian and overseas law journals.

APAIS (Australian Public Affairs Information Service). This is a general index of Australian journals in the social sciences.

LegalTrac. This is an US index but includes journals from other jurisdictions, including Australia. It has the broadest coverage of any legal journals index and is updated daily via the Internet.

Index to Legal Periodicals. This is a US index which also has wide coverage of other jurisdictions. The print copy goes back to 1880.

Legal Journals Index. This is an index of United Kingdom publications and includes many not indexed elsewhere. Pais International. An index to the literature of public and social policy, and the social sciences, in general.

Comments:

1.Check our list of databases for many more useful indexes.

2.CD ROM access is available only in the Law School building.

Note - The US spellings and terms when using US based journal indexes eg labor not labour, organisation not organisation, antitrust not trade practices, condominiums not strata title, eminent domain not land acquisition.

- If you just key in the term "republic", you will get a lot of hits (such as Republic of Ireland, Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The People's Republic of China, etc). Instead, "republicanism/republic and australia/" may be a better search, although this will still yield some irrelevant hits because "australia" may be part of the journal name and not the article.

7 Audiovisual resources

Monarch or president? (videorecording): the republic debate, Bendigo, Vic, Video Education Australasia, c 1998. Fisher AV 321.860994 24 PAL

8 Online services: Web resources

There are some useful republican and monarchist and related resources available on the Web:

Australians for a Constitutional Monarchy homepage: http://www.norepublic.com.au
Includes press releases, speeches, contact details, fact sheets, essays.
Australian Republican Movement homepage: http://www.republic.org.au
Includes details of membership, events, issues, speeches, related links etc.
Legal Forum on the Proposed Republic homepage: http://www/fl.asn.au/sites/forum
Monarchist League homepage: http://www.monarchist.org.au
Includes background materials, articles, membership details.
Samuel Griffith Society homepage: http://www.samuelgriffith.org.au
Includes objectives, papers from annual conferences of the Society.

9 Just published and forthcoming publications

To find recent and forthcoming publications use: Legal research in Australia and New Zealand Online http://www.butterworths.com.au/cfm/legresearch/lranz.htm

10 Dictionaries of legal abbreviations

There are many places to look for legal abbreviations. The ones frequently used in the Law Library and held on Law Reserve are:

Fong, C & Edwards, A Australian and New Zealand legal abbreviations, 2nd ed, Sydney, Australian Law Librarians' Group NSW Division, 1995
Kavass, II & Prince, MM World dictionary of legal abbreviations, Buffalo, NY, Hein & Co, 1991- (Looseleaf)
Prince, MM Beiber's Dictionary of legal abbreviations, 4th ed, Buffalo, NY, Hein & Co, 1993
Raistrick, D Index to legal citations and abbreviations, 2nd ed, London, Bowker-Saur, 1993

11 Not held, try...

There are some resources which the Law Library does not hold and these are listed as some of you may have access to other libraries' collections:

Finding Journals: you can find out which Australian library holds it by looking up the electronic database called SIAL (Serials in Australian Libraries) which is available on the Law Library Network under Legal Reference Tools.

Finding Books etc : try the UNSW or Macquarie Catalogues (links available from the Library Catalogues page <http://www.library.usyd.edu.au:1080/catalogue/othercat.html> or library staff can access a database called Kinetica for you to see which library holds the title needed.

Electronic Databases
Victoria University of Technology. Republic CD ROM

For help finding information in the Law Library, feel free to ask at the Information Desk on level 8.

For specific research assistance, the following Library staff will be happy to help:

Carolyn Kearney, Information Services Librarian 9351 0293
Colin Fong, Research Librarian 9351 0217
Margaret McAleese, Law Librarian 9351 0220

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