Jocoserious ‘ignorance shifting’ or ‘aestho-psycho-eugenics’?: interrogating Joseph Furphy’s Bulletin ‘apprenticeship'

Annotating Joseph Furphy’s first publication for the Bulletin raises some intriguing questions: to what extent was Furphy the product of the Bulletin writing academy, the late nineteenth century equivalent of a writing course, or to what extent was his talent sui generis? I intend to put this question to an extreme test, by reading closely his first published contribution to the Bulletin in 1889, ‘The Mythical Sundowner’.

Interview with Joseph Kata

Joseph Kata is a Papua New Guinean who studied at the University of Wollongong in 1992-1993. He studied on an Australian government scholarship and completed an MBA. He has since contributed to the development of the University of Goroka and worked for several NGOs. The interview was conducted in English on 22 January 2015 by Dr. Jonathan Ritchie of Deakin University and Dr. Musawe Sinebare of the Pacific Adventist University. This set comprises: an interview recording, a timed summary, and a photograph.

Student Joseph Germer at microphone at closed-circuit TV demonstration

This is one of a series of photographs accompanying a press release by the New York Trade School announcing the development and demonstration of a new technique in closed-circuit TV. In this work student Joseph Germer asks a question about the demonstration. Original caption reads, "Microphone goes to student Joseph Germer, who asks a question about another phase of the demonstration." Black and white photograph with caption.