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Associate Professor Ross Johnston

Honorary Research Associate Professor in History
w.johnston@uq.edu.au
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Publications

Book (1)
Journal Articles (14)
Theses (2)

Book

Johnston, W. Ross (William Ross), 1939- (1982). The call of the land : a history of Queensland to the present day. Milton, Qld.: Jacaranda Press.

Journal Articles

Johnston, W. Ross (2015). Review of Warrior: A Legendary Leader's Dramatic Life and Violent Death on the Colonial Frontier. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 61 (3), 451-452.
Johnston, W. Ross (2014). Reviving Oscar Fristrom: his Aboriginal paintings. Queensland History Journal, 22 (4), 271-286.
Johnston, W. Ross (2002). (Book Review) Charlie's book: the life and times of a country town. Australian Journal of Politics & History, 48 (1), 107-108. doi: 10.1111/1467-8497.00255
Johnston, W. Ross (2002). (Book Review) Australia, a Biography. Australian Journal of Politics & History, 48 (3), 416-416. doi: 10.1111/1467-8497.00269
Johnston, W. Ross (2001). (Book Review) Dolly's Creek: An archaeology of a Victorian goldfields community. Australian Journal of Politics And History, 47 (3), 417-418. doi: 10.1111/1467-8497.00237
Johnston, W. Ross (2000). (Book Review) Kakadu: The Making of a National Park. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 46 (3), 430-431. doi: 10.1111/1467-8497.00107
Johnston, W. Ross (2000). (Book Review) True Gardens of the Gods: Californian-Australian Environmental Reform, 1860-1930. Australian Journal of Politics & History, 46 (1), 132-133. doi: 10.1111/1467-8497.00089
Johnston, W. Ross (1999). (Book Review) The Environment in World Politics: Exploring the Limits. Australian Journal of Pollitics & History, 45 (1), 152-153. doi: 10.1111/1467-8497.00059
Johnston, W. Ross (1999). (Book Review) Green or Gone: Health, Ecology, Plagues, Greed and Our Future. Australian Journal of Pollitics & History, 45 (1), 153-154.
Johnston, W. Ross (1999). (Book Review) The Mayne Inheritance. Australian Journal of Politics & History, 45 (1), 121-122. doi: 10.1111/1467-8497.00059
Johnston, W. Ross (1999). (book Review) A Natural History of Australia. Australian Journal of Politics & History, 45 (1), 125-126. doi: 10.1111/1467-8497.00059
Johnston, W. Ross (William Ross), 1939- (1991). The Selling of Queensland : Henry Jordan and Welsh Emigration. Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland, 14 (9), 379-392.
Johnston, W. Ross (William Ross), 1939- (1980). Captain Hamilton and the labour trade. Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland, 11 (1), 48-61.
Johnston, W. Ross (William Ross), 1939- (1970). Droving in the Upper Burdekin, 1863 : the diary of John Fenwick. Queensland Heritage, 2 (3), 20-32.

Theses

Johnston, W. Ross (William Ross) (1966). A study of the relationship between the law, the state and the community in colonial Queensland. M.A. Thesis, School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/205340
Johnston, W. Ross (William Ross) (1963). The role of the legal profession in Queensland in the Federation movement, 1890-1900. Honours Thesis, School of History, Philosophy, Religion, and Classics, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/287139
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