The Push from the Bush explained

The Push from the Bush: A Bulletin of Social History, was a journal devoted to early colonial Australian social history.^[1]

It was the first journal in Australia to call itself a journal of social history.

26 editions were printed under the title "The Push from the Bush" between May, 1978, and April 1988.^[2] Another four editions were printed between 1989 and 1992 under the title "The Push".^[3]

Topics covered included:^[1]

• Settlement, contact and race relations
• Colonisation
• Government policy of the period
• Protectionism
• Social conditions of the time

The Founding editors were Alan Atkinson and Marian Quartly.^{[4] [5]} Others editors included John Knott^[6] and Norma Townsend.^[7]

The journal was initially created as a way to involve historians in the creation of Australia 1838, the second volume in the ten volume work Australians: a historical library, which was created by the Australian historical profession as a contribution to the Bicentenary of European colonisation. After Australians 1838 was completed in 1984, the journal became independent of the project. ^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The push from the bush : a bulletin of social history : devoted to the year of Grace 1838 . 23 July 2024 . EHive .
2. Web site: The Push from the Bush. State Library Victoria.
3. Web site: The Push : a journal of early Australian social history. State Library Victoria.
4. Web site: Quartly, Marian . 23 July 2024 . The Encyclopedia of Women & Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia.
5. Web site: Australians 1838 Chapter 1 . Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia . 28 July 2024.
6. Web site: The Push from the Bush - A Bulletin of Social History (No.17, April 1984). Di and Saul Books.
7. Web site: The Push from the Bush: A Bulletin of Social History. Myall Creek, Issue 20 . Google Books. Atkinson . Alan . Townsend . Norma . 1985 .