Recent Journal Subscriptions

Journal of Namibian Studies

Published twice a year, in January and July, this is a new interdisciplinary journal focusing on the history, politics, and culture of Namibia. For more information about the journal's aims and perspective, see http://www.namibian-studies.com/index.htm

Journal of Australian Colonial History

This annual publication has been produced since 1999. The Library now holds every issue from Vol.2 no.2 (2000) onwards.

Commonwealth Day - 10th March 2008

The theme for this year's Commonwealth Day is "The Environment: Our Future" - see the Commonwealth Secretariat's website for more information.

The Library contains a wealth of material related to this theme, including reports from national governments, the UN, and various regional intergovernmental bodies and NGOs. We also have a number of works focusing on the future of small
island states in the Pacific and the Caribbean. All of this material can be found on the Catalogue, or you can browse a selection of titles via the regional lists below:

General Commonwealth

Africa

Asia

Canada

Caribbean

Australia and the Pacific

New Online Exhibition - Rhodesia UDI 1965

This new online exhibition showcases some of the materials within our Archives and Special Collections relating to Rhodesia and its unilateral declaration of independence (UDI) in 1965. The exhibition examines the following themes: The Road to UDI, Sanctions, African Nationalists, Reactions from the Commonwealth, and events after UDI.

The aim of this online exhibition is to promote the potential of archives and encourage existing, new and different users to experience all that archives have to offer. View the exhibition

Image: The President of U.A.N.C.: Bishop Abel Tendekai Muzorewa, 1980 Election poster

Titles received in February 2008

Click to view all Reference Collection titles received in February.