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Werner Senn Letters
No full textEmeritus Professor Werner Senn (born 1942) studied English and German language, literature and civilisation at the Universities of Berne, Vienna and Liverpool. He qualified as a teacher in 1968 and received his doctorate in Berne in 1972. Werner earned his lectureship at the University of Berne in 1978 and was appointed to the position of Professor of Modern English Literature in 1984, a position he held until his retirement in 2007. Throughout his appointment, Professor Senn taught not only modern English but also postcolonial literatures, in particular Australian literature.
Werner’s special interest in Australian literature led him to travel to Australia in March-April 1983 on what was called a familiarisation tour, at the invitation of the Literature Board of the Australia Council and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. The aim of the trip was to allow Werner to familiarise himself with Australian literary studies as practised at the various universities Werner visited (more than a dozen of them), from Perth to Brisbane. The input from this trip proved decisive for Werner’s subsequent engagement in furthering Australian studies in Switzerland and Europe. He was one of the founding members in 1989 of the European Association for Studies of Australia (EASA), which in later years he served both as secretary and chairperson.
Werner’s professional works span numerous anthologies, articles and books on a wide range of topics and authors in English, American and Australian literature. He has edited and co-edited several collections of essays on Australian literature and culture, among them The Making of a Pluralist Australia, 1950-1990. This volume was co-edited by Giovanna Capone, the first chairperson of the EASA. It contains the papers given at the inaugural conference of the Association at the University of Berne in 1991
Winter temperature in Australian homes
No full textAustralia is considered to be a warm climate, yet there is increasing evidence that Australian homes are colder than many 'cold' countries. This project surveyed Australians and placed temperature sensors in 505 homes to determine the true extent of the problem. TempZone model Temp U 03 temperature and humidity loggers were placed in the living room of each home from May through September 2022. Logging interval was 15 minutes, downloaded and converted to hourly data. Participant ID numbers in the files with the temperature and humidity data match those in the survey data file for the same home. These hourly data have been summarised in the survey data file, which gives winter averages, minima, maxima and proportion of winter temperatures below 18 degrees C. (2023-05-18
Mapping Social Cohesion Survey, 2020
No full textThe Scanlon Foundation Research Institute’s Mapping Social Cohesion study provides a series of detailed surveys on social cohesion, immigration and other topical social issues in Australia. The surveys provide a key source of information to understand patterns and change in the perceptions, attitudes and experiences of Australians across society and within social and demographic groups. In 2020, in the context of the dislocation of Australian society by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Scanlon
Foundation conducted two national surveys, in July and
November, on the Life in Australia™ panel. The July survey
employed a questionnaire comprising 127 substantive
and 21 demographic questions in nine modules. In
November, key issues were re-examined in a shorter
version of the survey, 62 substantive questions and the
full demographic (3,090 respondents in July, 2,793 in November)
Australian Survey of Social Attitudes, 2022
No full textThe Australian Survey of Social Attitudes (AuSSA) is Australia’s main source of data for the scientific study of the social attitudes, beliefs and opinions of Australians, how they change over time, and how they compare with other societies. The survey is used to help researchers better understand how Australians think and feel about their lives. It produces important information about the changing views and attitudes of Australians as we move through the 21st century. Similar surveys are run in other countries, so data from the AuSSA also allows us to compare Australia with countries all over the world. The aims of the survey are to discover: the range of Australians’ views on topics that are important to all of us; how these views differ for people in different circumstances; how they have changed over the past quarter century; and how they compare with people in other countries. AuSSA is also the Australian component of the International Social Survey Project (ISSP). The ISSP is a cross-national collaboration on surveys covering important topics. Each year, survey researchers in some 40 countries each do a national survey using the same questions. The ISSP focuses on a special topic each year, repeating that topic from time to time. The topic for the 2022 survey is "Family and Changing Gender Roles". This is the fifth time this has been the topic of the survey, having previously been the theme for the survey in 1988, 1994, 2002 and 2012. The data from questions A38,A39,A40, B12->B16, C2->C6, J11->J13, J46->J49, J61, J62, J64 and in all questions in sections D,E,F,G,H and I are embargoed until 1 January 2026
ANU Poll 55 (April 2023): COVID-19, mental health, employment, policy issues, the value of higher education and role of education, science and technology
No full textThe survey was conducted on the 72nd wave of Life in Australia™, the Social Research Centre’s probability-based online panel. The Australian National University commissioned the Social Research Centre to conduct ANUpoll 45. The survey focused on experiences with COVID-19, mental health, employment, policy issues, the value of higher education and role of education and science and technology
Japanese PoW Camps, WW2
No full textWWII Japanese Prisoner Of War camps come, primarily from a printed map ‘Japanese Prisoner Of War Camps During World War II, 1941-1945’ available at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Japanese-run_internment_camps_during_World_War_II
More detail on the Burma-Thailand Railway work camps has been obtained from Department of Veterans’ Affairs https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/wars-and-missions/burma-thailand-railway-and-hellfire-pass-1942-1943
The years indicate the period of time covered by the map, not necessarily the times the camp existed. The coordinates are approximate and should not be regarded as the exact location
2019 ACT Gambling Prevalence Survey
No full textThe Australian National University (ANU) Centre for Gambling Research (CGR) was commissioned by the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Gambling and Racing Commission to conduct the 2019 ACT Gambling Survey. The overarching objective of the 2019 ACT Gambling Survey is to assist monitoring by the ACT Gambling and Racing Commission of the social and economic impacts of gambling in the ACT. The survey design allows comparison with data collected in the 2009 and 2014 ACT prevalence studies. It also allows new trends in gambling behaviour, such as online gambling, to be measured, and provides data on topics of particular current interest. The ANU CGR partnered with the Social Research Centre to conduct the survey. The Social Research Centre was responsible for data collection, using computer-assisted telephone interviewing. The ANU CGR analysed the data and drafted this report. The 2019 survey saw 10 000 ACT adult residents interviewed over a 6-week period (April–May 2019). Participants provided detailed information on their gambling participation, expenditure and gambling harm (including harm from significant others) during the past 12 months. Select groups of participants were asked about attitudes towards gambling, help-seeking behaviour, physical and mental wellbeing, financial hardship, and online expenditure. Overall, the report describes a community that is highly engaged in a diverse range of gambling activities. It also presents a picture of a community experiencing a substantial level of harm and negative impacts as a result (14% of ACT residents)
Australian Housing Aspirations (AHA) Survey (2018)
No full textThe Australian Housing Aspirations (AHA) Survey (2018) was designed and undertaken as part of a large multi-year investigation into the housing aspirations and constraints facing lower income Australians. The study was funded by the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) to explore the two key questions:
What are the impacts of housing constraints for lower income Australians, and how can innovative housing solutions support their shelter and non-shelter aspirations?
The AHURI Inquiry explored the housing constraints facing diverse populations of lower income Australians and to established a wide ranging evidence base on how existing and innovative housing solutions can support their shelter and non-shelter aspirations across the life-course from young adulthood to later-life
ANU Poll 57/Australian Constitutional Referendum Survey (ACRS) (October 2023): Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament
No full textThe Australian National University commissioned the Social Research Centre to conduct ANUpoll 57. This survey had a particular focus on the recently completed Referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament as well as tracking ongoing measures of wellbeing and economic outcomes. The survey was conducted on the 78th wave of Life in Australia™, the Social Research Centre’s probability-based online panel
The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey, GENERAL RELEASE 22 (Waves 1-22)
No full textThe Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey is a nationally representative longitudinal study of Australian households which commenced in 2001. Funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services (DSS), the HILDA Survey is managed by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research at the University of Melbourne. The HILDA Survey provides longitudinal data on the lives of Australian residents. Its primary objective is to support research questions falling within three broad and inter-related areas of income, labour market and family dynamics. The HILDA Survey is a household-based panel study of Australian households and, as such, it interviews all household members (15 years and over) of the selected households and then re-interviews the same people in subsequent years. This dataset is the 22nd release of the HILDA data, incorporating data collected from 2001 through 2022 (Waves 1-22). The special topic module in Wave 22 is wealth, and includes questions on employment-related discrimination, updates to citizenship and permanent residency and material deprivatio