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'Me write myself' : the free aboriginal inhabitants of Van Diemen's Land at Wybalenna, 1832-47 /
A book to challenge the traditional notion of the the aboriginal inhabitants of Wybalenna as hopeless, dispossessed and illiterate. Author Leonie Stevens draws together written records including items in the Flinders Island Chronicle, sermons, letters and petitions to give the community a voice they...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Clayton, Victoria, Australia :
Monash University Publishing,
2017.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | A book to challenge the traditional notion of the the aboriginal inhabitants of Wybalenna as hopeless, dispossessed and illiterate. Author Leonie Stevens draws together written records including items in the Flinders Island Chronicle, sermons, letters and petitions to give the community a voice they have never been acknowledged as having. Seen through their own writing, the community can be seen for the first time as vibrant, complex and evolving. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xliv, 356 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781925495652 1925495655 9781925495638 1925495639 9781925523867 1925523861 |