The lives of stories : three Aboriginal-settler friendships /

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The Lives of Stories traces three stories of Aboriginal-settler friendships that intersect with the ways in which Australians remember founding national stories, build narratives for cultural revival, and work on reconciliation and self-determination. These three stories, which are still being told...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dortins, Emma (Author)
Corporate Author: Australian National University Press
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press and Aboriginal History Inc., 2018.
Series:Aboriginal history monograph series.
Subjects:
Morrill, James, > 1824-1865.
Bennelong, > approximately 1764-1813.
Windradyne, > -1835.
Suttor family
Birragubba (Australian people)
Wiradjuri (Australian people)
Castaways > Australia > Queensland.
Wiradjuri (Peuple d'Australie)
Naufragés > Australie > Queensland.
History / African American & Black.
History / Australia & New Zealand.
Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / Native American Studies.
Castaways.
Historiography.
Australia > Historiography.
Australie > Historiographie.
Australia.
Queensland.
Australian
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: The Life and Adventures of James Morrill. Crossing there and back, living to tell a tale
  • Becoming first white resident
  • Ways of knowing the Burdekin
  • Part 2: The Many Truths of Bennelong's Tragedy. Bennelong's rise and fall
  • History, tragedy and truth in Bennelong's story
  • Ambassador between the present and the past
  • Part 3: Friendship Beyond the Grave. A family heirloom
  • At the confluence of two stories
  • Friendship and the grave
  • Conclusion: Living Histories, Living Stories.

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