A Life Together, A Life Apart
A History of relations between Europeans and Aborigines
$74.05
- Paperback
248 pages
- Release Date
31 August 1990
Summary
A collaborative autobiography and an oral narrative as well as a history of Aborigial reserves.There are not too many histories of Aboriginal reserves that have something good to say of them. But the Burrage children, Winifred, Alan and Elsie, recall the world of their childhood as a happy one. They recount how their Anglo-Australian parents toiled on reserves with genuine caring and an unsentimental sense of duty.A Life Together, a Life Apart is a collaborative autobiography and an oral narrative as well as a history. The vivid recollections of Winifred Burrage, Alan Burrage and Elsie Stokie form its centrepiece.In an introductory essay Bain Attwood sketches the background to the reserves, and discusses the different histories we have of relations between Europeans and Aborigines in Australia. In the final section he scrutinises the form of oral history and contemplates the nature of historical knowledge. The result is a passionate representation of the virtues of History.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522845365 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522845363 |
| Author: | Bain Attwood |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 248 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 31 August 1990 |
| Weight: | 330g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 140mm x 215mm |
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Bain Attwood
Bain Attwood is Professor of History at Monash University and has held fellowships at the University of Cambridge and Harvard University. In 2010 his book Possession- Batman’s Treaty and the Matter of History won the Ernest Scott Prize for the most distinguished contribution to the history of Australia or New Zealand or colonial history. Previous works include Rights for Aborigines; Telling the Truth About Aboriginal History and Empire and The Making of Native Title- Sovereignty, Property and Indigenous People. He is the co-editor of Telling Stories- Indigenous History and Memory in Australia and New Zealand and Protection and Empire- A Global History.
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