Coranderrk : we will show the country / / Giordano Nanni and Andrea James

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910536720103321
• Autore: Nanni Giordano
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory : , : Aboriginal Studies Press, , 2013; ©2013
• ISBN: 1-922059-41-2; 1-922059-40-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): JamesAndrea
• Disciplina: 994.5
• Soggetti: Wurundjeri (Australian people) - Victoria - Coranderrk - History; Wurundjeri (Australian people) - Victoria - Coranderrk - Social conditions; Aboriginal Australians - Victoria - Coranderrk - History; Aboriginal Australians - Victoria - Coranderrk - Social conditions; Electronic books.; Coranderrk Aboriginal Station (Vic.) History; Victoria History 1834-1900
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Foreword; Foreword by Aunty Joy Murphy Wandin; Contents; Acknowledgments; A Note on Terminology; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. A Brief History of Coranderrk, 1835-1881; Invasion and Dispossession; John Green and the Establishment of Coranderrk; The Board for the Protection of Aborigines; Coranderrk's Growth: 1863-74; John Green's Removal; The Coranderrk Rebellion; Mrs Bon and the Path to the Inquiry; The Coranderrk Inquiry; 2. Coranderrk - We Will Show the Country; Guide to the Annotated Script; List of Players; The Inquiry Begins (Scene 1)Reverend Strickland (Scene 2); Henry Jennings (Scene 3); Christian Ogilvie (Scene 4); Reverend Hagenauer (Scene 5); Edward Curr (Scene 6); Thomas Bamfield (Scene 7); Alice Grant (Scene 8); Barak (Scene 9); Eleanor McKie (Scene 10); Robert ; Wandon (Scene 11); Thomas Dunolly's Letter (Scene 12); Captain Page (Scene 13); Caroline Morgan (Scene 14); Wandon's Dismissal (Scene 15); Constable Tevlin (Scene 16); Phinnimore Jackson (Scene 17); Eda Brangy (Scene 18); Strickland's Last Word (Scene 19); George Syme (Scene 20); John Green (Scene 21); We Will Show the Country (Scene 22)3. The Aftermath, 1881-1924; The 1886 'Half-Caste Act'; The End and New Beginnings; 4. The Making of Coranderrk; Credits and Performance History; Final Reflections; Appendix: Timeline of Key Events; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Drawing from firsthand accounts, court testimony, and contemporary records, this history tells the story of Coranderrk, an Aboriginal community that operated successfully as a supplier of wheat and hops to Melbourne before an Aboriginal Protection Board-spurred Parliamentary Inquiry in 1881 deprived it of the bulk of its workforce. The first-person testimonies of both the Aboriginal witnesses and their non-Aboriginal allies and adversaries reveal the tensions inherent in the situation and provide a deeper and more accurate u