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Record Nr.

UNISA996320708503316

Autore

Landon Carolyn

Titolo

Jackson's track revisited [[electronic resource] ] : history, rememberance and reconciliation / / Carolyn Landon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Clayton, Victoria, Australia, : Monash University ePress, 2006

ISBN

1-925495-94-9

1-4237-8970-9

0-9757475-6-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (139 p.)

Disciplina

305.89915

306

Soggetti

Aboriginal Australians - Australia

Australia History

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.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; A note about pagination and chapter identification; Preface; CHAPTER 1 The stories; CHAPTER 2 The story in the Archive; CHAPTER 3 The story of the Board; CHAPTER 4 The story of the League; CHAPTER 5 Mr Jensen's story; CHAPTER 6 The story the newspapers tell; CHAPTER 7 Aunty Gina's story; CHAPTER 8 The bushman's story: One last look; EPILOGUE: Brabuwooloong woman; APPENDIX: Excerpts from the McLean Report APPENDIX; SOURCES: Primary sources and bibliography;

Sommario/riassunto

In Jackson's Track Revisited Carolyn Landon returns to the story told by Daryl Tonkin in Jackson's Track (Penguin, Australia, 1999) – the tale of his life in the great Gippsland forest living among Aboriginal timber workers. Just as his family hoped, Tonkin's memoir has created the space for more stories. In Jackson's Track Revisited, the voices of Aboriginal people who lived at the Track mingle with those of the White Australians who tried to 'improve' their lives in the 1950's, the era of assimilation. An exploration of the historical factors surrounding Tonkin's story leads to discussion of