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

• Autore: Landon Carolyn
• Pubblicazione: Clayton, Victoria, Australia, : Monash University ePress, 2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (139 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.89915; 306
• Soggetto topico: Aboriginal Australians - Australia
• Soggetto geografico: Australia History
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Jackson's track revisited
• ISBN: 1-925495-94-9; 1-4237-8970-9; 0-9757475-6-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910143280203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II