The lives of stories three Aboriginal-settler friendships / Emma Dortins.
| Author/creator | Dortins, Emma |
| Other author | Australian National University Press. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Acton, A.C.T. : Australian National University, 2018. |
| Description | x, 263 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Aboriginal history monograph series |
| 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 Bennelongs Tragedy. Bennelongs rise and fall -- History, tragedy and truth in Bennelongs 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. |
| Review | 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 with creativity and commitment by storytellers today, are the story of James Morrills adoption by Birri Gubba people and re adoption 17 years later into the new colony of Queensland, the story of Bennelong and his relationship with Governor Phillip and the Sydney colonists, and the story of friendship between Wiradjuri leader Windradyne and the Suttor family. Each is an intimate story about people involved in relationships of goodwill, care, adoptive kinship and mutual learning across cultures, and the strains of maintaining or relinquishing these bonds as they took part in the larger events that signified the colonisation of Aboriginal lands by the British. Each is a story in which cross cultural understanding and misunderstanding are deeply embedded, and in which the act of storytelling itself has always been an engagement in cross cultural relations. The Lives of Stories reflects on the nature of story as part of our cultural inheritance, and seeks to engage the reader in becoming more conscious of our own effect as history makers as we retell old stories with new meanings in the present, and pass them on to new generations. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-263). |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018438535 |
| ISBN | 9781760462406 paperback |
| ISBN | ebook |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |