The Lives of Stories : Three Aboriginal-Settler Friendships.
Dortins, Emma.
The Lives of Stories : Three Aboriginal-Settler Friendships. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (274 pages) - Aboriginal History Monographs . - Aboriginal History Monographs .
Intro -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Ambassadors Between the Present and the Past -- Part 1: The Life and Adventures of James Morrill -- 1. Crossing There and Back, Living to Tell a Tale -- 2. Becoming First White Resident -- 3. Ways of Knowing the Burdekin -- Part 2: The Many Truths of Bennelong's Tragedy -- 4. Bennelong's Rise and Fall -- 5. History, Tragedy and Truth in Bennelong's Story -- 6. Ambassador between the Present and the Past -- Part 3: Friendship Beyond the Grave -- 7. A Family Heirloom -- 8. At the Confluence of Two Stories -- 9. Friendship and the Grave -- Conclusion: Living Histories, Living Stories -- Bibliography.
'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.
9781760462413
Morrill, James,-1824-1865.
Windradyne,--1835.
Bennelong,-approximately 1764-1813.
Castaways-Australia-Queensland.
Australia-Historiography.
Electronic books.
DU270 .D678 2018
994.3
The Lives of Stories : Three Aboriginal-Settler Friendships. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (274 pages) - Aboriginal History Monographs . - Aboriginal History Monographs .
Intro -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Ambassadors Between the Present and the Past -- Part 1: The Life and Adventures of James Morrill -- 1. Crossing There and Back, Living to Tell a Tale -- 2. Becoming First White Resident -- 3. Ways of Knowing the Burdekin -- Part 2: The Many Truths of Bennelong's Tragedy -- 4. Bennelong's Rise and Fall -- 5. History, Tragedy and Truth in Bennelong's Story -- 6. Ambassador between the Present and the Past -- Part 3: Friendship Beyond the Grave -- 7. A Family Heirloom -- 8. At the Confluence of Two Stories -- 9. Friendship and the Grave -- Conclusion: Living Histories, Living Stories -- Bibliography.
'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.
9781760462413
Morrill, James,-1824-1865.
Windradyne,--1835.
Bennelong,-approximately 1764-1813.
Castaways-Australia-Queensland.
Australia-Historiography.
Electronic books.
DU270 .D678 2018
994.3