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The Lives of Stories : Three Aboriginal-Settler Friendships.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Aboriginal History MonographsPublisher: Canberra : ANU Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (274 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781760462413
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Lives of StoriesDDC classification:
  • 994.3
LOC classification:
  • DU270 .D678 2018
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: '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.
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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.

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