Finding Ullagundahi Island / Fabienne Bayet-Charlton
- Bib ID:
- 1510927
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Bayet-Charlton, Fabienne
- Description:
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- Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2002
- 246 p. ; 20 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1865085863 (paperback)
- Summary:
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Grandmother's story; creation stories, birth of humankind from clay (p.16), arrival of people from the sea; author's travel to Grafton in search of Ullagundahi Island; Yamba; special relationship with dolphins (p. 34, 162); living at Coober Pedy with Grandmother (p.43); relationship with parents (p.52); visiting Grandmother at her underground hose in Coober Pedy; Coober Pedy Christmas; castor oil treatments (p.78); Grandmother's reticence to discuss her past (p.87); discontent with academic viewpoints on Aboriginal 'belonging' as presented in school (p.91); recurring references to 'blood' and 'war' in the texts about Aboriginal history (p.92); questioning of the authenticity of her Aboriginality by both white and Indigenous peoples (p.100, 102, 114, 148); the importance of image and self presentation (p.108); teaching experiences and discussion of concepts of Native Title and Dispossession (p. 118); Grandmother's stroke (p.132); views on Canberra and Parliament (p.137); use of statistics by politicians (p.140); researching Bundjalung heritage (p.151); family's history on Ullagundahi Island (p.167); the Aboriginal part of Casino (p.180); the work of Norman Tindale (p.190); pregnancy (p. 212), death of grandmother (p.214); sensitivity to sugar 9p.228), having a child (p.230).
- Notes:
- Bibliography: p. 245-246.
- Subject:
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- Bayet-Charlton, Fabienne
- Aboriginal Australians -- Autobiography
- Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales
- Social identity - Aboriginality
- Race relations - Racism - Stereotyping
- Education - Teachers - Teacher education
- Bundjalung / Banjalang people (E12) (NSW SH56-02)
- Family - Grandparents
- Stories and motifs - Dolphins / whales
- Coober Pedy map area (West SA SH53-06)
- Ulgundahi Island (NSW N Coast SH56-07)
- Grafton (NSW N Coast SH56-06)
- Woodenbong (NSW N Coast SH56-02)
- Clarence River (NSW N Coast SH56-07, SH52-06, SH52-02)
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2002
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