New leaf
Survival in Our Own Land: ‘Aboriginal’ Experiences in ‘South Australia’ since 1836
Edited
and researched by Christobel Mattingley,
co-edited by Ken Hampton
The sought-after hardback edition of Survival in Our Own Land: ‘Aboriginal’ Experiences in ‘South Australia’ since 1836 is now available to UniSA News readers in a special limited release.
This groundbreaking history, compiled by editor/researcher Christobel Mattingley and co-editor Ken Hampton, is written from the Aboriginal point of view. Its 355 pages contain statements from almost 150 Nungas, quotes from significant archival documents, maps, photos on every page, bibliography, comprehensive references and five indexes. Subjects covered include colonisation, conflict, legislation, education, employment, exploitation, treatment of men, women and children, Maralinga, land rights, achievements and separate chapters on the 16 SA missions.
First published in 1988 and highly acclaimed, Survival in Our Own Land is a standard work of reference, relevant to all Australians.
Special offer
Readers have an opportunity to purchase this important book for $50, including packing and postage. All proceeds will go direct to the Gavin Wanganeen Indigenous Scholarship Fund at UniSA.
To find out more about this scholarship visit www.unisa.edu.au/icer/scholarships/wanganeen.asp
To purchase a copy of Survival in Our Own Land or for more information, please contact UniSA’s Alumni and Development Office by phoning +61 8 8302 0975 or +61 8 8302 0972.
Writings of War
Edited
by Woods, C and Timoney, J
Lythrum Press, 2008 in association with the University of South Australia
Lives and experience in times of trauma, of war and of civilian conflict become the matter of novels, memoirs, autobiographies, biographies, and newspaper reports. Other personal accounts scribbled on scraps of paper and tattered notebooks, in letters and diaries lie hidden for many years. All such writing awaits sympathetic readers and the careful attention of researchers. The papers in this volume offer scholarly yet personal perspectives on the way war and situations of conflict and trauma intersect with individual lives.
From the letters of wounded soldiers in the Second World War; the novels of two combatants on the Western Front; the soldier artist depicting his situation in the Second World War; the historian writing to serve the memories of POWs whose story has not been told; the story of children in the Holocaust; the military obituary; to the journalist reporting tragedy and disasters; and the writers who serve the cause of reconciliation, the narratives of lives are made public.
The essays in this book are presented by literary scholars, teachers of writing, historians, journalists, media scholars, all of whom have a particular interest if not passion for seeking explanations and for using words to offer insights into the lives of others lived in testing circumstances.