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y separately published work icon Literature and the Aborigine in Australia 1770- 1975 single work   criticism  
Issue Details: First known date: 1978... 1978 Literature and the Aborigine in Australia 1770- 1975
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Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 1989 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Character of Contact, J. J. Healy , single work criticism
This chapter looks at the initial contact between Captain Cook and members of his official party and Australian Aboriginals of the Sydney region. Healy argues that literature has played both a reflective and constructive part in the development of Australia, and in the seeds of Cook's visit there were tensions of values which went to the heart of the new commonwealth. Literary representation is seen as part of the consciousness of white writers of Australian Aboriginals between 1770 and 1975.
 (p. 4-25)
The Literature of Contact, J. J. Healy , single work criticism
This chapter examines the earliest works of fiction produced in Australia representing Aboriginal people as fictional characters. Healy traces a trajectory of works which seek to attribute meaning to Aboriginal Australians by white authors, beginning with the 1830 work Alfred Dudley by Sarah Porter. Nineteenth century representations by G. W. Rusden and James Tucker are also analysed.
 (p. 26-48)
Squatter Reflections, J. J. Healy , single work criticism
This chapter looks at representations of Aboriginal Australians constructed by squatters in the early colonial period. Healy identifies Rolf Boldrewood (aka Thomas Alexander Browne) as the principal chronicler of squatter reflections of Aboriginal Australians. Focus is also given to the works of Rosa Campbell Praed.
 (p. 49-75)
Myth, Melbourne, McCrae, J. J. Healy , single work criticism
In this chapter Healy examines Frederick Sinnett's review in 1958 of fiction fields of Australia, where he rejected the idea of the Aborigine as a valid subject for Australian literature. Healy looks at the difficulties of constructing Aboriginal cosmology into poetry or other prose by white 19th Century authors. Focus is given to several works of George Gordon McCrae.
 (p. 76-90)
Sense and Nonsense, J. J. Healy , single work criticism (p. 91-112)
Innocence and Experience, J. J. Healy , single work criticism (p. 113-138)
Recovery, J. J. Healy , single work criticism (p. 139-153)
Indignation and Ideology, J. J. Healy , single work criticism (p. 154-180)
Rehabilitation and Transcendence, J. J. Healy , single work criticism (p. 181-207)
Protest and Apology : Western Australia, J. J. Healy , single work criticism (p. 208-240)
Protest and Apology : Eastern Australia, J. J. Healy , single work criticism (p. 241-262)
Poor Fellow My Country, J. J. Healy , single work criticism (p. 263-290)
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