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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 Seven Seasons in Aurukun
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'Paula Shaw recounts her experiences of two years teaching at the school at Aurukun in Cape York. She paints a colourful picture of life in a remote Aboriginal community in the sweltering tropics. With the place itself as much of a character as her colleagues, the traditional owners and the eccentric whitefellas who congregate in faraway places, it is a taste of the intensity of relationships in a small community.

'Seven Seasons in Aurukun also offers an insight into the everyday realities of alcoholism, violence and welfare dependency in Aboriginal communities, and the struggle to make a difference in the face of such chronic problems. Yet we also see the persistence efforts of community leaders to improve their circumstances and maintain culture, and the small achievements that make the difference between survival and going under.' (Publisher's blurb)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2009 .
      Extent: x, 250p.p.
      Description: illus.
      ISBN: 9781741757071

Works about this Work

Advantages of Isolation Katherine Hartmann , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 2-3 May 2009; (p. 1)
Whitefellas Hanging from the Learning Cliff David Trigger , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , June vol. 4 no. 5 2009; (p. 14-15)

— Review of Seven Seasons in Aurukun Paula Shaw , 2009 single work autobiography
Teaching Us about Another Australia Ken Haley , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 23 May 2009; (p. 16)

— Review of Seven Seasons in Aurukun Paula Shaw , 2009 single work autobiography
Pick of the Week Bruce Elder , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10-12 April 2009; (p. 31)

— Review of Seven Seasons in Aurukun Paula Shaw , 2009 single work autobiography
Lessons of Life in Australia's Top End Owen Richardson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 7 March 2009; (p. 21)

— Review of Seven Seasons in Aurukun Paula Shaw , 2009 single work autobiography
Lessons of Life in Australia's Top End Owen Richardson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 7 March 2009; (p. 21)

— Review of Seven Seasons in Aurukun Paula Shaw , 2009 single work autobiography
Pick of the Week Bruce Elder , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10-12 April 2009; (p. 31)

— Review of Seven Seasons in Aurukun Paula Shaw , 2009 single work autobiography
Teaching Us about Another Australia Ken Haley , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 23 May 2009; (p. 16)

— Review of Seven Seasons in Aurukun Paula Shaw , 2009 single work autobiography
Whitefellas Hanging from the Learning Cliff David Trigger , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , June vol. 4 no. 5 2009; (p. 14-15)

— Review of Seven Seasons in Aurukun Paula Shaw , 2009 single work autobiography
Advantages of Isolation Katherine Hartmann , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 2-3 May 2009; (p. 1)
Last amended 14 Jul 2009 16:55:39
Subjects:
  • Aurukun, Aurukun - Bamaga area, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland,
  • 2000s
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