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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... no. 33 2009 of Aboriginal History Journal est. 1977 Aboriginal History
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 2009 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Preface : Woollarawarre Bennelong: Rethinking the Tragic Narrative, Kate Fullagar , single work criticism (p. 3-6)
Bennelong Among His People, Keith Vincent Smith , single work criticism

'Woollarawarre Bennelong (c1764-1813) was the most significant Indigenous man in early Sydney and also, in retrospect, the most misrepresented and underestimated. He was one of the first to face the dilemma of knowing two cultures. In the end he chose his own.

Bennelong did not fade into obscurity in the second part of his life after his return from England in 1795. He resumed a traditional Aboriginal lifestyle, regained authority as a leader, remarried and had a son. He died at the age of 50 as a respected elder mourned by his people.

This article is based on a careful examination and unravelling of records compiled by the British officers of the 'First Fleet', whose journals, diaries, language notebooks, official despatches, private letters and printed histories still survive. As Marcia Langton remarked: 'These officers were the first British ethnologists, whatever their purposes and whatever their prejudices.'1 Whatever their motives, these observers wrote down what they saw with their own eyes and what they were told by their Indigenous informants, principally Bennelong.' Source: Keith Vincent Smith.

(p. 7-30)
Bennelong in Britain, Kate Fullagar , single work criticism (p. 31-51)
The Many Truths of Bennelong’s Tragedy, Emma Dortins , single work criticism

'In life, Bennelong was by no means the only mediator between the Aboriginal peoples of the Sydney region and the colonists, but across the latter half of the twentieth century, he took on a singular role as chief intermediary between the present and the past. It is through Bennelong's story that many Australians feel they know something of the great encounter between the invading Europeans and the Australian Aborigines, and something of the truth of its outcomes.

Storytellers have demonstrated a loyalty to Bennelong's tragedy or failure across significant shifts in Australian and Aboriginal historiography. This paper begins to explore some of the variations on Bennelong's tragic story, attempts to separate out some of its layers of plausibility, and to enquire into the possible meanings of this repeated reinscription of cross-cultural tragedy.' Source (adapated) : Emma Dortins.

(p. 53-75)
Rosalie Kunoth-Monks and the Making of Jedda, Karen Fox , single work criticism
'Filmmaker Charles Chauvel described the casting for Jedda, released in Australia in 1955, as ‘a unique experiment’. He referred to the casting of two Aboriginal people, who had never acted before, as the film’s stars. Much scholarship has examined the film itself, analysing its themes and its representations of Aboriginal people. Less attention has been paid to the ways in which its Aboriginal stars, Rosalie Kunoth-Monks and Bob Wilson, experienced starring in the film.1 This paper focuses on Kunoth-Monks, who was for a brief time widely known and acclaimed throughout Australia, and whose starring role continued to be remembered throughout her life, even as she moved into areas of activity far removed from the film industry.2 Writing on the practice of film history, Barbara Klinger has advocated an approach which seeks to provide a ‘total history’ through investigating ‘a film’s “ancillary” texts’ (for example, promotional material and popular media texts).3 For historians interested in filmic representations of, by or for Indigenous peoples, the narratives found in texts surrounding the participation of Indigenous peoples in filmmaking can be as rich as the films themselves for analysis. In this paper, I critically explore narratives about Kunoth-Monks’ experience of filmmaking, and recurring representations of her, which appeared in the popular print media, in publicity material for the film and in the memoirs of Chauvel’s wife and filmmaking partner, Elsa, as well as Kunoth-Monks’ own memories. Exploring her brief time as a film star provides insight not only into the film and the Chauvels’ attempt to represent Aboriginal people on film, but also into the ambiguous and sometimes uncomfortable experience of being simultaneously a traditional Aboriginal woman and a film star.' Source: Karen Fox.
(p. 77-95)
Reading Robinson : Companion Essays to Friendly Mission : Review, Richard Broome , single work review
— Review of Reading Robinson : Companion Essays to 'Friendly Mission' 2008 anthology criticism ;
(p. 268-269)
The Lamb Enters the Dreaming: Nathanael Pepper and the Ruptured World : Book Review, Tiffany Shellam , single work review
— Review of The Lamb Enters the Dreaming : Nathanael Pepper and the Ruptured World Robert Kenny , 2007 single work biography ;
(p. 291-293)
Life B'long Ali Drummond: A Life in the Torres Strait : Book Review, single work review
— Review of Life B'long Ali Drummond : A Life in the Torres Strait Samantha Faulkner , 2007 single work life story ;
(p. 294-398)
Doreen Kartinyeri: My Ngarrindjeri Calling : Book Review, Margaret Simons , single work review
— Review of Doreen Kartinyeri : My Ngarrindjeri Calling Doreen Kartinyeri , Sue Anderson , 2008 single work autobiography ;
(p. 299-301)
Sir Ronald Wilson: A Matter of Conscience : Book Review, Kevin James Keeffe , single work review
— Review of A Matter of Conscience : Sir Ronald Wilson Antonio Buti , 2007 single work biography ;
(p. 302-305)
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