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Dreaming Transportation Dreaming Transportation : Voice Portraits of the First Women of White Settlement at Port Jackson Jordie Albiston , Andrée Greenwell (composer), 2003 single work drama

'Dreaming Transportation is a contemporary music theatre work that reveals the little documented experience of colonised European women in Australia. Popular, folk, spoken and operatic voices combine with elements of contemporary performance and gallery exhibition to create rich vocal portraits of ordinary and extraordinary women.'

Source: Promotional blurb, Sydney Festival 2003.

Notes

  • Epigraph: Come all young girls, both far and near, and listen unto me,/ While unto you I do unfold what proved my destiny... From the convict song The Female Transport (Anon.)

Contents

* Contents derived from the Fitzroy North, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,:Black Pepper , 1996 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Hulli"Well below sea-level and sea-", Jordie Albiston , single work poetry (p. 3)
Lizzie's Reeli"My name is Elizabeth Rose McMadden", Jordie Albiston , single work poetry (p. 4)
Lizzie's Pacti"The pact with the rapist", Jordie Albiston , single work poetry (p. 5)
Headcount (1788)i"so far: 1 Governor (Phillip) and his staff", Jordie Albiston , single work poetry (p. 6)
Inventory (or What to Bring When Setting Up a Colony)i"2 Barrels of Tar 700 Grubbing-Hoes", Jordie Albiston , single work poetry (p. 7)
Three Aerial Views of Sydney Cove : I : 1788i"Francis Fowkes a convict transported", Jordie Albiston , single work poetry (p. 8)
Three Aerial Views of Sydney Cove : II : 1788 (Alternative View)i"Parked on its side a hill for an eye", Jordie Albiston , single work poetry (p. 8-9)
Three Aerial Views of Sydney Cove : III : 1791i"A map of the country Contiguous to Port Jackson", Jordie Albiston , single work poetry (p. 9)
Letter Home (Anon)i"I take up my pen to acquaint you with", Jordie Albiston , single work poetry (p. 10)
Child-Death: A Lamenti"Alas for my only straw-haired babe", Jordie Albiston , single work poetry (p. 11)
Dialogue Between Two Whoresi"Polly Polly Baxter Lydia", Jordie Albiston , single work poetry (p. 12)
Letter Home (Mary Talbot)i"Most honoured Sir, since I was sentenced for", Jordie Albiston , single work poetry (p. 13)
Longshore Lullabyi"May ten Coming up Have to start", Jordie Albiston , single work poetry (p. 14)
Letter Home (Elizabeth Macarthur)i"This place has changed me. Upon arrival", Jordie Albiston , single work poetry (p. 15-16)
The Escape of Our Mary Bryanti"Mary Bryant took to the Sea", Jordie Albiston , single work poetry (p. 17)
Four Ink Sketches of Sydney (Unsigned) : I : View of the East Side of Sydney Covei"There is a white dollhouse", Jordie Albiston , single work poetry (p. 18)
Four Ink Sketches of Sydney (Unsigned) : II : Entrance of Port Jackson, View to Seawardi"Where the soft English sun serves to unite the", Jordie Albiston , single work poetry (p. 18-19)
Four Ink Sketches of Sydney (Unsigned) : III : View at Rose Hilli"Shaped and named for a woman's", Jordie Albiston , single work poetry (p. 19)
Four Ink Sketches of Sydney (Unsigned) : IV : View of Port Jackson, from the South Headi"Here are the aborigines straight", Jordie Albiston , single work poetry (p. 20)
Missing Himi"I miss his knock on my door his", Jordie Albiston , single work poetry (p. 21)
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Works about this Work

Australia in Three Books Hannah Kent , 2016 single work essay
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 75 no. 4 2016; (p. 23-25) I read Elizabeth Jolley's 'The Well' in the first year of my postgraduate study after recognising, in vague, dispiriting shame, that I was ignorant of most writing by Australian women. I'd fed myself on a steady diet of British and North American writers in the heady days of my first years at university, and while I would have earnestly regarded myself as widely read, a feminist and a lover of literature, I had, in my zealous pursuit of 'culture', entirely neglected my own countrywomen. Feeling embarrassed, I picked up 'The Well' out of dry, almost punitive duty to educate myself about my antipodean literary heritage.' (Publication abstract)
Beyond Facts and Accuracies : Long Form Poetry as Biographical Method Jessica Wilkinson , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Axon : Creative Explorations , December vol. 4 no. 2 2014; 'This paper addresses long form poetry as non-fiction medium—specifically as biographical medium—discussing examples by writers such as Jordie Albiston, Susan Howe and Lyn Hejinian, to consider the diversity of ways in which poets are writing/documenting the lives of historical figures. My aim is to demonstrate how poetic biographies can extend our representations of these characters into new dimensions, using poetic play—the line, metaphor, frisson, juxtaposition, space and rhythm—to convey aspects of character and experience in innovative and exciting ways. I propose an extension of non-fiction writing into the poetic form as a way towards addressing historical inaccuracies and aporias, thus not only opening a space for the representation of marginal voices, but offering new frameworks for life writing.' (Publication abstract)
Untitled Jordie Albiston , 2009 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Jordie Albiston 2009;
Interview with Jordie Albiston Kate Middleton (interviewer), 2001 single work interview
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , December no. 24 2001; (p. 41-49)
Botany Bay Herstory Lisa Catherine Ehrich , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , January vol. 17 no. 1 1998; (p. 57)
— Review of Botany Bay Document : A Poetic History of the Women of Botany Bay Jordie Albiston , 1996 selected work poetry
Dovetails and Other W/Edges Bev Braune , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , Spring vol. 9 no. 2-3 1997; (p. 9-10)
— Review of The Book of Possibilities Jill Jones , 1997 selected work poetry ; Night Reversing Morgan Yasbincek , 1996 selected work poetry ; Working Temple : Poems Caroline Caddy , 1997 selected work poetry ; Botany Bay Document : A Poetic History of the Women of Botany Bay Jordie Albiston , 1996 selected work poetry
Innocence Scorched Beate Josephi , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January (1996-1997) no. 187 1996; (p. 69-70)
— Review of About Desire and Other Poems Alison Clark , 1996 selected work poetry ; Dumbstruck Marcella Polain , 1996 selected work poetry ; Botany Bay Document : A Poetic History of the Women of Botany Bay Jordie Albiston , 1996 selected work poetry
Paperbacks Fiona Capp , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 7 December 1996; (p. 7)
— Review of Botany Bay Document : A Poetic History of the Women of Botany Bay Jordie Albiston , 1996 selected work poetry ; The Lulu Magnet Matthew Condon , 1996 selected work short story prose biography
Journeys of the Spirit to Botany Bay Heather Cam , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19 July 1997; (p. 10s)
— Review of Botany Bay Document : A Poetic History of the Women of Botany Bay Jordie Albiston , 1996 selected work poetry ; The Olive Grove Mark Brennan , 1995 selected work poetry ; Petroglyphs : Prose Poems James Cowan , 1996 selected work poetry
One Dead Poet and Five Alive Michael Dugan , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 147 1997; (p. 92-93)
— Review of Fate of a Grasshopper Chao , 1996 selected work poetry ; The Secret Geoff Page , 1997 selected work poetry ; Paper Boat Chao , 1996 selected work poetry ; Cabramatta / Cudmirrah Jennifer Harrison , 1996 selected work poetry ; Botany Bay Document : A Poetic History of the Women of Botany Bay Jordie Albiston , 1996 selected work poetry
Untitled Jordie Albiston , 2009 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Jordie Albiston 2009;
Interview with Jordie Albiston Kate Middleton (interviewer), 2001 single work interview
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , December no. 24 2001; (p. 41-49)
Beyond Facts and Accuracies : Long Form Poetry as Biographical Method Jessica Wilkinson , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Axon : Creative Explorations , December vol. 4 no. 2 2014; 'This paper addresses long form poetry as non-fiction medium—specifically as biographical medium—discussing examples by writers such as Jordie Albiston, Susan Howe and Lyn Hejinian, to consider the diversity of ways in which poets are writing/documenting the lives of historical figures. My aim is to demonstrate how poetic biographies can extend our representations of these characters into new dimensions, using poetic play—the line, metaphor, frisson, juxtaposition, space and rhythm—to convey aspects of character and experience in innovative and exciting ways. I propose an extension of non-fiction writing into the poetic form as a way towards addressing historical inaccuracies and aporias, thus not only opening a space for the representation of marginal voices, but offering new frameworks for life writing.' (Publication abstract)
Australia in Three Books Hannah Kent , 2016 single work essay
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 75 no. 4 2016; (p. 23-25) I read Elizabeth Jolley's 'The Well' in the first year of my postgraduate study after recognising, in vague, dispiriting shame, that I was ignorant of most writing by Australian women. I'd fed myself on a steady diet of British and North American writers in the heady days of my first years at university, and while I would have earnestly regarded myself as widely read, a feminist and a lover of literature, I had, in my zealous pursuit of 'culture', entirely neglected my own countrywomen. Feeling embarrassed, I picked up 'The Well' out of dry, almost punitive duty to educate myself about my antipodean literary heritage.' (Publication abstract)
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