The Resource The country of lost children : an Australian anxiety, Peter Pierce
The country of lost children : an Australian anxiety, Peter Pierce
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The item The country of lost children : an Australian anxiety, Peter Pierce represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS).
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- Summary
- Analyses the cultural and moral implications of the lost child in Australian history; representations of 'black trackers' in colonial literature and art; mentions the case of the Duff children who disappeared in Victoria in 1864 and were discoverd by three Aboriginal trackers, one of whom was Dick-a-Dick, who travelled to England as part of the 1868 Aboriginal cricket team; discusses the theme of lost childrent in theatre, fiction and film in the twentieth century - Walkabout, Manganinnie, The Last Tasmanian; discusses the Stolen Generation and the Bringing Them Home report; Charlie McAdam's autobiography 'Boundary Lines'
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xviii, 211 p.
- Contents
-
- Part I: In the nineteenth century: discovering the lost child. The lost child introduced: Henry Kingsley's The recollections of Geoffry Hamlyn. 'Come let us sing of this fair child heroic': Jane Duff and her brothers. Alfred Boulter. A monument at Daylesford. Marcus Clarke's Lost children. The case of Clara Crosbie. Frederick McCubbin's Images of the lost child. Fairytales of the 1890's. The bush balladists' turn. Mrs Praed and the Punishment of Mrs Tragaskiss. Henry Lawson and 'the babies in the bush'. Joseph Furphy's 'Perfect young Australian'
- Part II: In the twentieth century: the child abandoned. In the theatre. Ray Lawler: Bubba and the baby dolls. 'They wasn't in our line': The lost children of Patrick White. In fiction. 'Our dread of the coming society'
- Isbn
- 9780521594998
- Label
- The country of lost children : an Australian anxiety
- Title
- The country of lost children
- Title remainder
- an Australian anxiety
- Statement of responsibility
- Peter Pierce
- Subject
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- McCubbin, Frederick, 1855-1917
- Literature and stories - Non indigenous - Fiction
- Picnic at Hanging Rock (Motion Picture)
- Child welfare - Child / parent separation - Stolen generations
- Missing children in art
- Abandoned children in art
- Manganinnie (Motion Picture : 1980)
- Missing children in literature
- Australian literature -- History and criticism
- Dick-a-Dick, approximately 1834-1870
- Race relations - Representation - Media
- Kingsley, Henry, 1830-1876
- Law enforcement - Police trackers
- Race relations - Representation - Art
- Missing children in motion pictures
- Race relations - Representation - Literature
- Children in motion pictures
- Abandoned children in literature
- Lawson, Henry, 1867-1922
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Analyses the cultural and moral implications of the lost child in Australian history; representations of 'black trackers' in colonial literature and art; mentions the case of the Duff children who disappeared in Victoria in 1864 and were discoverd by three Aboriginal trackers, one of whom was Dick-a-Dick, who travelled to England as part of the 1868 Aboriginal cricket team; discusses the theme of lost childrent in theatre, fiction and film in the twentieth century - Walkabout, Manganinnie, The Last Tasmanian; discusses the Stolen Generation and the Bringing Them Home report; Charlie McAdam's autobiography 'Boundary Lines'
- Cataloging source
- ANB:REV
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1950-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Pierce, Peter
- Dewey number
-
- 820.9353
- 700.452054
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Dick-a-Dick
- Lawson, Henry
- Kingsley, Henry
- McCubbin, Frederick
- Missing children in art
- Missing children in literature
- Abandoned children in art
- Abandoned children in literature
- Australian literature
- Children in motion pictures
- Missing children in motion pictures
- Label
- The country of lost children : an Australian anxiety, Peter Pierce
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-205) and index
- Contents
-
- Part I: In the nineteenth century: discovering the lost child. The lost child introduced: Henry Kingsley's The recollections of Geoffry Hamlyn. 'Come let us sing of this fair child heroic': Jane Duff and her brothers. Alfred Boulter. A monument at Daylesford. Marcus Clarke's Lost children. The case of Clara Crosbie. Frederick McCubbin's Images of the lost child. Fairytales of the 1890's. The bush balladists' turn. Mrs Praed and the Punishment of Mrs Tragaskiss. Henry Lawson and 'the babies in the bush'. Joseph Furphy's 'Perfect young Australian'
- Part II: In the twentieth century: the child abandoned. In the theatre. Ray Lawler: Bubba and the baby dolls. 'They wasn't in our line': The lost children of Patrick White. In fiction. 'Our dread of the coming society'
- Control code
- 000014294592
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xviii, 211 p.
- Immediate source of acquisition
- Copy 2 received from Lindsay Cleland
- Isbn
- 9780521594998
- Other physical details
- ill.
- Label
- The country of lost children : an Australian anxiety, Peter Pierce
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-205) and index
- Contents
-
- Part I: In the nineteenth century: discovering the lost child. The lost child introduced: Henry Kingsley's The recollections of Geoffry Hamlyn. 'Come let us sing of this fair child heroic': Jane Duff and her brothers. Alfred Boulter. A monument at Daylesford. Marcus Clarke's Lost children. The case of Clara Crosbie. Frederick McCubbin's Images of the lost child. Fairytales of the 1890's. The bush balladists' turn. Mrs Praed and the Punishment of Mrs Tragaskiss. Henry Lawson and 'the babies in the bush'. Joseph Furphy's 'Perfect young Australian'
- Part II: In the twentieth century: the child abandoned. In the theatre. Ray Lawler: Bubba and the baby dolls. 'They wasn't in our line': The lost children of Patrick White. In fiction. 'Our dread of the coming society'
- Control code
- 000014294592
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xviii, 211 p.
- Immediate source of acquisition
- Copy 2 received from Lindsay Cleland
- Isbn
- 9780521594998
- Other physical details
- ill.
Subject
- Abandoned children in art
- Abandoned children in literature
- Australian literature -- History and criticism
- Child welfare - Child / parent separation - Stolen generations
- Children in motion pictures
- Dick-a-Dick, approximately 1834-1870
- Kingsley, Henry, 1830-1876
- Law enforcement - Police trackers
- Lawson, Henry, 1867-1922
- Literature and stories - Non indigenous - Fiction
- Manganinnie (Motion Picture : 1980)
- McCubbin, Frederick, 1855-1917
- Missing children in art
- Missing children in literature
- Missing children in motion pictures
- Picnic at Hanging Rock (Motion Picture)
- Race relations - Representation - Art
- Race relations - Representation - Literature
- Race relations - Representation - Media
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