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Our defrauded young.(History's Children: History Wars in the Classroom)(Book review)
OF THE TRANQUIL REIGN of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius, Gibbon tells us that it had "the rare advantage of furnishing very few materials for history; which is, indeed, little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind". This emperor, whose rule produced no history, was diligent, tolerant, commonsensical, and had a sense of humour. One authority adds the further compliment that "he had no intellectual tendencies". Perhaps his tutelary hand has stretched benignly over Australia for the last couple of centuries? For it is widely said and widely believed that "Australia has no history". Or, at any rate, no history really worth mentioning.
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- Following David Unaipon's footsteps. (Aboriginal author)(Battlers and Stirrers)
- Magazine article from: Journal of Australian Studies Alexander, John September 1, 1997 700+ words
David Unaipon was born in 1872. His aspirations led...machine. Press articles labelled him `Australia's Leonardo', and like da Vinci...a classical western education. When David Unaipon was born at Raukkan, his father had...
- The Oxford Literary History of Australia.(Review)
- Magazine article from: Australian Literary Studies CARTER, DAVID October 1, 1999 700+ words
...Oxford Literary History of Australia, edited by Bruce Bennett...Oxford Literary History of Australia is a tricky, discomfiting...nevertheless. Here and now and in Australia, it can't be `just another...second moves back to call David Unaipon into the critical flame of...
- Bridge of Triangles. (Australia).(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: World Literature Today Coad, David June 22, 2001 700+ words
...university degree in English literature and philosophy. Returning to Australia in 1978, Burke settled in the Northern Territory. Bridge of Triangles won the 1993 David Unaipon Award, a national literary award for an unpublished manuscript written...
- Blood.(Poem)
- Journal of Australian Studies Graham, John March 1, 1999 700+ words
...highly commended entry by the judges of the 1996 David Unaipon Award for unpublished Aboriginal and Torres Strait...surveyor and map maker; and has lived in South Australia, Western Australia and Far North Queensland. His current projects...
- She Said.(Poem)
- Journal of Australian Studies Graham, John March 1, 1999 700+ words
...highly commended entry by the judges of the 1996 David Unaipon Award for unpublished Aboriginal and Torres Strait...surveyor and map maker; and has lived in South Australia, Western Australia and Far North Queensland. His current projects...
- Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature.(Book review)
- Magazine article from: World Literature Today Arieh-Lerer, Shon January 1, 2009 700+ words
...witness the transformation of indigenous Australia. Eighty-one authors from different...chantlike poems of Oodgeroo Noonuccal to David Unaipon's detailed study of Aboriginal culture...anthology presents a panorama of indigenous Australia's most powerful voices. It covers...
- 20th Century.
- Journal of Australian Studies Graham, John March 1, 1999 700+ words
...highly commended entry by the judges of the 1996 David Unaipon Award for unpublished Aboriginal and Torres Strait...surveyor and map maker; and has lived in South Australia, Western Australia and Far North Queensland. His current projects...
- Our Old Us.(Poem)
- Journal of Australian Studies Graham, John March 1, 1999 700+ words
...highly commended entry by the judges of the 1996 David Unaipon Award for unpublished Aboriginal and Torres Strait...surveyor and map maker; and has lived in South Australia, Western Australia and Far North Queensland. His current projects...