Bibliograph

Coranderrk, we will show the country, Giordano Nanni and Andrea James

Type

Label

Coranderrk, we will show the country, Giordano Nanni and Andrea James

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Coranderrk

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

862071644

Responsibility statement

Giordano Nanni and Andrea James

Sub title

we will show the country

Summary

Coranderrk is a superb example of communicating history to a wide audience, using methods that bring together scholarship, performance and Aboriginal knowledge. In doing so it provides a deeper and more accurate understanding of the colonial past. It comprises twenty-three extracts from the Minutes of Evidence of the Coranderrk Inquiry, accompanied by an analysis of the historical text and context. The book relies strongly on primary-source materials and accurately references historical analysis from scholarly and Aboriginal perspectives. An introduction illustrates how Coranderrk provides a window onto the history of colonial dispossession and genocide in settler states more generally as well as the historical events which led to the establishment of the Coranderrk community, the protest campaign that sparked the 1881 Parliamentary Inquiry, and the consequences and aftermath of the Inquiry. Coranderrk relies strongly on primary-source materials (featuring an archive of testimonies of Aboriginal people that has hitherto received little attention), and contains valuable and accurately referenced historical analysis of this material from scholarly and Aboriginal perspectives, including reflections on the process of working between history and theatre to promote education

Table Of Contents

A brief history of Coranderrk, 1835-1881 : invasion and dispossession; John Green and the establishment of Coranderrk; The Board for the Protection of Aborigines; Coranderrk's growth: 1863-74; John Green's removal; The Coranderrk rebellion; Mrs Bon and the path to the Inquiry; The Coranderrk Inquiry -- Coranderrk - We will show the country : guide to the annotated script, list of players --The aftermath, 1881-1924 : the 1886 "Half-Caste Act"; The end and new beginnings -- The making of Coranderrk : credits and performance history; Final reflections

Target audience

general

Classification