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Melbourne Dreaming: A Guide to Important Places of the Past and Present
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'Melbourne Dreaming is both a guide book and social history of Melbourne, and the events and cultural traditions that have shaped local Aboriginal people's lives. It aims to show where to look to gain a better understanding of the rich heritage and complex culture of Aboriginal people in Melbourne both before and since colonisation...' (Source: Melbourne Dreaming, 2014:vi)
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This revised edition of Melbourne Dreaming includes:
- a variety of landscapes from beaches, parklands, camping places, historical sites, exhibitions, cultural displays and buildings – arranged into seven precincts
- sites in the city, surrounding suburbs and outer areas
- historical sites like shell middens, scarred trees, wells, fish traps, mounds and quarries
- significant sites of colonial contact
- sites that are the focus of contemporary life.
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Works about this Work
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In the Company of a Guide : Guidebooks to Indigenous Australia
2021
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Travel Writing , vol. 25 no. 1 2021; (p. 65-81)'This article examines travel guidebooks to Indigenous Australia, focussing on predominantly Aboriginal-authored texts. Acknowledging the body of work that has critiqued travel guides as mediators of oppressive cultural discourses, it is as much concerned with the risks inherent in these texts, as it is interested in their potential as sites of authorship and reading that enable anti-colonial ambitions. Two questions animate the discussion. First: to what extent are Aboriginal guidebooks consistent with conventional understandings of reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians? And second, how do these texts influence tourist activity in ways that respect Aboriginal sovereignty? While not providing a definitive answer to either of these questions, the article, nevertheless, opens up an examination of the cultural work performed by Aboriginal-authored guidebooks during a period of rapid change in the politics of race in Australia.' (Introduction)
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[Review Essay] Melbourne Dreaming : A Guide to Important Places of the Past and Present (2nd Edn)
2015
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— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , December no. 2 2015; (p. 798-79)
— Review of Melbourne Dreaming: A Guide to Important Places of the Past and Present 2014 single work information book'The new edition of Melbourne Dreaming is a complete revision, update and expansion of the 1997 The Melbourne Dreaming: a guide to the Aboriginal places of Melbourne. Eidelson brings to this second edition 24 years of experience as owner of Melbourne Walks and the benefit of his active participation in local Aboriginal initiatives and in raising awareness of Aboriginal presence and history among the general public. The result is a well-researched volume that both satisfies local protocols and provides a means of access to Aboriginal perspectives on the sites and histories of Melbourne and immediate surrounds.' (Introduction)
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[Review Essay] Melbourne Dreaming : A Guide to Important Places of the Past and Present (2nd Edn)
2015
single work
— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , December no. 2 2015; (p. 798-79)
— Review of Melbourne Dreaming: A Guide to Important Places of the Past and Present 2014 single work information book'The new edition of Melbourne Dreaming is a complete revision, update and expansion of the 1997 The Melbourne Dreaming: a guide to the Aboriginal places of Melbourne. Eidelson brings to this second edition 24 years of experience as owner of Melbourne Walks and the benefit of his active participation in local Aboriginal initiatives and in raising awareness of Aboriginal presence and history among the general public. The result is a well-researched volume that both satisfies local protocols and provides a means of access to Aboriginal perspectives on the sites and histories of Melbourne and immediate surrounds.' (Introduction)
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In the Company of a Guide : Guidebooks to Indigenous Australia
2021
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Travel Writing , vol. 25 no. 1 2021; (p. 65-81)'This article examines travel guidebooks to Indigenous Australia, focussing on predominantly Aboriginal-authored texts. Acknowledging the body of work that has critiqued travel guides as mediators of oppressive cultural discourses, it is as much concerned with the risks inherent in these texts, as it is interested in their potential as sites of authorship and reading that enable anti-colonial ambitions. Two questions animate the discussion. First: to what extent are Aboriginal guidebooks consistent with conventional understandings of reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians? And second, how do these texts influence tourist activity in ways that respect Aboriginal sovereignty? While not providing a definitive answer to either of these questions, the article, nevertheless, opens up an examination of the cultural work performed by Aboriginal-authored guidebooks during a period of rapid change in the politics of race in Australia.' (Introduction)
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