| Text | Unit Name | Institution | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
y
Snake Cradle
St Leonards
:
Allen and Unwin
,
1997
Z328748
1997
single work
autobiography
(taught in 1 units)
'Snake Cradle is the first volume of Roberta Sykes's three volume autobiography, Snake Dreaming. Snake Cradle chronicles the early years of one of Australia's best known activists for Aboriginal rights, from the time of her birth in Townsville in the 1940s through to the birth of her son when she was 17, and the trial of the men who raped her. Roberta's voice is strong and true as she describes far north Queensland of the time, her battles with a series of childhood illnesses, and her growing awareness that hers was not an ordinary Australian childhood. Born to a white mother and a father whose identity she did not know, her passion and commitment to the struggles of the Aboriginal people was shaped by the racism her dark skin invoked. A powerful and moving autobiography about a history that must never be forgotten.' (Allen and Unwin) |
Australian Literature and the Postcolonial Challenge | University of Notre Dame | 2009 |
| Text | Unit Name | Institution | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
|
y
Snake Dancing
St Leonards
:
Allen and Unwin
,
1998
Z38672
1998
single work
autobiography
(taught in 1 units)
"Snake Dancing chronicles [Sykes's] increasing politicisation and involvement in the Black movement to the time of her invitation from Harvard to take up postgraduate study in the United States. She details the dangerous, demanding and sometimes lonely life of an itinerant activist, and brings human perspective to events that were often headline news around the world."
|
Comparative Indigenous Literature | University of Notre Dame | 2009 |
