'This article explores the role that genre plays in fictional depictions of the Stolen Generations (Australian Indigenous children removed from their homes) in three twenty-first-century Australian middle-grade novels: Who Am I?: The Diary of Mary Talence, Sydney 1937 by Anita Heiss (2001); The Poppy Stories: Four Books in One by Gabrielle Wang (2016); and Sister Heart by Sally Morgan (2016). It argues that the genres of fictional diary, adventure story and verse novel invite different reading practices and approaches to history, and shape the ways in which the texts depict, for children, the suffering and resilience of the Stolen Generations.' (Publication abstract)
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A novel in diary form.
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Genre, History, and the Stolen Generations : Three Australian Stories
2020
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criticism
— Appears in: International Research in Children’s Literature , December vol. 13 no. 2 2020; (p. 259-273) -
The Indigenous Australian Novel
2017
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criticism
— Appears in: The Oxford History of the Novel in English : The Novel in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the South Pacific Since 1950 2017; (p. 284-299)'Emerging in the second half of the twentieth century from the traditions of the oldest living cultures on earth - the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia - the Indigenous Australian novel makes a unique contribution to the history of the novel in its contemporary phase...' (Introduction)
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Serious Issues for Young Readers
BlackWords : Serious Issues for Young Readers
2015
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The BlackWords Essays 2015; (p. 8) The BlackWords Essays 2019;In this essay Heiss discusses Indigenous-authored works that are targeted for upper-primary and young adult readers, that address issues of identity, self esteem, relationships and peer-group pressure that are available for both educators and students. Heiss recommends that these works discussed in this essay, will not only engage young Indigenous students, but also non-Indigenous students and other readers with a sense of sameness in terms of coming of age, facing friendships, and the growing pains that all teenagers face.
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Our Truths - Aboriginal Writers and the Stolen Generations
BlackWords : Our Truths - Aboriginal Writers and the Stolen Generations
2015
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criticism
— Appears in: The BlackWords Essays 2015; (p. 4) The BlackWords Essays 2019;In this essay Heiss demonstrates that stories, poetry, songs, plays and memoirs are 'living' evidence of truths otherwise untold or appropriated (Source: Introduction)
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Passions and Illusions : Anita Heiss's Stories
2012
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criticism
— Appears in: Quadrant , June vol. 56 no. 6 2012; (p. 32-35)
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A Respectful and Sensitive Fiction
2002
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— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 62 no. 2 2002; (p. 182-184)
— Review of Who Am I? : The Diary of Mary Talence : Sydney, 1937 2001 single work children's fiction -
Untitled
2010
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— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 24 no. 4 2010; (p. 53-54)
— Review of Who Am I? : The Diary of Mary Talence : Sydney, 1937 2001 single work children's fiction -
Child's View of History
2001
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— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 November 2001; (p. 11)
— Review of Who Am I? : The Diary of Mary Talence : Sydney, 1937 2001 single work children's fiction ; Market Blues 2001 single work children's fiction ; Papunya School Book of Country and History 2001 single work information book ; Ramose : Prince in Exile 2001 single work children's fiction -
Welcome History
2001-2002
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— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 237 2001-2002; (p. 78-79)
— Review of Who Am I? : The Diary of Mary Talence : Sydney, 1937 2001 single work children's fiction ; That Dolphin Thing 2001 single work novel ; Find Me a River 2001 single work novel -
Untitled
2002
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— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 16 no. 1 2002; (p. 39)
— Review of Who Am I? : The Diary of Mary Talence : Sydney, 1937 2001 single work children's fiction -
Cultural Explorations of Time and Space : Indigenous Australian Artists-in Residence, Conventional Narratives and Children's Text Creation
2006
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— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , December vol. 16 no. 2 2006; (p. 138-144) Zeegers is concerned with a project funded by the University of Ballarat (Victoria) and the current state of affairs whereby 'the land occupied by the school is owned by the state and notionally by the school community' (138). For Zeegers, the school community often has '...no sense of how relationships with the land may go well beyond concepts of ownership' and she perceives problems with acknowledging traditional land ownership by certain schools in certain environments.(p.138). At the time of writing, the article refers to a specific project (yet to be concluded) and aims to contribute to the project by looking at two Indigenous texts, My Place (Wheatley) and Who am I ? The Diary of Mary Talence (Heiss) analysing what perspectives they offer child readers as a 'means of access to other discourses of history' (p.142). Zeegers contends that 'the project enables both Indigenous and Non-indigenous Australian children to engage with non print based texts derived from a cultural tradition that is different from the Euro cultural tradition' (143). -
Untitled
2010
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— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , March vol. 89 no. 6 2010; (p. 18) Anita Heiss relates the story of her children's novel Who Am I?: The Diary of Mary Talence : Sydney, 1937 being published, in Farsi translation, in Iran without her knowledge or assent. -
Passions and Illusions : Anita Heiss's Stories
2012
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criticism
— Appears in: Quadrant , June vol. 56 no. 6 2012; (p. 32-35) -
Serious Issues for Young Readers
BlackWords : Serious Issues for Young Readers
2015
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The BlackWords Essays 2015; (p. 8) The BlackWords Essays 2019;In this essay Heiss discusses Indigenous-authored works that are targeted for upper-primary and young adult readers, that address issues of identity, self esteem, relationships and peer-group pressure that are available for both educators and students. Heiss recommends that these works discussed in this essay, will not only engage young Indigenous students, but also non-Indigenous students and other readers with a sense of sameness in terms of coming of age, facing friendships, and the growing pains that all teenagers face.
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Our Truths - Aboriginal Writers and the Stolen Generations
BlackWords : Our Truths - Aboriginal Writers and the Stolen Generations
2015
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The BlackWords Essays 2015; (p. 4) The BlackWords Essays 2019;In this essay Heiss demonstrates that stories, poetry, songs, plays and memoirs are 'living' evidence of truths otherwise untold or appropriated (Source: Introduction)
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