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Based on the Lonely Planet television series 'Going Bush' was developed with the support of Aboriginal Tourism Australia and screened on SBS in 2006.
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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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City Girls Go Bush
2006
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column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 26 January 2006; (p. 4) -
Not Your Average Australian Backyard
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: National Indigenous Times , 26 January vol. 5 no. 97 2006; (p. 25)
— Review of Going Bush : Adventures Across Indigenous Australia 2006 single work prose
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Not Your Average Australian Backyard
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: National Indigenous Times , 26 January vol. 5 no. 97 2006; (p. 25)
— Review of Going Bush : Adventures Across Indigenous Australia 2006 single work prose -
City Girls Go Bush
2006
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 26 January 2006; (p. 4) -
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)
