AustLit logo
image of person or book cover 1534289689488357028.jpg
Image courtesy of publisher's website.
y separately published work icon Raft single work   autobiography  
Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 Raft
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'Every year for over a decade Goldenberg, a white middle-aged doctor, has spent numerous periods working as a relieving doctor for Aboriginal communities in remote places. On these visits he has observed and recorded Aboriginal Australians' lives without resorting to simplification or glib solutions. Among his true stories we meet psychotic Elijah who believes he is Satan's boss and cannot die; a dehydrated baby whose mother gambles away money for food; an old lady who receives a gashed head while fending off a thief stealing her money - her husband. In the midst of tragedies, suffering and moral ambiguity, these stories also tell of cultural richness and common humanity.' Source: Publisher's blurb

Notes

  • Epigraph: The truth is rarely pure and simple. (Oscar Wilde, Algernon to Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Ernest, Act 1)
  • Dedication: To Annette
  • Dedication: In memoriam Yvonne Goldenberg 17.6.1917 - 31.5.2009
  • Author's note: p. 217
  • Bibliography: p. 223-225.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Hybrid , 2009 .
      image of person or book cover 1534289689488357028.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 220p.
      Description: illus., map
      ISBN: 9781876462857 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

At the Gateway of Hope Howard Goldenberg , 2011 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Griffith Review , [Autumn] no. 31 2011; (p. 222-228)
White Me Robert Hillman , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Griffith Review , [Autumn] no. 31 2011; (p. 212-221)
Pick of the Week Bruce Elder , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26-27 September 2009; (p. 31)

— Review of Raft Howard Goldenberg , 2009 single work autobiography
Cover Notes Lucy Sussex , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 20 September 2009; (p. 21)

— Review of The World Beneath Cate Kennedy , 2009 single work novel ; Raft Howard Goldenberg , 2009 single work autobiography
The Doctor's Diagnosis Owen Richardson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 12 September 2009; (p. 27)

— Review of Raft Howard Goldenberg , 2009 single work autobiography
Untitled Stephen Orr , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , September no. 355 2009; (p. 36)

— Review of Raft Howard Goldenberg , 2009 single work autobiography
The Doctor's Diagnosis Owen Richardson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 12 September 2009; (p. 27)

— Review of Raft Howard Goldenberg , 2009 single work autobiography
Cover Notes Lucy Sussex , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 20 September 2009; (p. 21)

— Review of The World Beneath Cate Kennedy , 2009 single work novel ; Raft Howard Goldenberg , 2009 single work autobiography
Pick of the Week Bruce Elder , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26-27 September 2009; (p. 31)

— Review of Raft Howard Goldenberg , 2009 single work autobiography
Journeys Give Rise to Sharing Stories on Stuff That Matters Chris Johnston , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 22 August 2009; (p. 4)
Doctor of the Outback Lexi Landsman , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News , 14 August vol. 75 no. 45 2009; (p. 28)
White Me Robert Hillman , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Griffith Review , [Autumn] no. 31 2011; (p. 212-221)
At the Gateway of Hope Howard Goldenberg , 2011 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Griffith Review , [Autumn] no. 31 2011; (p. 222-228)
Last amended 23 Feb 2015 13:37:07
X