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Biting The Clouds
A Badtjala perspective on the Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act, 1897
'In this groundbreaking work of Indigenous scholarship, nationally renowned visual artist Fiona Foley addresses the inherent silences, errors and injustices from the perspective of her people, the Badtjala of K’gari (Fraser Island). She shines a critical light on the little-known colonial-era practice of paying Indigenous workers in opium and the ‘solution’ of then displacing them to K’gari.
Biting the Clouds – a euphemism for being stoned on opium – combines historical, personal and cultural imagery to reclaim the Badtjala story from the colonisation narrative. Full-colour images of Foley’s artwork add further impact to this important examination of Australian history.'
(Source : UQP)
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Works about this Work
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Review : Fiona Foley’s Biting the Clouds Is a Visceral Look at Opium and Control on the Colonial Frontier
2020
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— Appears in: The Conversation , 16 December 2020;
— Review of Biting The Clouds 2020 multi chapter work criticism -
Badtjala Visual Artist Fiona Foley
2020
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— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 31 October - 6 November 2020;'Fiona Foley’s groundbreaking new book Biting the Clouds traces a hidden colonial history of addiction and slavery. “None of the information in this book was ever taught to me in a classroom setting … We have no critical race studies in the curriculum in this country.” By Tristen Harwood.' (Introduction)
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Review : Fiona Foley’s Biting the Clouds Is a Visceral Look at Opium and Control on the Colonial Frontier
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 16 December 2020;
— Review of Biting The Clouds 2020 multi chapter work criticism -
Badtjala Visual Artist Fiona Foley
2020
single work
column
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 31 October - 6 November 2020;'Fiona Foley’s groundbreaking new book Biting the Clouds traces a hidden colonial history of addiction and slavery. “None of the information in this book was ever taught to me in a classroom setting … We have no critical race studies in the curriculum in this country.” By Tristen Harwood.' (Introduction)
Awards
- Fraser Island, Maryborough - Hervey Bay - Fraser Island area, Maryborough - Rockhampton area, Queensland,
- Queensland,
- Aboriginal Butchulla AIATSIS ref. (E30) (Qld SG56-06) language
