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Peter Sutton Peter Sutton i(A35329 works by) (a.k.a. Peter John Sutton)
Born: Established: 1946 Melbourne, Victoria, ;
Gender: Male
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1 Early European Mariners at Cape Keerweer : Bespoke Variations of an Aboriginal Legend Peter Sutton , single work criticism
1 Exploring Australia in the Age of the Four-wheel-drive Vehicle Peter Sutton , 2017 single work criticism
— Appears in: Language, Land and Song : Studies in Honour of Luise Hercus 2017; (p. 80-101)

'I first met Luise Hercus when we were both invited to dinner at the home of Bob (R.M.W.) Dixon in the suburb of Campbell, Canberra, late in 1970. Bob had invited me to the Australian National University to give an account at a seminar in the Department of Linguistics of my field work on endangered languages in far north Queensland in January and June-August of that year. Luise sparkled, as usual, despite her lifelong commitment to self-effacement.'  (Introduction)
1 Remembering Roxby Downs : Mythology, Mining and the Latent Power of Archives Peter Sutton , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Griffith Review , no. 55 2017; (p. 135-159) 'In 1842, the mainly British and German settlers who had arrived en masse at the beginning of South Australia's colonial history six years earlier were given a huge economic surprise. The colonists, largely farmers, artisans and public servants and their dependents, learnt of the discovery of copper ore at Kapunda. Kapunda was only eighty kilometres from the colonial capital of Adelaide. Three years later, the world-renowned bonanza copper lode at Burra was discovered. Other South Australian copper mines were to follow, and they gave the economy a huge stimulus by high-yield, low-cost mining within workable distances from a port. Even though mineral exploration was on the colony's drawing board from 1835, South Australia was largely intended to be founded on the steady labour of cropping and pastoralism and reaping the fruits of the sea. Suddenly, luck was a key player too.' (Publication abstract)
1 The Aranda’s Pepa: An Introduction to Carl Strehlow’s Masterpiece, Die Aranda-und Loritja - Stamme in Zentral Australien (1907–1920) : Review Peter Sutton , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Aboriginal History , December vol. 39 no. 2015; (p. 255-258)
— Review of The Aranda’s Pepa : An Introduction to Carl Strehlow's Masterpiece, Die Aranda-und Loritja-Stamme in Zentral-Australien (1907-1920) Anna Kenny , 2013 single work non-fiction
1 Unusual Couples : Relationships and Research on the Knowledge Frontier Peter Sutton , 2015 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Wentworth Lectures : Honouring Fifty Years of Australian Indigenous Studies 2015; (p. 204-224)
1 A Bigger Splash Peter Sutton , 2014 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 73 no. 2 2014; (p. 176-180)
1 On a Mission Peter Sutton , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Monthly , April no. 77 2012; (p. 50-52)
— Review of The Tale of Frieda Keysser: Frieda Keysser and Carl Strehlow, An Historical Biography, Vol. 1 1875-1910 John Strehlow , 2012 single work biography
1 Untitled Peter Sutton , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Aboriginal History , November no. 35 2011; (p. 205-206)
— Review of The Many Worlds of R. H. Mathews : In Search of an Australian Anthropologist Martin Thomas , 2011 single work biography
1 Melbourne's Outback Peter Sutton , 2009 single work prose
— Appears in: Dialogue , vol. 28 no. 2 2009; (p. 74-77) 'Anthropologists, naturalists, artists, writers and pioneer motorists established an intriguing set of links between deeply suburban Melbourne and the Red Centre before the end of the 1930s...a Wild Beyond' from which which 'Marvellous Melbourne could be distinguished, but with which it might also be advantageously associated.' Source: Dialogue 28.2 (2009)
1 Here I Stand Peter Sutton , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Monthly , June no. 46 2009; (p. 68-71)
— Review of Up from the Mission : Selected Writings Noel Pearson , 2009 selected work autobiography biography prose
1 On the Translatability of Placenames in the Wik Region, Cape York Peninsula Peter Sutton , 2002 single work essay
— Appears in: The Land is a Map: Placenames of Indigenous Origin in Australia 2002; (p. 75-86)

'In the late 1980s I obtained Australian Research Council and local Wik organisational funding to compile a database of site records from western Cape York Peninsula between the Embley and Edward Rivers, in a project based at the South Australian Museum. The main field data came from myself (mapping from 1976 onwards), David Martin (mapping from 1985) and John von Sturmer (mapping from 1969). Small amounts also came from fieldwork by Roger Cribb and Athol Chase, who mainly mapped in 1985, although Roger returned to focus more on archaeological mapping and site work later.' (Introduction)
1 Sleeping Giant of Australian Literature Peter Sutton , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 12 August 1989; (p. 15)
— Review of Black Words, White Page : Aboriginal Literature 1929-1988 Adam Shoemaker , 1989 single work criticism ; The Speaking Land : Myth and Story in Aboriginal Australia 1989 anthology short story
1 Myth as History, History as Myth Peter Sutton , 1988 single work criticism
— Appears in: Being Black: Aboriginal Cultures in 'Settled' Australia 1988; (p. 251-268)

'In this chapter I discuss a particular aspect of the role of myth in the older Aboriginal traditions, and the role of history in the construction of cultural identity by present-day Aboriginal people, particularly those in urban and rural centres. This is followed by an analysis of conflict between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal historians over the domain of Aboriginal history. Finally, the chapter shows in what ways traditional myth and urban Aboriginal history both resemble each other and differ, a theme touched on by Gaynor Macdonald (Chapter 10).'  (Introduction)
1 1 y separately published work icon This Is What Happened : Historical Narratives by Aborigines Luise Anna Hercus (editor), Peter Sutton (editor), Canberra : Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies , 1986 Z1171332 1986 anthology prose

Collection of 33 short pieces of transcribed oral history related in black Australian languages from all over the continent; with introductions giving the context of the storytelling event and further information.
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