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Finding Fault : Aborigines, Anthropologists, Popular Writers and Walkabout.
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Cultural History , vol. 28 no. 2/3 2010; (p. 179-200) 'The popular middlebrow magazine Walkabout was published between 1934 and 1974. Its principle aim was to promote travel to and within Australia and to educate Australians about their continent. It aspired to be an Australian geographic magazine, and to this end it focussed on inland and remote Australia, and natural history. For this reason, and because it was published throughout a period, particularly in the early decades, when only those Aborigines living afar from populated regions were recognised as Aborigines, many of Walkabout's articles were about Aborigines or, more commonly, made mention of them. There are very few critiques of Walkabout, but those that do exist are critical of its portrayal of Aborigines. Notwithstanding that there are many reasons to find fault, it is possible to read this material in a more salutary light, even against the apparent intention of at least one of the contributors, Ernestine Hill. This article considers the work of a number of popular writers and two of the anthropologists who contributed to Walkabout, and finds reason to be less critical and more cautious in our assessment of their narrative representation of Aborigines than is generally allowed. The period of analysis is from 1934 to 1950.' (Editor's abstract)
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Celebration : Australian Authors Past and Present : Janine Burke
2009
single work
essay
— Appears in: Australian Author , April vol. 41 no. 1 2009; (p. 24-29) An appreciation of Janine Burke's books of art history and fiction. -
Possession
2005
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 19 February 2005; (p. 42-43, 45-46) Barbara Tucker, Fern Smith and Pamela McIntosh discuss Janine Burke's depiction of Albert Tucker and Joy Hester's relationship in Burke's book Australian Gothic and their own relationships with Burke, each other, Tucker, Hester, and Tucker and Hester's son Sweeney Reed. -
Reed Between the Lines
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: State of the Arts , April - June 2004; (p. 78-82)
— Review of Australian Gothic : A Life of Albert Tucker 2002 single work biography ; Wicked But Virtuous : My Life 2000 single work autobiography -
Books
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 13 July 2003; (p. 9) The West Australian , 14 July 2003; (p. 10)
— Review of Australian Gothic : A Life of Albert Tucker 2002 single work biography
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Books
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 13 July 2003; (p. 9) The West Australian , 14 July 2003; (p. 10)
— Review of Australian Gothic : A Life of Albert Tucker 2002 single work biography -
Reed Between the Lines
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: State of the Arts , April - June 2004; (p. 78-82)
— Review of Australian Gothic : A Life of Albert Tucker 2002 single work biography ; Wicked But Virtuous : My Life 2000 single work autobiography -
The Art of Biography
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Muse , December - January no. 224 2002-2003; (p. 7) -
Possession
2005
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 19 February 2005; (p. 42-43, 45-46) Barbara Tucker, Fern Smith and Pamela McIntosh discuss Janine Burke's depiction of Albert Tucker and Joy Hester's relationship in Burke's book Australian Gothic and their own relationships with Burke, each other, Tucker, Hester, and Tucker and Hester's son Sweeney Reed. -
Celebration : Australian Authors Past and Present : Janine Burke
2009
single work
essay
— Appears in: Australian Author , April vol. 41 no. 1 2009; (p. 24-29) An appreciation of Janine Burke's books of art history and fiction. -
Finding Fault : Aborigines, Anthropologists, Popular Writers and Walkabout.
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Cultural History , vol. 28 no. 2/3 2010; (p. 179-200) 'The popular middlebrow magazine Walkabout was published between 1934 and 1974. Its principle aim was to promote travel to and within Australia and to educate Australians about their continent. It aspired to be an Australian geographic magazine, and to this end it focussed on inland and remote Australia, and natural history. For this reason, and because it was published throughout a period, particularly in the early decades, when only those Aborigines living afar from populated regions were recognised as Aborigines, many of Walkabout's articles were about Aborigines or, more commonly, made mention of them. There are very few critiques of Walkabout, but those that do exist are critical of its portrayal of Aborigines. Notwithstanding that there are many reasons to find fault, it is possible to read this material in a more salutary light, even against the apparent intention of at least one of the contributors, Ernestine Hill. This article considers the work of a number of popular writers and two of the anthropologists who contributed to Walkabout, and finds reason to be less critical and more cautious in our assessment of their narrative representation of Aborigines than is generally allowed. The period of analysis is from 1934 to 1950.' (Editor's abstract)
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