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An account of what life on Palm Island was like in 1974.
Notes
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Dedication:
To all my brothers and sisters who
have suffered under the tyranny of
the Queensland Aboriginal Act
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also e-book.
Related Works
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Return to Palm Island
Canberra
:
Aboriginal Studies Press
,
1994
Z1365335
1994
single work
autobiography
'In 1976, when Bill Rosser visited Palm Island, he was shocked at the restrictions the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living there were forced to endure in the course of their everyday lives. The manager determined where they could live, whom they could marry, where they could travel and when, and even what they wore when they went swimming. This work is an account of Rosser's experiences and the changes that he saw in both the people and the place since his first visit. He introduces readers to the island and its people by telling their stories with humour, affection and respect, but he also frankly discusses social issues such as alcohol abuse and domestic violence in the framework of poverty, prejudice and island politics.' (Source: Backcover)
Works about this Work
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'This Fiction It Don't Go Away': Narrative As an Index to Palm Island's Past and Present
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Queensland Review , vol. 16 no. 1 2009; (p. 35-67) This article describes an abundant tradition of Palm Island narrrative, from early "whitewash" travelogues, to a previously unrecognised place-based corpus of black writing that includes the work of Boori Pryor. It discusses the presentation of Palm Island in poetry and in novels by Thea Astley and Elizabeth O'Conner.
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'This Fiction It Don't Go Away': Narrative As an Index to Palm Island's Past and Present
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Queensland Review , vol. 16 no. 1 2009; (p. 35-67) This article describes an abundant tradition of Palm Island narrrative, from early "whitewash" travelogues, to a previously unrecognised place-based corpus of black writing that includes the work of Boori Pryor. It discusses the presentation of Palm Island in poetry and in novels by Thea Astley and Elizabeth O'Conner.
- Palm Island, Ingham area, Ingham - Cairns area, Queensland,
- Queensland,
