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Issue Details: First known date: 1988... 1988 After 200 Years : Photographic Essays of Aboriginal and Islander Australia Today
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This book was the result of a project that sent 20 Indigenous and non-Indigenous photographers into Indigenous communities between 1985 and 1988 to document the diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander life in Australia 200 years after European colonisation. Source: /www.aiatsis.gov.au/ (Sighted: 15/04/2010)

Notes

  • Contains: Warning

    'In some Aboriginal Communities restrictions apply on the naming or display of photographs of deceased persons. Extreme care has been taken throughout this publication to ensure that such restrictions are not contravened. Since publication however, some people named or depicted in this book may have died. Those taking this book to Aboriginal communities, particularly in the Northern Territory and northwest Australia, should be aware of mortuary restrictions which may apply and exercise caution when displaying the contents of this book. The communities to which this particularly applies are: Bagot, Fitzroy Crossing, Malgawo, Yaruman, Yuendumu and surrounding areas.

    In particular people from Arnhem Land or those visiting should be aware that the Malgawo chapter will cause distress to all who know the community, because of recent tragic events there. The book was in press at that time and the community has suggested that the chapter remain as a tribute to the memory of those who passed away'.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,:Aboriginal Studies Press , 1988 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Introduction, Penny Taylor , single work prose (p. xv-xxv)
The Moonbird People, single work prose
A photographic essay on the Aboriginal communities of Tasmania that return to the Bass Strait Islands for the mutton bird season.
(p. 1-17)
Purfleet and Taree, single work prose
A photographic essay on the Aboriginal communities of Purfleet and Taree, New South Wales.
(p. 19-37)
Yaruman, single work prose
A photographic essay on the Aboriginal community of Yaruman, in the Jaru Territory, Western Australia.
(p. 39-61)
Brewarrina, single work prose
A photographic essay on the Aboriginal community of Brewarrina, northwestern New South Wales.
(p. 63-83)
Bagot, single work prose
A photographic essay on the Aboriginal community of Bagot, a residential area in Darwin.
(p. 85-103)
Kuranda, single work prose
A photographic essay on the Aboriginal community of Kuranda, North Queensland.
(p. 105-125)
Port Augusta, single work prose
A photographic essay on the Aboriginal community of Port Augusta.
(p. 127-141)
Betty Dohnt, Port Augusta, single work obituary (p. 140)
Note: illus., port.
Fitzroy Crossing, single work prose
A photographic essay on the Aboriginal community of Fitzroy Crossing, a town situated on the Great Northern Highway en route through the West Kimberleys.
(p. 143-161)
Malgawo, single work prose
A photographic essay on the Aboriginal community of Malgawo, one of the most remote outstations in Arnhem Land.
(p. 163-181)
Cherbourg, single work prose
A photographic essay on the Aboriginal community of Cherbourg, a government reserve northeast of Brisbane.
(p. 183-205)
Torres Strait, single work prose
A photographic essay on Torres Strait Islander communities.
(p. 207-225)
Robinvale and Leeton, single work prose
A photographic essay on the Aboriginal communities of Robinvale which is situated in northwest Victoria, and Leeton situated 250 kilometres apart from Robinvale in New South Wales.
(p. 227-251)
Napranum, single work prose
A photographic essay on the Aboriginal community of Napranum (formerly known as Weipa South) on the Cape York Peninsula, in Far North Queensland.
(p. 253-273)
Untitledi"I would love my people to realise that it cannot be", Fiona Doyle , single work poetry (p. 267)
Note: Written as: Fiona George.
Yuendumu, single work prose
A photographic essay on the Aboriginal community of Yuendumu and some of its outstations in the heart of Australia, 300 kilometres north of Alice Springs.
(p. 275-301)
Cessnock Gaol, single work prose
A photographic essay on a small group of Aboriginal inmates in a modern minimum security gaol.
(p. 303-321)
Perth, single work prose (p. 323-335)
Untitledi"Two hundred years of Dreamtime now encroached", Ken Colbung , single work poetry (p. 328)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,: Aboriginal Studies Press , 1988 .
      Extent: xxv, 358p.p.
      Description: illus., ports, maps.
      Note/s:
      • Foreword by Ken Colbung.
      • Includes: Orthography, Arrangements of Photographs, Further Reading and Notes to the Photographs.
      • The After 200 Years Project has been funded by the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Program and the National Publications Program of the Australian Bicentennial Authority.
      ISBN: 0855751940

Works about this Work

[Review Essay] After 200 Years: Photographic Essays of Aboriginal and Islander Australia Today Margaret MacIntyre , 1989 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 2 1989; (p. 75-76)

'For many years the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies has attempted to conduct or direct research that is not simply responsive to Aboriginal views, but is directed and structured by them. This book epitomizes the research strategy and its results manifest the contradictions that are inherent in it. As an archive of photographs of the seventeen selected communities it is deliberately partial, highly selective and multi-faceted—for there are many public faces for each community and Aborigines have diverse languages and voices.'  (Introduction)

The After 200 Years Photographic Project Penny Taylor , 1988 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 1 1988; (p. 89-90)

'The Institute's Pictorial Collection, the largest collection of Aboriginal photographs in the world, currently houses 200,000 images. It is made up predominantly of photographs taken by Institute-funded researchers, and as a result is biased towards remote, northern Australia and traditional activities.'  (Publication abstract)

The After 200 Years Photographic Project Penny Taylor , 1988 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 1 1988; (p. 89-90)

'The Institute's Pictorial Collection, the largest collection of Aboriginal photographs in the world, currently houses 200,000 images. It is made up predominantly of photographs taken by Institute-funded researchers, and as a result is biased towards remote, northern Australia and traditional activities.'  (Publication abstract)

[Review Essay] After 200 Years: Photographic Essays of Aboriginal and Islander Australia Today Margaret MacIntyre , 1989 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 2 1989; (p. 75-76)

'For many years the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies has attempted to conduct or direct research that is not simply responsive to Aboriginal views, but is directed and structured by them. This book epitomizes the research strategy and its results manifest the contradictions that are inherent in it. As an archive of photographs of the seventeen selected communities it is deliberately partial, highly selective and multi-faceted—for there are many public faces for each community and Aborigines have diverse languages and voices.'  (Introduction)

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