Aboriginal oral tradition
Articles
- A Book By Any Other Name? Towards a Social History of the Book in Aboriginal Australia
Van Toorn traces the development of European book culture and indigenous communication and writing in Australia.
1 June 2009 - ‘Deadly’ Work: Reading the Short Fiction of Archie Weller
When an Aboriginal writer appropriates western literary forms to tell stories of pre-invasion tribal heritage and culture, there is little objection from many black or…
1 October 1993 - Long Memoried Women: Oodgeroo Noonuccal and Jamaican Poet, Louise Bennett
Discusses parallels between Oodgeroo and the Jamaican poet Louise Bennett, writers who shared 'the insight to recognise the value of her own indigenous culture, unpopular…
1 November 1994 - Oodgeroo: Orator, Poet, Storyteller
The past and history have been foregrounded in Aboriginal consciousness as issues that demand attention whereas the history of white Australia has often been taken…
1 November 1994