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Remembering Aboriginal heroes : struggle, identity and the media

Title
Remembering Aboriginal heroes : struggle, identity and the media / John Ramsland, Christopher Mooney.
Author
Ramsland, John, 1942-
Publication
Melbourne : Brolga Publishing, 2006.

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Additional Authors
Mooney, Christopher, 1959-
Description
xvi, 373 p. : ill., ports.; 21 cm.
Summary
During the 1940s and '50s, in Australia, many icons of Aboriginal descent rose to prominence, and were representative of the culture of the day, and of their own people. Some permanently influenced the minds of Australians, remaining famous to this day - others have been unjustly forgotten.
Subject
  • Namatjira, Albert, 1902-1959
  • Blair, Harold
  • Sands, Dave
  • Kunoth, Ngarla
  • Tudawali, Robert, -1967
  • Saunders, Reginald Walter
  • Nicholls, Doug, 1906-
  • Burnum Burnum, 1936-1997
  • Little, James Richard
  • Aboriginal Australians
  • Aboriginal Australians > History
  • Aboriginal Australians > Biography
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Prologue -- Albert Namatjira - the artist -- Harold Blair - the tenor -- Dave Sands - the boxer -- Ngarla Kunoth and Robert Tudawali - the actors -- Reg Saunders - the soldier -- Doug Nicholls - the preacher -- Harry Penrith - the activist -- Jimmy Little - the singer -- Enduring legacies -- Notes and references -- Credits.
Call Number
JFD 07-192
ISBN
  • 9781920785857
  • 192078585X
OCLC
77549042
Author
Ramsland, John, 1942-
Title
Remembering Aboriginal heroes : struggle, identity and the media / John Ramsland, Christopher Mooney.
Imprint
Melbourne : Brolga Publishing, 2006.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author
Mooney, Christopher, 1959-
Research Call Number
JFD 07-192
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