Racism

The article examines the ways in which anti-Semitism functions in Tsiolkas's novel and whether it perpetuates or interrogates racism. ‘Discussions of Tsiolkas's motivations for writing…

In their works on literary politics in postwar Australia, Susan McKernan (later Lever) and John McLaren mention the comparatively little known role played by the…

Historian Henry Reynolds examines the historical background of and model for Keneally’s novel and focuses on four things: “to outline the general background to race…

In 1856 Melbourne Punch carried an article entitled 'The Mongolian in Victoria (from the Argus of June 18th, A.D. 2000)' about the celebration of the…

Politics has been described in many ways, most of them unflattering and all of them seemingly opposed to whatever poetry may be. Politics is the…

Long before the British invaded Australia our people expressed their emotions, our history, the sacred and secular events of our lives, via the medium of…

For those of us who knew Oodgeroo well and loved her dearly our attempts to contribute to this book are difficult as we are still…

Every memory has a point of departure.

My own starting point was a Wednesday in late August, 1980 The place was Minjerriba (North Stradbroke Island)…

"White people want to do something about Aborigines, but they don't know how to go about it," said Kath Walker (Oodgeroo) to reporter Jim Hall…