Landscape, nationalism and politics in Australian children's literature Presented at Landscape and Heritage - One Day Conference 3 rd November pm Dr Stephen Bigger and Dr Robyn Cox
Period 1 – Accounts of life ( ) Captain Tench (1789): A Narrative of an Expedition to Botany Bay, & A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson, London, 2 volumes. Detail from Botany Bay; Sirius & Convoy going in January from 'A Voyage to New South Wales' by William Bradley, December May 1792, Safe 1/14
Period 2 – Anthropological collectors ( ) Radcliffe-Brown’s, A.R. (1926) The Rainbow-Serpent Myth of Australia. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, London, v56. BASEDOW, Herbert THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL: Adelaide, F W Preece, st Edition. 422pp.
Period 3 – The Wars and Nationalism Fenner, C., (1933) Bunyips and Billabongs. An Australian Out of Doors. Sydney: Augus and Robertson.
Period 4 – Aboriginal Land Rights Books written between 1978 and 1987 by Percy Trezise and Dick Roughsey 1.The Rainbow Serpent 2.The Quinkins 3.Banana bird and the snake men 4.Turramulli the Giant Quinkin 5.The Magic Firesticks 6.Gidja 7.Ngalculli - The Red Kangaroo 8.The Flying Fox Warriors 9.The Owl People Mowaljarlai, David (1980) When the Snake Bites the Sun: An Aboriginal Story, Sydney: Scholastics
Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1981), Father Sky and Mother Earth. Melbourne: John Wiley & Sons.
Conclusion As he looked he said: “Every place you walk, you have to have a story. So you know where you come from; and know where you are; and see where you are going.” Brody, H (2003) 'You have to have a story' - Aboriginal memory and opportunity. From accessed 1st November 2008